Experts
Meet the experts driving this programme forward
Presenting Companies
Hugo Adams
CEO
Kelpi
Willem Bottger
Director Innovation
NPSP
Laure Craeye
CEO
W'Ice
Leentje Croes
Head of Business
Noah Water Solutions
Louis Daniels
Metiris
Ingrid Dynna
CEO & Co-founder
NoMy
Judy El Jablaoui
ZEOPORE TECHNOLOGIES NV
Ricardo Garcia de Alba
CEO
Meiogenix
Jeroen Glansdorp
CEO
Veridis Technologies B.V.
Thoralf Gutierrez
Co-Founder & CEO
Sirona Technologies
Lukas Jasiunas
CEO
ecorbio
Ayush Khandelwal
CEO
Paper Earth UG
Line Kloster Pedersen
CEO & Founder
Visibuilt ApS
Solvita Kostjukova
CTO and Co-founder
P-Agro Minerals
Marcin Koziorowski
CEO
EcoBean
Deborah Künne
Brand and Communications Manager
everox
Josefin Lannefors
CCO
enginzyme
Dominik Lembke
Chief Business Development Officer
LIBREC AG
Guy Maurice
Founder & SeaEO
B'ZEOS SWITZERLAND SA
Denis Payen
CEO
BiocSol srl
Isabel Paz
Co-founder
Burp BV
Gery Pollet
Chief Sc(i)entist Officer
Scenti.AI
Mohnish Pujari
Business Development Manager
instrAction GmbH
Daan Raemdonck
CEO
Koppie
Emile Redant
CEO
Zymofix
Leon Rizzi
CEO
Jolt
Jules Rombouts
Co-founder & CEO
Nature's Principles B.V.
Deni Saidoulaev
Co-Founder
Greyn Market
Jean-Michel Scheuren
Novobiom
Gudfinnur Sveinsson
CEO
Brineworks
Fanni Sypaseuth
Senior Development Engineer
ARK Capture Solutions
Stephan van Sint Fiet
CEO
Vivici BV
Montgomery Wagner
Co-Founder & COO
revoltech
Jan Octavio Wilske
Co-Founder & CEO
Tergy Sagava ApS
Selection Panel & Experts
Samuele Ambrosetti
Innovation and Programming manage
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Nele Ameloot
Head of BioMolecules Business Development Center, Founder Deepr CV
Ghent University
Sofie Baeten
CEO and co-founder
Qbic Fund
Frank Boerboom
Senior Technologist/Expert
Danone Research & Innovation
Manuel Brunner
Senior Manager, Sustainable Material Innovation and Investments
Minderoo Foundation
Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital
Stephanie Dalquist
Senior Associate Venture Capital
Bouygues Construction Venture
Jacob Dankert
Investment Manager
Colesco Circular & Climate Credit Impact Fund
Simon De Corte
Spin-off advisor
Ghent University
Nathan De Geyter
Business Developer BIOREFINED
Ghent University
Remy de Tonnac
Partner
ETF Partners
Michael Dean
Founding Partner
AgFunder
Ruben Decoster
Investment Associate
Finindus
David Farquhar
Northface Ventures
Artem Galchenko
Investment Manager
Triodos Investment Management
Mariana Gonzalez Lopez
Principal
Collateral Good Ventures
Christian Gonzalez
Investor
Planet A Ventures
Mathieu Goudot
Senior Partner
Circular Innovation Fund
Justin Guest
Partner
Archipelago Eco Investors
Vincent Hebbelynck
Head of VC Unit
PMV
Sergio Henrique Collaco de Car
Partner, Head of Sustainability
Planet First Partners
Viviana Hermosilla
Innovation and Technical Lead Europe
CMPC Ventures
Jonas Ide
Senior Investment Manager - Venture & Growth Capital
Oetker Collection KG
Elena Sofia Inguglia
Scouting & Assessment Manager| Ventures and External Innovation
Novonesis
Miguel Knudsen
Investment Manager
Future Food Fund
Bart Kregersman
Biolynx
Nicolas Krink
Senior Business and Research Analyst
SPRIN-D
Carolin Lanfer
Senior Associate
Forbion
Sophie Lemarchand
VC Analyst
ETF Partners
Charlie Macdonald
Investment Director
Rubio Impact Ventures
Laura Mendera
Director Business Development
CLEAR Corporate Finance
Erik Moens
Managing Director
Transition Finance Network
Alexandre Ouimet-Storrs
Investment Director - LOIM Plastic Circularity fund
Lombard Odier Investment Managers
Pierre Poublan-Couzardot
Strategic Development - Partnership Europe
Kubota Holdings Europe
Nicolas Rose-André
Investment Manager
MIG Capital
Charlottе Rossignol
VC Analyst
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Aline Rotzetter
Senior Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures
Bruno Rudnik
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures
Florian Schlehuber
Head of Business Development
Zaz Ventures
Sebastian Schwarm
Sustainability Technology Manager
Kuraray Europe GmbH
Tom Smets
Investment Associate
Qbic Fund
Oliver Smith
Consultant
Sheffield Haworth
Boris Starchenko
Associate
First Imagine! Ventures
Katrien Swerts
Executive Director Rabo Investments
Rabobank
Hortense Tafforeau
Investor
Meridiam
William Taul Madsen
Associate
NOON Ventures
Wouter Van de Putte
Investment Director
Capricorn Partners
Peter van Gelderen
General Partner
Icos Capital
Bob Van Schoor
Sapphire Energy Solutions
Oliver Vander Cruysse
Principal
PMV
Peter Vanlaeke
Partner
Syensqo
Cato Vanleysen
Investment Аnalyst
PMV
Dimitri Varotsis
Ventures & External Innovation
Novonesis
Annick Verween
head of biotope
VIB
Roel Vleeschouwers
Business Development Manager
VITO
Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow
Xandra Weinbeck
Senior Business Development Manager
Invest-NL
Pelin Yilmaz
Investment Director
ICIG Ventures
Yoichi Yoshizawa
Manager
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland
Rolf Nagel
Managing Partner
Munich Venture Partners
Speakers
Stuart Askew
Senior Director
Procter & Gamble
Sofie Bracke
Alderman for Economy, Port, Trade, Tourism and Public Cleanliness
City of Ghent
Steven De Meester
Ghent University
Dieter Deforce
President from the Industrial Research Fund
University of Ghent
Johan Keppens
Investment Director
PMV
Agata Kotkowska
Deputy Head of Circular Economy Sustainable Production and Consumption
European Commission
Coaches