ECO18 Berlin Agenda
Ecosummit accelerates smart green startups, investors and corporates. Our vision is to automate sustainability in energy, mobility and cities. The 9th Ecosummit Berlin took place on 8-9 May 2018 at Radialsystem and attracted 300 happy participants. Our conferences are startup markets enabling business development, co-investing, open innovation, corporate venturing and M&A. At ECO18 Berlin, we started fundraising the first smart green VC fund in Berlin for the best smart green startups in Europe. Save the date: Our 10th Ecosummit Berlin takes place on 22-23 May 2019 at Radialsystem.
The ECO18 Berlin agenda features 99 speakers including 69 startups. ECO18 Berlin was recorded for Ecosummit TV that provides over 1000 videos and surpassed 385K video views. The Ecosummit TV videos are linked next to each speaker in the agenda below. Join us again next year to create big impact together!
Past Ecosummit agendas: ECO18 Paris, ECO17 London, ECO17 Stockholm, ECO17 Amsterdam, ECO17 Berlin, ECO16 London, ECO16 Amsterdam, ECO16 Berlin, ECO15 London, ECO15 Berlin, ECO14 London, ECO14 Berlin, ECO13 London, ECO13 Berlin, ECO12 Düsseldorf, ECO12 Berlin and ECO11 Berlin.
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08:00 – 09:00
Registration and networking breakfast
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09:00 – 09:10
Fundraising our first smart green VC fund in Berlin
Jan Michael Hess (Startup VC) – Ecosummit TV
Partner, Ecosummit Ventures
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09:10 – 09:20
Energy innovation factory
Nigel Purcell (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
Investment Director, Engie New Ventures
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09:20 – 09:30
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09:30 – 09:40
Smart green energy as a service
Annemarie de Jong (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Director Customer Relations, Sonnen
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09:40 – 09:50
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09:50 – 10:00
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10:00 – 10:10
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10:10 – 10:20
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10:20 – 10:25
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10:25 – 10:35
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10:35 – 10:45
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10:45 – 11:30
Networking coffee
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11:30 – 11:40
Energy for digital customers
Dr. Philipp Ulbrich (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
Head of Scouting and Co-Investments, EON
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11:40 – 11:50
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11:50 – 12:00
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12:00 – 12:05
Augmented intelligence for smart green cities
Michel Morvan (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Executive Chairman, Cosmo Tech
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12:05 – 12:10
Energy intelligence backbone for the industry
Edwin Poot (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Founder, Energyworx
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12:10 – 12:15
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12:15 – 12:25
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12:25 – 12:35
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12:35 – 12:45
Open DERMS platforms – key to merge electricity, heating and mobility
Dr. Christian Feißt (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, GreenCom Networks
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12:45 – 12:50
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12:50 – 12:55
Empowering utilities to illuminate dark data
Frederick ten Sythoff (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Market Engagement Director, Greenbird
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12:55 – 13:00
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13:00 – 13:05
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13:05 – 13:15
Investing with a purpose
Ulrich Seitz (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
Managing Director, BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures
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13:15 – 14:45
Networking lunch
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14:45 – 14:55
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14:55 – 15:05
Balancing strategic and financial returns in corporate venturing
Girish Nadkarni (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
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15:05 – 15:15
Mobile electricity for electric mobility
Dr. Frank Pawlitschek (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Ubitricity
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15:15 – 15:20
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15:20 – 15:25
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15:25 – 15:30
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15:30 – 15:35
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15:35 – 15:40
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15:40 – 15:45
3rd generation battery anode technology
Christian Rood (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
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15:45 – 15:50
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15:50 – 16:00
Investing in disruptive energy startups
Dr. Matthias Dill (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Statkraft Ventures
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16:00 – 16:05
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16:05 – 16:10
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16:10 – 16:15
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16:15 – 16:20
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16:20 – 16:25
Backing disruptive startups tackling sustainability
Katya Akulinicheva (VC) – Ecosummit TV
Chief Investment Officer, Systemiq
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16:25 – 17:15
Networking coffee
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17:15 – 17:25
Finding talent in clean energy and mobility
David Hunt, Managing Partner, Hyperion Executive Search (Service Provider) – Ecosummit TV
Rupert Newland, CEO, Arenko (Startup)
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17:25 – 17:35
The future of energy
Leonie Baneke (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
Investment Director, Eneco Smart Energy
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17:35 – 17:40
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17:40 – 17:45
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17:45 – 17:50
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17:50 – 17:55
Transforming the way we live, work and move
Dr. Sam Salisbury (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
Director Labs, Centrica Innovations
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17:55 – 18:05
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18:05 – 18:10
