2023
cleantech for europe summit
Brussels, January 25th

The most important event in cleantech and policy is coming back to Brussels in 2023.

The European Union has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead the race to net zero. As policymakers enact ambitious decarbonisation targets, EU cleantech innovators are paving the way for a new climate and industrial leadership.To seize this leadership, the EU must learn to scale up its clean technologies and create the conditions for wide adoption and a just transition.
Our new series of events is bridging the gap between the innovation and policy worlds. Each quarter, cleantech CEOs and investors share the stage with leading policymakers to make the most of the decade of action.

Join the conversation at #CleantechforEurope

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The European Union has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead the race to net zero. As policymakers enact ambitious decarbonisation targets, EU cleantech innovators are paving the way for a new climate and industrial leadership.To seize this leadership, the EU must learn to scale up its clean technologies and create the conditions for wide adoption and a just transition.
Our new series of events is bridging the gap between the innovation and policy worlds. Each quarter, cleantech CEOs and investors share the stage with leading policymakers to make the most of the decade of action.

Join the conversation at #CleantechforEurope

about the summit

The European Union has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead the race to net zero. As policymakers enact ambitious decarbonisation targets, EU cleantech innovators are paving the way for a new climate and industrial leadership.To seize this leadership, the EU must learn to scale up its clean technologies and create the conditions for wide adoption and a just transition.
Our new series of events is bridging the gap between the innovation and policy worlds. Each quarter, cleantech CEOs and investors share the stage with leading policymakers to make the most of the decade of action.

Join the conversation at #CleantechforEurope
The EU is facing a dual energy and climate crisis that is redefining its approach to climate change mitigation, energy security and competitiveness. Over the last 10 years, thanks to significant investments, Europe has become a power house of cleantech innovation. Innovative European companies are tackling major challenges: from decarbonising industry and energy with renewable hydrogen to producing low-carbon cement, from electrifying transport to recycling materials and batteries. But while Europe is great at inventing and developing clean technologies, we still struggle to scale and industrialise them. With competition heating up from the US and beyond, success in this scale-up effort is crucial to our future competitiveness. Faster industrialisation and deployment of next-generation clean technologies requires working together to remove common barriers to scale, such as financing, demand, permitting, skills, standards and more. This Summit will focus on how the EU can step up its ambitions and become a global cleantech leader. Cleantech for Europe’s annual summit brings together cleantech CEOs and policy leaders to bridge the gap between the cleantech innovation and policy communities to jointly ensure Europe tackles these challenges with speed, scale, and simplicity. Confirmed to take part in this Summit are leading European cleantech scale-ups, public and private investors, policymakers, and other thought leaders/change makers. We look forward to hosting you on January 25th.

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The European Union has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead the race to net zero. As policymakers enact ambitious decarbonisation targets, EU cleantech innovators are paving the way for a new climate and industrial leadership.To seize this leadership, the EU must learn to scale up its clean technologies and create the conditions for wide adoption and a just transition.
Our new series of events is bridging the gap between the innovation and policy worlds. Each quarter, cleantech CEOs and investors share the stage with leading policymakers to make the most of the decade of action.

Join the conversation at #CleantechforEurope

speakers

Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
lídia pereira
Member of the European Parliament
Henrik Henriksson
CEO
H2 Green Steel
Marjut Falkstedt
Chief Executive
European Investment Fund
Virginijus Sinkevičius
European Commissioner for the Environment
Nils Aldag
CEO
Sunfire
Ann Mettler
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
donal O'Riain
Managing Director
Ecocem
Doris Hafenbradl
CTO
Electrochaea
Carlos Monreal
CEO
Plastic Energy
Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira
Partner
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe
jules besnainou
Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
Yvette Go
Investment Director
Capricorn Partners
vaitea cowan
Co-founder
Enapter
Anders Bakken
CFO
Hydrovolt
Beatrice Bohm
Investment Associate
Munich Venture Partners
Tobias Seikel
Partner
Planet A Ventures
Jean-David Malo
Director
European Innovation Council
Taavi Madiberk
CEO
Skeleton Technologies
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director General
Head of Lending and Advisory, European Investment Bank
Jakop Dalunde
Member of the European Parliament
mohammed chahim
Member of the European Parliament
suzana carp
Deputy Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
Vit Javurek
CFO
Woltair
Gilles Moreau
Chief Open Innovation & Sustainability Officer
Verkor
Sevim Aktas
Policy Officer
European Commission
Robin Wauters
Founder
Tech.eu
Kira Taylor
Reporter
Euractiv
Essa Al-Saleh
CEO
Volta Trucks
Petar Vitanov
Member of the European Parliament
nicolás gonzález casares
Member of the European Parliament
Veronica Wänman
Investment Manager
Baseload Capital
Martin Hojsík
Member of the European Parliament
Stefaan Vergote
Advisor, DG Clima
European Commision
Nils Torvalds
Member of the European Parliament
Alice Hancock
EU Correspondent
Financial Times
René Savelsberg
Managing Partner
SET Ventures
Ben Murphy
Investment Director
Kiko Ventures
Ben Potter
SVP Strategy, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Energy Dome
Craig Douglas
Founding Partner
World Fund
Claudio Spadacini
CEO
Energy Dome
Mathieu Lassagne
CEO
ZE Energy
Karima Delli
Member of the European Parliament
Magnus Agerström
Chairman
Cleantech Scandinavia
Céline jullien
Director
Cleantech for France
Tobias Lechtenfeld
Director
Tech for Net Zero Alliance
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament
Dragoș Pîslaru
Member of the European Parliament

agenda

8:30 - 9:00

Arrival – Coffee & Pastries

9:00 – 9:10

Welcome words

Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Jules Besnainou
Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
9:10 – 9:25

Opening Keynote: Cleantech for a new Europe

The last year has reminded us what it means to be European: we stand for peace, democracy and justice.

