NOVEMBER 20 TH 2013 LAHTI, FINLAND PROGRAM

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1 NOVEMBER 20 TH 2013 LAHTI, FINLAND PROGRAM

2 Pre-event for cleantech companies: Nordic Cleantech Acceleration Day Tuesday 19th November starting at 11 am. Venue: Wanha Walimo, Vesijärvenkatu 25, Lahti Program highlights: Guide to Investability, Pitch-Talk and Industrial Sales NOTE: Limited seats! Companies will be selected from the registered applicants and those selected to pitch during the main day at Sibeliushall will be preferenced. The day is meant for cleantech companies seeking financing, it will offer a chance to meat and interact with investors and corporates and to learn from their experience. (Separate program) Corporate Cleantech Venture Day Wednesday 20th November Venue: Sibeliushall, Ankkurikatu 7, Lahti 8:00 REGISTRATION OPENS Coffee served 8:30 9:30 SPEED-DATING SESSION Cleantech companies Investors and Corporates MAIN HALL 9:45 10:00 OPENING WORDS OF THE CORPORATE CLEANTECH VENTURE DAY Nina Harjula, Head of Development, Cleantech, LADEC 10: World Leaders Striving for Faster Cleantech Deployment P 80 Group Foundation* Join Forces with Global Cleantech Cluster Association to Identify and Support the Funding of Sustainable Technologies We are about to explore if we can engage the pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, in driving low carbon, climate resilient, sustainable growth and increase investment in the deployment of proven technologies to address climate change challenges and growing resource shortages in the areas of energy, water, clean air and food. * Club de Madrid is supporting the Global Technology Deployment Initiative, as a joint partner of the P80 Group via the Little Rock Accord. Keynotes: Mark W. Grobmyer, Managing Director, P80 Group Foundation, Chairman, Global Technology Deployment Initiative Christian Haeuselmann, Co-founder and Board member of GCCA, co-founder swisscleantech Panel discussion: Markus Lampinen, CEO, Grow VC Group Shawn Lesser, Co-founder and Partner, Watershed Capital, co-founder GCCA Todd Nelson, Director of Venture Development, NextEnergy Center, U.S. Eugene Yun, Managing Director, P80 Group Foundation and Managing Partner, Eos Investment Partners Moderator: Lisa Ann Pinkerton, President, Technica Communications

3 MAIN HALL 11:10 12:00 THEME: SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING The New Era of Sustainable Lighting This session will explore new innovations and trends in the sustainable lighting sector and its tremendous opportunities in the emerging markets. Keynotes: Iván Hutter, General Manager, Public Sector, GE Lighting Europe Nancy E. Clanton, Founder and President of Clanton & Associates Panel discussion: Nancy E. Clanton, Founder and President of Clanton & Associates Iván Hutter, General Manager, Public Sector, GE Lighting Europe Vesa Pentikäinen, Research Scientist, Team Leader, VTT, Technical Research Center Finland Rene Savelsberg, Co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of Chrysalix SET, case: LuXeXcel Moderator: Karsten Hojberg, Business Development Manager Clean Tech, Autodesk THEME: WASTE MANAGEMENT Veolia Innovation Accelerator Launch of a new open innovation challenge and the collaboration with Ladec to boost the cleantech innovations. Keynote: Nicolas Maréchal-Abram, Project Manager, Veolia Environnement Research and Innovation Selected companies pitch for the challenge (6 10) Panel discussion: Ella Labonne, Waste Management Specialist, Veolia Environnement Research & Innovation Nicolas Maréchal-Abram, Project Manager, Veolia Environnement Research & Innovation Tarja Teppo, Partner Cleantech Invest Esa Ekholm, Head of Account Management, Ladec (tbc) Selected companies pitch: 1 5 FOREST HALL 12:00 13:00 LUNCH MAIN HALL 13:00 13:50 Corporate Venturing for Technology Acquisitions and Industrial Symbioses In this session, we will highlight new and innovative cross-sectoral cooperation and venture models. It is time to challenge the conservative value-chain thinking amongst the industries and find new ways to create value and sustainable business. Keynotes: Finding and building technology growth options Patric Gresko, Head of Unit - Venture Capital, European Investment Fund (tbc) Panel discussion: Kenneth Ekman, CEO, Crisolteq Patric Gresko, Head of Unit - Venture Capital, European Investment Fund (tbc) Julien Mialaret, Investment Manager, Idinvest Partners Moderator: Pauli Marttila, Director of Corporate Investments, Sitra Host: The Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA 3