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18:10 – 18:15
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18:15 – 18:20
Enabling energy efficiency with smart sensors
Sergey Ogorodnov (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Voltaware
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18:20 – 18:25
From kWhs to kilobytes – data monetisation as a service
Dr. Christian Bogatu (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Fresh Energy
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18:25 – 18:50
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18:50 – 19:00
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19:00 – 24:00
Ecosummit dinner party
Let’s take a group photo with all Ecosummit participants and have a big party enjoying solar boat tours in the SunCat 46 of SolarWaterWorld, dinner prepared by Mundelkoch and funky music mixed by DJ Johannes Schwarz
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08:30 – 09:30
Registration and networking breakfast
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09:30 – 09:40
Smart green energy and mobility trends
Michael Wilshire (Service Provider) – Ecosummit TV
Head of Strategy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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09:40 – 09:50
Supporting smart green startups in Berlin
Stephan Schulze, Investment Director, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft (VC) – Ecosummit TV
Dessislawa Thordsen, Key Account Manager Industry & Services, Investitionsbank Berlin (Corporate)
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09:50 – 10:00
Acceleration through collaboration: How we support startups
Boris Lesjean (Corporate) – Ecosummit TV
Innovation Director, Veolia Germany
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10:00 – 10:05
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10:05 – 10:15
Green:field – our open innovation platform
Tim Schumann (Corporate) – Ecosummit TV
Senior Manager Corporate New Ventures & Strategic Partnerships, Vattenfall
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10:15 – 10:20
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10:20 – 10:25
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10:25 – 10:30
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10:30 – 10:35
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10:35 – 10:40
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10:40 – 10:45
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10:45 – 10:50
Evolving university startups into world-changing businesses
Ben Murphy (VC) – Ecosummit TV
Cleantech Business Builder, IP Group
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10:50 – 10:55
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10:55 – 11:00
5 minutes to transform your business
Alisa Murphy (Service Provider) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Life Size Media
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11:00 – 11:45
Networking coffee
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11:45 – 11:55
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11:55 – 12:00
Seed investing in smart green startups
Yann Fiebig (VC) – Ecosummit TV
Senior Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds
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12:00 – 12:10
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12:10 – 12:20
Growth through open innovation
Gerhard Nolte (Corporate) – Ecosummit TV
Portfolio Manager Late Stage, EnBW Innovations
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12:20 – 12:25
Supporting early stage energy startups
Dr. Dirk Bessau (VC & Accelerator) – Ecosummit TV
Director Berlin Office, InnoEnergy
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12:25 – 12:30
AI-based heating control for office buildings
Christoph Berger (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Vilisto
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12:30 – 12:35
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12:35 – 12:40
Renewable industrial process heat from biomass gasification
Thomas Bräck (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Business Development Director, Meva Energy
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12:40 – 12:45
On demand electricity from waste heat and biomass
Dr. Henk Ouwerkerk (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Heat Power
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12:45 – 12:50
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12:50 – 12:55
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12:55 – 13:00
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13:00 – 13:05
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13:05 – 13:15
The art of portfolio development and board management
Moderator: Jan Michael Hess, Ecosummit – Ecosummit TV
Dr. Martin Kröner, Munich Venture Partners (VC) and Dr. Mich Hein, Electrochaea (Startup)
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13:15 – 14:45
Networking lunch
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14:45 – 14:50
Improving the signal to noise ratio – smart technology scouting
Alexander van Os (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Co-founder, Venture IQ
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14:50 – 14:55
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14:55 – 15:05
How to choose your long-term partner
Thomas Labryga, Director, innogy Ventures (Corporate VC) – Ecosummit TV
David Balensiefen, CEO, GridX (Startup)
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15:05 – 15:15
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15:15 – 15:20
AI for managing power production and consumption
Dr. Gavin Bell (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
CEO, Optimeering
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15:20 – 15:25
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15:25 – 15:30
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15:30 – 15:35
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15:35 – 15:40
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15:40 – 15:45
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15:45 – 15:50
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15:50 – 15:55
PV metal roofs
Andres Anijalg (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Chief Business Development Officer, Roofit Solar Energy
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15:55 – 16:00
Revolutionary pre-treatment that gently cracks 2G biomass
Tobias Ziereis (Startup) – Ecosummit TV
Manager Business Development Biogas, LXP Group
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16:00 – 16:25
Building big startups with big impact
Moderator: Bart Markus, First Light Fusion – Ecosummit TV
Dr. Phil Larochelle, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (VC), Julia Padberg, SET Ventures (VC), Thomas Gottschalk, Mobisol (Startup) and Dr. Alois Flatz, Generation Investment Management (VC)
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16:25 – 22:00
Ecosummit BBQ
Thank you for joining us – Let’s take a group photo with all Ecosummit participants and enjoy a tasty BBQ and solar boat tours in the SunCat 46 of SolarWaterWorld