The dual climate and energy crisis will test those values like never before. All across Europe, citizens are hit with high energy prices and struggling industries. Scaling Europe’s clean technologies offers a way out of these crises, while promising a brighter economic and social future.

How can the EU accelerate the movement to a new economy?
Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice-President of the
European Commission
9:25 – 9:35

Annual Cleantech Investment Trends

Jules Besnainou
Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
9:35 – 10:20

Opening Panel: Cleantech for a new Europe

Taking stock of current challenges: energy crisis, economic hardship, global competition for cleantech
How can Europe leverage cleantech to come out of the crisis stronger?
What does a new economy look like by 2030?
How do we deliver on this vision despite headwinds?
moderator: Alice Hancock
EU Correspondent
Financial Times
Lídia Pereira
Member of the
European Parliament
Henrik Henriksson
CEO
H2 Green Steel
Mohammed Chahim
Member of the
European Parliament
Vaitea Cowan
Co-founder
Enapter
Carlos Monreal
CEO
Plastic Energy
10:20 – 10:25

Cleantech Friendship Group in the European Parliament

Mohammed Chahim
Member of the
European Parliament
Lídia Pereira
Member of the
European Parliament
10:25 – 12:00

From commitment to action: Roadmap to a new European Economy

6-7 discussion tables for 50 minutes, each led by a cleantech company and a policymaker on:
Green hydrogen
Nils Aldag
CEO
Sunfire
Lídia Pereira
Member of the
European Parliament
René Savelsberg
Managing Partner
SET Ventures
Battery recycling
Anders Bakken
CFO
Hydrovolt
Petar Vitanov
Member of the
European Parliament
Ben Murphy
Investment Director
Kiko Ventures
Industrial Decarbonisation
Mohammed Chahim
Member of the
European Parliament
Henrik Henriksson
CEO
H2 Green Steel
Donal O’Riain
Managing Director
Ecocem
Yvette Go
Investment Director
Capricorn Partners
Advanced Geothermal
Martin Hojsík
Member of the
European Parliament
Veronica Wänman
Investment Manager
Baseload Capital
Tobias Seikel
Partner
Planet A Ventures
Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES)
nicolás gonzález casares
Member of the
European Parliament
Beatrice Bohm
Investment Associate
Munich Venture Partners
Ben Potter
SVP Strategy, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Energy Dome
Electric Trucks
Karima Delli
Member of the
European Parliament
Essa al-Saleh
CEO
Volta Trucks
Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira
Partner
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe
12:00-13:15

Networking lunch

13:15 – 13:45

Announcements and celebrations

Jean-David Malo
Director
EISMEA
Taavi Madiberk
CEO
Skeleton Technologies
Claudio Spadacini
CEO
Energy Dome
Mathieu Lassagne
CEO
ZE Energy
Gilles Moreau
Co-Founder
Verkor
13:45 – 14:30

Scaling cleantech from Stockholm to Madrid

A panel discussion allowing us to showcase efforts across Member States, and to discuss how Member States can work together to scale clean technologies, especially in the context of EU Presidencies.
moderator: Robin Wauters
Founding Editor
Tech.eu
Magnus Agerström
Chairman
Cleantech Scandinavia
Céline Jullien
Director
Cleantech for France
Tobias Lechtenfeld
Director
Tech for Net Zero Alliance
Erki Ani
Executive Director
Cleantech for Baltics
14:30 –  15:15

Getting the job done: how to enable green upskilling

Bridging the skills is critical to reach 2030 targets. What are successful initiatives already taking place that we could scale or emulate?
moderator: Kira Taylor
Journalist
Euractiv
Vit Javurek
CFO
Woltair
Gilles Moreau
Co-Founder
Verkor
Sevim Aktas
Policy Officer, DG Clima
European Commission
15:15 –  15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 16:30

Rethinking cleantech scale-up finance

Beyond early venture capital, European cleantech companies still struggle to finance their scale-ups. What financial tools can we design to facilitate faster deployments across the continent?
moderator: Jules Besnainou
Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
Stefaan Vergote
Advisor on innovation for a low carbon resilient economy, DG Clima
European Commission
Jean-Christophe Laloux
Director Genal, Head of Lending and Advisory
European Investment Bank
Marjut Falkstedt
Chief Executive
European Investment Fund
Craig Douglas
Founding Partner
World Fund
16:30 – 17:00

Closing Plenary

moderator: Suzana Carp
Deputy Executive Director
Cleantech for Europe
Nils Torvalds
Member of the
European Commission
17:00 – 18:00

Networking Drinks and Light Dinner

participants

Peter Hirsch
Head of  Sustainability
2150.vc
Stefan  Söderling
Fund Manager  and CEO
Almi Invest  Greentech
Stéphane Tondo
Head of  Governmental Affairs/Decarbonization
ArcelorMittal  Europe
Fabio  Lancellotti
Partner
Aster
Einārs Garoza
Co-founder and Managing  Partner
BADideas.fund  (Latvia)
Veronica Wänman
Investment  Manager
Baseload  Capital
Triinu Lukas
CEO
Beamline  Accelerator
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy
Ann Metter
Vice President Europe
Breakthrough Energy