Programme. THURSDAY CLEANTECH VENTURE DAY Sibelius Hall, Lahti

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1 Programme THURSDAY CLEANTECH VENTURE DAY Sibelius Hall, Lahti 08:00 Registration opens 08:30 09:30 Speed-dating Session - Investors and companies Puusepän verstas, 1 st floor 09:30 10:00 Coffee & networking - Metsähalli, 1 st floor 10:00 11:00 Seminar 1: CLEANTECH MEANS BUSINESS! Puusepän Sali 2 nd floor Cleantech Venture Day s story started when the industry was just beginning to define itself today we have success stories all over the world. Welcome to the 10 th Cleantech Venture Day Nina Harjula, Head of Development, Cleantech and Venture Programs, LADEC Keynote: "No more excuses" Bruce Oreck, Entrepreneur at heart, Former U.S. Ambassador in Finland Keynote: Collaborative Economy change is inevitable and it is happening through the increasing power of individuals Robin Chase, co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, Founder of GoLoco.org and Veniam.

2 11:10 12:10 Dealflow Session 1: Energy & Smart grid Moderator: Marko Koski, Vaasa EnergyWeek TidalSails, Norway Aurelia Turbines, Finland Masar, Netherland Ubik Solutions, Estonia Ferroplan, Finland 11:10 12:10 Dealflow Session 2: New solution & IoT Puusepän verstas, 1 st floor Moderator: Jan Michael Hess, Ecosummit Snowek, Finland Solar Water Solution, Finland Sansox, Finland Qualvista, Finland TassuESP, Finland Lahden 4G service, Finland 12:10 13:10 Lunch & networking - Metsä halli, 1 st floor 13:10 14:20 Seminar 2: CLEANTECH MEETS CIRCULAR ECONOMY Moderator: Matti Aistrich, Senior Lead, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra This theme seminar opens up the business opportunities in the Circular Economy and Bio economy. Smart cities can show an example and create economies of scale and reference cases for new cleantech businesses by setting up ambitious objectives for mitigating their emissions. How to be smart and sustainable and

3 at the same time cope with the megatrends of urbanization, growing consumption and scarce resources. You will know after this session! SMART STORIES FROM SMART CITIES City of Paris, France the World Capital of Circular Economy what opportunities are opening for cleantech companies around the city Vincent Roumeas, Cleantech Business Development Manager, Paris Region Entreprises, France City of Turku, Finland Niko Kyynäräinen, Business Development Director, City of Turku, Finland Panel discussion What kind of business opportunities do these new trends offer? What kind of products/services and solutions will we see in the future? Where are the markets - and most importantly where is the money going? Moderator: Howard Jacobs, Professor, University of Tampere, Finland Panelists: Robin Chase, Co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, Founder of GoLoco.org and Veniam Alain Staron, VP Digital Offers at Veolia Sirpa Välimaa, Technical Customer Service Manager for dissolving pulp, Stora Enso Niko Kyynäräinen, Business Development Director, City of Turku, Finland Vincent Roumeas, Cleantech Business Development Manager, Paris Region Entreprises, France Laura Järvinen, Specialist, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

4 14:30 15:30 Dealflow Session 3: Consumer Cleantech Moderator: Jyri Arponen, Tekes Froodly, Finland Piggy Baggy, Finland Tziip, Finland Exibea, Sweden Eko Rent, Finland Binee, England 14:30 15:30 Dealflow Session 4: New Materials & material efficiency Puusepän verstas, 1 st floor Epse, Finland Abalonyx, Norway CarbonReUse, Finland Ductor, Finland Skeleton Technologies, Estonia Magsort, Finland 15:30 16:00 Coffee & networking - Metsä halli, 1 st floor 16:00 17:15 Dealflow Session 5: Corporate Speciality Boosting new cleantech ecosystems and growth Jyri Arponen, Program Manager, Tekes

5 E.ON SE Ines Bergman, Principal, Technology & Innovation / Innovation Scouting & Co- Investments E.ON company split and strategy supported by CVC activities Under its Empowering customers. Shaping markets. Strategy, E.ON s drive to retail distributed and novel energy technologies and business models will be supported by venture-capital activities for strategic partnerships. They are designed to find the next big energy propositions that will improve E.ON s offer to its millions of customers around Europe via its global and regional businesses. Sympower, Estonia Process Genius, Finland UPM Esa Laurinsilta, Director, Strategic Partnership UPM Grow with Biofore UPM is looking for partnership opportunities that support their vision - to lead the integration of bio and forest industries into a new, sustainable and innovation-driven future. They have lots of cooperation possibilities that benefit both parties. UPM is building circular economy in practice how to find new ways to utilize of pulp and paper mill side streams. Trifilon, Sweden Paptic, Finland 17:15 21:00 AWARDS AND COCKTAILS 10 th Cleantech Venture Day celebration with cocktails 17:45 Best Dealflow Pitches & Forbes Finland Awards Puusepä halli, 2 nd floor 19:00 Lahti Symphony Concert - Concert Hall Vasili Sinaiski, conductor and Ilja Gringolts, violin Cleantech lounge serves during the concert break at Puusepän sali 2 nd floor More information: