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Programme for Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day 2009This is the extensive programme for Scandinavia's biggest cleantech event. It updates continuously. September 28th 2009Stockholm Cleantech TourA half-day bus tour for international investors and cleantech leaders will guide through some of the most exciting cleantech sites and companies in the Stockholm region: city area Hammarby Sjöstad, the Ångström Laboratory at the Uppsala University, the wind turbine constructor ‘Vertical Wind’ testing site with wind energy on Ericsson’s radio masts in Uppsala among others. For the programme of the Tour and more information, click here. The Tour is open and free of charge to participants of the Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day, but places are limited and separate registration applies.19.00 Welcome reception at Sweden Green Tech Building, Klarabergsgatan 37 September 29th 2009Stockholm Cleantech Venture DayVenue: Kistamässan 08.30 Registration and coffee 09.00 Welcome from the organisers Moderator: Paula Lembke, Marketing Director, Swedish Patent and Registration Office 09.10 Ola Alterå, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications 09.30 Olivia Lum, CEO of Hyflux International, a fast grower and one of the most successful water treatment companies from Singapore 10.00 Presentation of the pitching session 10.10 Pitching first half of 25 Scandinavian cleantech investment opportunities 10.40 Coffee break 11.10 Alexander Lidgren, Co-founder and Chairman of Cleantech Scandinavia. Nordic Cleantech: Facts and Trends 11.30 Pitching second half of 25 Scandinavian cleantech investment opportunities 12.00 Networking lunch 13.30 WWF Climate Solver - WWF's program to improve global conditions for climate innovations and launch of this year's selected companies presented by Barbara Evaeus, Manager Climate Communications at WWF Sweden. 14.00 Parallel sessions: Session 1: "Regional development supporting cleantech growth”: Panelists from internationally leading cleantech regions debate the role that regions play in fostering cleantech innovation and growth and involve topics such as regional cleantech policy, incubation, investment, research and education. Moderator – Helena Tillborg, Director of Sweden Cleantech Incubators Panel: Ulla Hamilton, Stockholm Stad; Mari Pantsar-Kallio, Programme Director of the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, Lahti, Finland; Steven K. Rust CEO of Green Valley Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Nicolai Rottbøll Sederberg-Olsen, Managing Director of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, Denmark; Uwe Ladenburger, Management and marketing for the City of Freiburg, Germany. Session 2: “From seed to star – What does it take?”: Entrepreneurs and experienced cleantech investors, cover different growth stages of company development, in particular topics such as ownership, funding, market strategy, and reaching out to international markets. Moderator – Magnus Rehn, Business Coach in Cleantech, Stockholm Innovation & Growth Panel: Sven Lindström, CEO of Midsummer, Sweden; Lassi Noponen, first investor to, and former chairman of Winwind, Finland; Paul Decraemer, Head Cleantech Investment Practice, Capricorn Venture Partners, Belgium; Michael Santullo, Cleantech Circle, co-founder of the Cleantech Open, California; Anders Brännström, President and CEO of Volvo Technology Transfer, Sweden. 15.10 Coffee break 15.40 Panel discussion: "A New Deal for the Climate - A Very Big Deal for Cleantech": In December 2009 world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to agree on a new global climate deal with the objective of preventing dangerous global warming. It is suggested that annual public financing of $100-160 billion will be included in this agreement. Panelists will discuss the challenges that entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies will face if they are to seize this opportunity for growth in the cleantech industry. 16.30 Refreshments and networking 17.30 Buses leave for dinner reception 18.30 Dinner reception starts at the Atrium of the Swedish National Museum, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 4, where the “Cleantech of the Year Award” ceremony will take place. September 30th 2009“De-mystifying the US market”
a workshop for cleantech professionals, highlighting North America as a potential target market for Scandinavian cleantech companies, with content such as the “The Silicon Valley Way”, “Access to US Cleantech Capital”, “Go-to-market Strategy for Cleantech”, “Structuring the US Operations”. The workshop is organised in cooperation with Cleantech Circle, a group of cleantech-engaged serial entrepreneurs and investors based in Silicon Valley. This is a closed workshop for cleantech entrepreneurs, participation is free of charge. The workshop is sponsored by a commercial law firm Vinge, which will also be hosting it. To see the programme, click here.
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