Ecosummit and Taylor Wessing, the international law firm with extensive cleantech and private equity experience, joined forces to invite you to a high-voltage evening of Smart Green Business Networking. Our first Ecosummit Lounge London takes place on 19 September 2012 at Taylor Wessing’s spacious London office. At the lounge, we will enjoy a keynote by Niki Rosinski, Partner at Generation Investment, talking about Sustainable Capitalism, 6 startup pitches by SolarFuel, Sefaira, Carzapp, Ventive, EnergyDeck and Ecosummit, tasty drinks, finger food and all that Jazz. Tickets for the Ecosummit Lounge London are available for £30,00. The amazing list of participants is included at the bottom of this article. We look forward to seeing you in London.

This Ecosummit TV episode features Simon Walker (Taylor Wessing, 0:04:05), Niki Rosinski (Generation Investment Management, 0:05:37), Sarah Williamson Atkins (Sefaira, 0:21:11), Robert Morrison (Ventive, 0:29:51), Benjamin Kott (EnergyDeck, 0:37:21), Paul Mooney (SolarFuel, 0:46:18), Oliver Lünstedt (Carzapp, 0:57:58) and Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit, 1:09:27).

At Taylor Wessing, we have space for 100 guests representing smart green investors, startups, corporates, utilities, service providers and press. Ecosummit Lounge is the perfect event to accelerate your business development, swap business cards and have some serious fun. To get into the right lounge feeling you can watch Ecosummit TV reviewing our last Ecosummit Lounge Berlin on 6 December 2011.

The address of Taylor Wessing’s London office is:

5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW, United Kingdom

Tickets for Ecosummit Lounge London are available for £30,00 incl. VAT.

Our finger food buffet opens at 18:00 and early arrival is recommended. At 19:30, we serve you 60 minutes of smart green content featuring short presentations by the hosts, 1 keynote and 6 5-minute startup pitches. Please get in touch with us if you want to pitch your smart green startup.

• Simon Walker, Partner, Taylor Wessing, @taylorwessing, co-hosts the lounge and gives a short welcome speech
• Niki Rosinski, Partner, Generation Investment Management, talks in his keynote about Sustainable Capitalism
• Sarah Williamson Atkins, Commercial Director, Sefaira, @sefaira, pitches the UK-US green building software startup
• Robert Morrison, CEO, Ventive, @ventiveltd, pitches the British home ventilation startup that enables better indoor air quality at low cost
• Benjamin Kott, CEO, EnergyDeck, @energydeck, pitches the British social energy efficiency startup
• Paul Mooney, UK Representative, SolarFuel, pitches the German Power to Gas startup
• Oliver Lünstedt, CEO, Carzapp, @carzapp, pitches the German p2p car sharing startup whose ZappKit hardware works as digital lock for iPhone keys and anti-theft immobiliser
• Jan Michael Hess, CEO, Ecosummit, @ecosummit, co-hosts the lounge, pitches Ecosummit and moderates the evening

We are grateful for the generous and productive support of our sponsors and partners who help us make the Ecosummit Lounge London very successful.

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Partners

Keynote Speaker

Niki Rosinski joined Generation in 2004 and is principally involved with the firm’s Climate Solutions Fund. From 2001 to 2004, Niki was a sustainability analyst at SAM Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland. His responsibilities included sustainability analysis of global large cap companies and methodology development for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), with prime focus on the automotive and energy sector. Previous assignments include the Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics (DTIE) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Society and Technology Research Group at Daimler AG, and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Niki received a Master in Environmental Sciences of the University of Lüneburg, Germany.

Participants

• Richard Barker, Service Provider
• Richard Cave-Bigley, Startup
• Suli Chen, British Gas Venture Capital, VC
• William Crompton, Taylor Wessing, Service Provider
• Mark Davis, Service Provider
• Linsay Duncan, Marke2ing, Service Provider
• Jörg Fabri, allocate, Service Provider
• Gavin Factor, Earth Wind & Hire, Service Provider
• Chris Fitz Patrick, Green Power Academy, Service Provider
• Shaun French, Cleantech Investor, Press
• Denis Gross, Cleantech Investor, Press
• Clive Hall, Eventure Media, Service Provider
• Jason Harris, Tredic, Property Developer
• Sarah Hayward, Carbon Leapfrog, Service Provider
• Fabienne Herlaut, Ecomobilité Ventures, VC
• Jan Michael Hess, Ecosummit, Startup
• Alistair Higgins, Photosolar, Startup
• Charlie Hodges, Augusta & Co, Service Provider
• Andrew Howe, Ampium, Startup
• Ian Jenkins, The Miles Partnership, Service Provider
• Benjamin Kott, EnergyDeck, Startup
• Andrea Krug, Krug Communications, Service Provider
• Rob Lavine, Clean Energy Pipeline, Press
• Ashleigh Lezard, Abchurch, Service Provider
• Philip Lofgren, Keighstone Capital, VC
• Oliver Lünstedt, Carzapp, Startup
• Anne McIvor, Cleantech Investor, Press
• Richard McManus, Third Horizon Consulting, Service Provider
• Jessica Mills-Davies, Clean Energy Pipeline, Press
• Mirko Milojevic, Ethemba Capital, VC
• Paul Mooney, SolarFuel, Startup
• Robert Morrison, Ventive, Startup
• Arne Morteani, Environmental Technologies Fund, VC
• Paul Newton, London and Oxford, Corporate
• Julia Oleksy, Lightsource Renewables, Project Developer
• Howard Palmer, Taylor Wessing, Service Provider
• Jason Pinto, Amadeus Capital Partners, VC
• Sabine Popp, Marke2ing, Service Provider
• Alex Rathmell, EEVS Insight, Service Provider
• Duncan Ray, Oolopse, Service Provider
• Isabella Reeve, Taylor Wessing, Service Provider
• Alicia Robinson, Ecosummit, Startup
• Niki Rosinski, Generation Investment, VC
• Dan Rusby, Forresters, Service Provider
• Caroline Ruter, Accenture, Corporate
• Kunal Sharma, Aloe, Private Equity
• Robert Shaw, LDA Design, Service Provider
• Peter Spark, Eco:operative, Service Provider
• Anthony Stevens, Stevens Research, Startup
• Gernot Tögel, Ecosummit, Startup
• Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op, Service Provider
• Vincent Tuk, Cleanreturns, Startup
• Aart Verbeek, Tredic, Property Developer
• Daniel von Burg, Green Power Academy, Service Provider
• Anna von der Schulenburg, Ecosummit, Startup
• Simon Walker, Taylor Wessing, Service Provider
• Harvey West, Vogen Energy, Startup
• Peter Whiting, Clean Capital, Service Provider
• Jeroen Wijnants, Canon Europe, Corporate
• Ashley Williams, Igloo3, Service Provider
• Sarah Williamson Atkins, Sefaira, Startup
• Anna Wood, Technology PR, Service Provider
• Yu Zhao, MegaSolar, Service Provider



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