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28 October
Messe Munich, Hall A6
Agenda of Day 1
Networking area
Oct 28, 2026
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
Networking time
Main stage
Oct 28, 2026
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Welcome & opening address
Speaker
:
Tobias
Gotthardt
Member of the State Parliament
Vice Minister
Elena
Bou
InnoEnergy
Co-founder & Acting Co-CEO
Bart
De Beer
InnoEnergy
CFO and Acting Co-CEO
Main stage
Oct 28, 2026
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
Keynote address: Jean-Christophe Laloux
Keynote
:
Jean-Christophe
Laloux
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Director General – Head of EU Lending and Advisory Operations
Main stage
Oct 28, 2026
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
Keynote address: Mariana Mazucatto
Keynote
:
Mariana
Mazzucato
University College London (UCL)
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, Founder and Director of IIPP
Networking area
Oct 28, 2026
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Networking coffee break
InnoEnergy Booth
Oct 28, 2026
11:45 AM
12:30 PM
Clean Tech Skills Report: Trends Shaping 2027-2030 - Powered by The European Solar Academy
Networking area
Oct 28, 2026
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Networking lunch
Track 1 stage
Oct 28, 2026
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Track 1A - Capital & Investment - Sponsored by Cleantech Group (Investor pass only)
Moderator
:
Richard
Youngman
Cleantech Group
CEO
Speaker
:
Irene
Gálvez
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Head of Cleantech Growth Capital
Mark
Windeknecht
World Fund
Principal
Dennis
Fagerros
Nasdaq
IPO Director
Andreas
Nelle
Raue
Attorney (Lawyer)
Track 2 stage
Oct 28, 2026
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Track 2A - From FOAK to Scale | Pre-FID: preparing for industrialisation
Moderator
:
Alexander
Goos
InnoEnergy
Head of Asset Management
Speaker
:
Florent
Andrillon
Capgemini
Climate Tech Global Head
Lars
Eiermann
TU Munich Venture Labs
CSO & CBDO
Kenny
Vanreppelen
Act and Sorb
Founder & CEO | Manufacturing & Sustainability Expert
Marcin
Koziorowski
Ecobean
CEO & Co-Founder
Diego
Tonelli
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Head of Innovation Fund Unit
Benoit
Lemaignan
Verkor
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Track 3 stage
Oct 28, 2026
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Track 3A - Corporate & Start-up Collaboration
Moderator
:
Olav
Carlsen
SPRIND — Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Innovation Manager
Speaker
:
Peter
Schumacher
Terrafame Ltd | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Board Member and Senior Advisor
Anna
Krzyżanowska
DG RTD, Start-up and scale-up strategy
Adviser at European Commission
Silke
Grimhardt
Siemens Energy
Head of Venture Clienting
Téma
Benhalima-Bouville
ENGIE
Global Innovation Director
Track 4 stage
Oct 28, 2026
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Track 4A - Energy Market Highlights - Sponsored by The European Solar Academy
Keynote 2:00-2:30 Taking the Pulse of Energy Technology and Global Competitiveness
:
Araceli
Fernandez
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Head of Technology Innovation Unit
Keynote 2:30-3:00 Policy pathways: Securing Europe’s energy future through AI and digitalisation
:
Hadrien
Thebault
DG ENER European Commission
Policy Office
Networking area
Oct 28, 2026
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Networking coffee break
Track 1 stage
Oct 28, 2026
4:30 PM
7:00 PM
Track 1B - AI tools: How investors drive efficiency and better decision-making -Sponsored by...
Moderator
:
Richard
Youngman
Cleantech Group
CEO
Speaker
:
Michael
Brehm
Redstone
General Partner and Founder
Alexej
Kovtunets
Better ventures
CTO
Track 2 stage
Oct 28, 2026
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Track 2B - From FOAK to Scale | Post-FID: lessons from execution
Moderator
:
Alexander
Goos
InnoEnergy
Head of Asset Management
Speaker
:
Florent
Andrillon
Capgemini
Climate Tech Global Head
Lars
Eiermann
TU Munich Venture Labs
CSO & CBDO
Kenny
Vanreppelen
Act and Sorb
Founder & CEO | Manufacturing & Sustainability Expert
Marcin
Koziorowski
Ecobean
CEO & Co-Founder
Diego
Tonelli
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Head of Innovation Fund Unit
Benoit
Lemaignan
Verkor
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Track 3 stage
Oct 28, 2026
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Track 3B - Corporate & Start-up Collaboration
Moderator
:
Tobias
Lechtenfeld
Tech For Net Zero
Scale-up Finance
Speaker
:
Danijel
Grabovac
Siemens
Head of Siemens for Startups
Ludwig
Speidel
Swobbee GmbH
CFO
Alf Henryk
Wulf
Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (VDE)
President
Helmut
Schönenberger
Technischen Universität München (TUM)
Co-Founder and CEO, UnternehmerTUM; Vice President Entrepreneurship
Track 4 stage
Oct 28, 2026
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Track 4B -Can Europe rebuild a competitive solar industry - Sponsored by The European Solar Academy
Moderator
:
Pénélope
Nabet
EU Public Affairs Manager
InnoEnergy
Speaker
:
Vincent
Delporte
HoloSolis
Chief Public Affairs & Communication Officer
Minh
Huy Lai
Generation
COO
Michael
Pinto
Sunwafe
CEO
Fireside chat 5:20-5:40 Data centers in Space
:
Karl-Georg
Schlesinger
Co-Founder of Marvel Fusion, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of BoS, and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Space Startup
Bart
Markus
Nexwafe
Supervisory Board
Networking area
Oct 28, 2026
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
Networking drinks
Dinner hall
Oct 28, 2026
6:30 PM
10:00 PM
TBB Networking Dinner
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