MAIN CONFERENCE
MARCH 5
VENUE:
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM, MOUNTAIN VIEW
1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA
8.15-9.00 AM:
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
12.15-1.15 PM:
LUNCH BREAK
4-5.30 PM:
CONSULATES COCTAIL HOUR
9.00 AM
CONFERENCE OPENING
Opening words by moderators:
Marcus Liu Rönngren and Rebecca Scheel
Welcome words:
Mayor Pat Showalter, Mayor of Mountain View
Opening keynote:
Eric Vettel, President, American Energy Society
SESSION 1
NET ZERO TRANSITION
Keynote:
Steven Mickelsen, Head of Legal, Statkraft
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Claus Krog Ekman, Energy Attaché, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Pooja Jain, Senior Vice President, WSP, Bo Scholer, President, Eurowind Energy US, Gia B. Vacin, Deputy Director, California Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development, Steven Mickelsen, Head of Legal, Statkraft
SESSION 2
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Keynote:
“Public spaces to experience innovation – Wisdome Stockholm expanding the idea of what to build in wood”
Astrid Stenberg, Project Manager of Wisdome Stockholm, National Museum of Science and Technology
Panel Discussion:
“Cities fighting Climate Change, Urgent Areas to Collaborate on and what the future holds”
Helena Sarén, Head of Zero Carbon Future Mission at Business Finland, Pat Showalter, Mayor of Mountain View, Per Grankvist, Chief Storyteller at Viable Cities, Jan Pepper, Retired CEO of Peninsula Clean Energy
SESSION 3
AI
Keynote:
Peder Naerboe, Founder and exec. Chairman, Bulk Infrastructure
Panel Discussion:
Dion Harris, Director, Product GTM, Accelerated Data Center Solutions, Nvidia Jakob Stengel, CEO & Managing Partner, Case Rose,
Anders Lier, Founder & CEO, Energi AI, Matheus Vervloet, Product Manager, Google
SESSION 4
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AS AN ENABLER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Panel Discussion:
“How does R&D catalyze Sustainable Solutions?”
Jenny Elfsberg, Director & Head of Innovation Management Division at Vinnova Jussi Manninen, Executive Vice President of Carbon Neutral Solutions at VTT Dilma Da Silva, NSF
SESSION 5
CLIMATECH
Panel discussion:
”The Role of Entrepreneurship and Investing in Solving the Climate Crisis”
Ken Hayes, Executive Director, Cleantech Open, Wade Bitaraf, Founder Energy & Sustainability, Plug and Play, Alita Carbone, Senior Director of Corporate Development & Strategy at Claros Technologies and Principal at Impact Science Ventures. Moderator: Daniel Kriozere, Climate VC & Ecosystem Builder, Anthropocene Ventures
SESSION 6
CIRCULAR PRACTICES AND CORPORATIONS WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
Fireside chat:
“Agriculture as a Key Driver for a Sustainable World”
Corinna Bellizzi Impact Entrepreneur & Podcaster, Berglind Ran Olfasdottir, CEO of ORF Genetics, Isaac Berzin, CTO & Co-founder at VAXA Technology
Panel Discussion:
“How Global Corporations Drive Sustainability Through Innovation”
Per Jonsson, VP Digital and Security - CDO/CISO at Autoliv
Amy Chen, SVP - Chief Innovation Officer at KONE,
Martin Schwirn, Author and Senior Strategic Insight Advisor, Business Finland
COCTAILS WITH THE CONSULATES
Mingle and network with the Nordic Consulates