The ECO13 Award jury decides who wins the prize money and includes smart green industry experts representing investors, corporates, service providers and specialised press. Jury members are welcome to propose award candidates and contact the ECO13 Award Nominees to learn more about their startups. Here you can find the ECO12 Award Jury members.

The judges select their jury winners from the list of ECO13 Award Nominees until 27 May 2013 by sending their individual top 3 votes with short statements to the Ecosummit team.

The following 33 ECO13 Award Jury members are confirmed and we are grateful for their support:

• Dr. Alois Flatz, Partner, zouk Capital (VC)
• Bart Markus, General Partner, Wellington Partners (VC)
• Patric Gresko, Head of Unit – Venture Capital, European Investment Fund (VC)
• Robert Gallenberger, Principal, Gimv (VC)
• Fabienne Herlaut, Managing Partner, Ecomobilité Ventures (VC)
• Dr. Tarja Teppo, Partner, Cleantech Invest (VC)
• Rene Savelsberg, CEO, Chrysalix SET (VC)
• Harri Ollila, Partner, VNT Management (VC)
• Dr. Peter van Gelderen, Partner, Icos Capital (VC)
• Maximilian Erb, Investment Manager, NRW Bank (VC)
• Dr. Ingo Potthof, Managing Partner, UnternehmerTUM Fund (VC)
• Juergen Kosch, Management Board Member, MIG (VC)
• Dr. Paul-Josef Patt, Managing Partner, eCapital (VC)
• Dr. Urban Keussen, SVP, Technology & Innovation, E.ON (Corporate)
• Bernard Scherrer, Head of Open Innovation, EDF (Corporate)
• Rolf Adam, Director Business Development Energy & Smart Grid EMEAR, Cisco (Corporate)
• Karsten Hojberg, Cleantech Business Development Manager, Autodesk (Corporate)
• Aaron Best, Deputy Director, Climate-KIC Germany (Service Provider)
• Dr. Steven Fawkes, Chairman, Day One Energy Solutions (Service Provider)
• Dr. Jörg Fabri, Managing Partner, Allocate (Service Provider)
• Tristan Foerster, Managing Director, ClimatePartner (Service Provider)
• Carsten Schneider, Partner, Osborne Clarke (Service Provider)
• Dr. Volker Junghanns, Counsel, Dentons (Service Provider)
• Markus Leuenberger, Director Business Development, ECN (Service Provider)
• Thomas Grigoleit, Director Renewable Energies & Resources, GTAI (Service Provider)
• Stephan Decher, Partner, Clean Capital (Service Provider)
• David Dornbusch, Founder, Cleantuesday (Service Provider)
• Tim Lafferty, Managing Director, Global Corporate Venturing (Press)
• Dr. Denis Gross, Director, Cleantech Investor (Press)
• Martin Jendrischik, Editor-in-chief, Cleanthinking.de (Press)
• Sebastian Matthes, Senior Editor, Wirtschaftswoche (Press)
• Susanne Gläser, Editor-in-chief, VentureCapital Magazin (Press)
• Jan Michael Hess, CEO, Ecosummit (Press)