Experts
Take a look at our speakers scheduled for this event
Speakers
Dirk Carrez
Executive Director
Bio-based Industries Consortium
Kris Castelein
Economic & Commercial Counselor
FIT - Flanders Investment & Trade
Bety Chu
Head of Business Unit Sustainable Transformation
NRW.GLOBAL Business
Maximilian Erb
Investment Director
NRW Venture Capital
Carsten Gerhardt
Chairman
Circular Valley
Johan Keppens
Investment Director
PMV
Dries Maes
Policy adviser bioeconomy at the Department Economics, Science and Innovation
Vlaamse overheid
Marcus Remmers
Partner | Planetary Health Investments
Novo Holdings A/S
Stephan Schindele
Head of Product Management Agri-PV
BayWa
Ulrich Schurr
Prof. Doctor
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jowita Sewerska
Investment Director
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
Elise Steyaert
Program Manager
VITO
Katrien Swerts
Executive Director Rabo Investments
Rabobank
Wouter Van de Putte
Investment Director
Capricorn Partners
Roel Vleeschouwers
Business Development Manager
VITO
Benno Weissner
Consultant/ European Project Management
ZENIT GmbH
Expert Jury
Samuel Ambrosetti
Innovation and Programming manager
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Simon Ansorge
Industrial Strategies & Sustainability
Braskem
Stuart Askew
Senior Director
Procter & Gamble
Cornelia Bähr
Senior investment manager
b.value AG
Rob Beekers
Director New Business Development
Cargill Bio-industrial Group
Anna Belousova
Associate
Sofinnova Partners
Paul Böckmann
Analyst | Venture Capital
WEPA Ventures
Frank Boerboom
Senior Technologist/Expert
Danone Research & Innovation
Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital
Karl Collins
Director Innovation Ecosystem, Europe
Bayer
Filippo Dal Ben
Venture Capital Investor
Pioneer Group
Lorenzo De Angeli
Principal
Matterwave Ventures
Peter Eckes
Operational Partner
Astanor Ventures
Daniel El Chami
Sustainability Strategy Director
TIMAC AGRO International - Groupe Roullier
Mami Fleck
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH
Bjorn Heinz
Venture capital for climate positive solutions
Yara International ASA
Viviana Hermosilla
Innovation and Technical Lead Europe
CMPC Ventures
Alexander Hoffmann
General Partner
Forbion
Jonas Ide
Senior Investment Manager - Venture & Growth Capital
Oetker Collection KG
Elena Sofia Inguglia
Scouting & Assessment Manager| Ventures and External Innovation
Novonesis
Philipp Kopp
Investment Manager
GGF
Mikko Lassila
Director, New Business Development
UPM
Marc Leduc
Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Inazio Martinez de Arano
Coordinator of the Bioregions Facility
European Forest Institute
Marion Meyer
Senior Advisor
SVG Ventures
Erik Moens
Director
Transition Finance Network (TFN)
Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
Chief Scientist
Circular Valley
Lena Marie Müller
Investment Analyst
Vorwerk Ventures
Svenja Nentwig
Investment Manager
eCAPITAL
Andrea Rossi
PoC & Scouting Coordinator
LIFTT
Aline Rotzetter
Senior Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures
Stephan Ruck
Investment Analyst
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Bruno Rudnik
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures
Florian Schnitzler
Head of Start-up/Scale-up units
NRW.GLOBAL Business
Julia Seeliger
Associate
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Sunghee Son
Head of Business Development, Europe
LG Chem Europe GmbH
Marius Thebault
Associate
CIRCULAR INNOVATION FUND
Peter van Gelderen
General Partner
Icos Capital
Jurgen Van Holen
R&D Manager
Oleon NV
Peter Vanlaeke
Partner
Syensqo
Tom Viaene
Manager New Ventures
VIB
Joost Waeterloos
EMEA Corporate Tech Scouting
Dow
Xandra Weinbeck
Senior Business Development Manager
Invest-NL
Lex Westbroek
Investment Manager
Brightlands Venture Partners
Mateusz Wielopolski
Manager Deloitte Sustainability & Climate GmbH
Deloitte
Selection Panel
Elena Ballesteros Rodado
Investment Associate
Hitachi Ventures
Manuel Brunner
Senior Manager, Sustainable Material Innovation and Investments
Minderoo Foundation
Geoffroy Dubus
Partner
Demeter
Sara Færch Hansen
Investment Associate
Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
Marina Fuentes
Investment Manager
Mercia Asset Management
Nicolai Holmsen
MBA Associate Intern
Hadean Ventures
Erik Kolehmainen
VP Corporate Venturing
Metsä Spring Ltd.
Ivana Krkljus
Strategic Senior Manager Green Transformation
BASF
Erik Madeyski Bengtson
Investment Manager
Almi Invest Green Tech
Laura Mendera
Director Business Development
CLEAR Corporate Finance
Michinori Muraoka
Investment Manager
Asahi Kasei Corporate Venture Capital
Nik Raupp
Principal
HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds
Patrick Rose
Innovation Manager
SPRIND GmbH
Laura Schwery
Business Development Manager
CleantechAlps
Pernillle Soelberg
Investment Partner
Novo Nordisk A/S
Coaches
Berthold Alfes
Independent Strategy Consultant
Berthold Alfes Strategy Consulting
John Allies
Managing Director
Strategic Allies Limited
Karan Bagai
Co-Founder
BrisQ
Christophe Bodin
Director
CBO Consulting
Valter Darbe
Managing Director
IGC SRL
Karen Hamann
Managing director
Institute for Food Studies & Agroindustrial Development IFAU
Katrin Kriebs
Project Manager
CLIB – Cluster Industrial Biotechnology
Tanja Meyer
European Project Coordinator
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Joana Moreira-Silva
Senior Innovation Consultant
PNO Innovation Portugal
Vicki O'Brien
Director
Strategic Allies
René Reijtenbagh
Founder, CEO
Business Angels Connect
Elisabetta Sakiotis
Investment Associate
Rockstart
Lydia Simon
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures
Filipa Tome
Country Manager Portugal & Senior Innovation Consultant
PNO Innovation Portugal
Marcel van Berkel
Angel Investor
VanBerkel Consultancy
Alexander van Os
Director & Co-Founder
Venture IQ
Presenting Company
Ilan Adler
CEO & Founder
EcoNomad Solutions
Alireza Ahmadi
CEO
DynamoBot GmbH
Alexander Belskis
CEO
Empyrio
Tiina Bensky
CEO
Innomost
Jan-Philipp Birke
Head of Operations
MicroHarvest GmbH
Stefaan De Wildeman
Founder - CEO
B4PLASTICS
Kurt Du Mong
Chief Executive Officer
Zeopore Technologies NV