4 MAIN HALL 14:00 15:00 Corporates and ventures - strategic innovation tools and channels to global business Future business and technology innovations emerge when different competencies and knowledge are integrated in new application areas. For corporations, venturing offers an access into an extended pool of new ideas. For SME s, the offering is growth funding connected with knowledge, resources and global value network Dealflow Selected companies pitch: Keynote: Claus Hackmann, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital Panel discussion: Mika Saariaho, Senior Vice President, Energy & Water, Outotec Claus Hackmann, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital Juho Malmberg, CEO, Zenrobotics Kari Herlevi, Green Growth Program Director, Tekes Moderator: Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse Host: The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes Selected companies pitch: FOREST HALL 15:00 15:20 NETWORKING BREAK Coffee served MAIN HALL 15:20 16:10 Structural Changes Call for New Approaches: Interplay Between Corporations and Startups an Opportunity for Renewal? In this session we will explore different modes of interaction between large corporations and startups: spin-offs, corporate VC investments, acquisitions, joint R&D etc. We will also discuss incentives and disincentives for collaboration as well as different ways to promote it. Warm-up: Fireside chat: Moderator: Host: Ben Taube, president of BLT Sustainable Energy Inc, Strategic advisor of Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and Chairman of GCCA Ilari Kallio, New Technologies and Innovation General Manager, Wärtsilä Heli Antila, CTO, Fortum Harri Ollila, Partner, VNT Management Kai Engelhardt, Head of Corporate Venture Capital, MAHLE International Philip Padfield, CEO, Eniram Henri Grundsten, Director, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd Finnish Industry Investment Ltd 4

5 MAIN HALL 16:20 17:10 Corporate Engagement: Spinoffs, VC Investments and Acquisitions Different ways of corporate innovation partnering will be discussed during this session through case examples from cleantech industry. Panel discussion: Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse / Innovation Mill Anssi Lehikoinen, CEO and Co-Founder, Rocsole Dag Sandås, CFO, The Switch Timo Peter, Director, Cartagena Capital Moderator: Aaron Enz, Partner, Watershed Capital Chinese Corporations Craving for Energy Efficiency: will the market continue to rise? Panel discussion: Fred Chang, Managing Director, Everest Cleantech Advisors Kari Lahti, Product Manager, Fortum Eero Pekkola, CEO, Oilon Moderator: Jussi Nykänen, CEO and Chairman of the Board, GreenStream Network Plc Selected companies pitch: Selected companies pitch: LASTU 17:10 19:00 NETWORKING BREAK Lastu lounge available for meetings while the Forest Hall is being prepared for the Gala Side events HAAPA KUUSI CARPENTER S WORKSHOP 11:00 12:00 SITRA, Portfolio Companies meeting (Invitation only) 13:00 15:00 Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA): Cluster Managers Meeting :00 Lahti Green City and Lahti University of Applied Sciences Ecomill project Cleantech Gala afternoon seminar (In Finnish, separate invitation and registration) Free shuttle available for the guest to the hotels in the center of the city and back before the Gala. FOREST HALL 19:00 23:00 Cleantech Gala Seated Dinner with Award Ceremonies Hosted by The City of Lahti, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) and Lahti Development Company (LADEC) Welcome speeches City of Lahti, The Mayor Jyrki Myllyvirta Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Dean, Silja Kostia Lahti Green City and LUAS Ecomill project Awards Presented by the Program Director Saara Vauramo and Dean Silja Kostia Keynote Speaker, Mari Pantsar-Kallio, Strategic Director, Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Strategic Program for the Cleantech Business Global Cleantech Later Stage Award Finals GCCA, Co-founder and Later Stage Award Head-judge Peter Adriaens The Gala is co-funded by City of Lahti, Green City and LUAS Ecomill project 5

6 Partners: CLEANTECH FINLAND