Cleantech Interactive
Why Attend
Our virtual event series gives you the insights and international connections you need to lead the transition from your home office. Start a conversation with the corporates, investors and entrepreneurs who can take you in new directions. Access thought leadership, start-up presentations, group discussions and our innovator area. Join us for a single edition or an entire year.
“Your approach to virtual events is attractive: fast-paced, bite-sized chunks every month. This fits much better into working patterns than full-day virtual events.”
Andrea Course, Venture Principal, Shell Ventures
“This is amazing, I loved the “drop you in it” networking. Easier to meet new people than breaking into some groups at live events! “
Ben Lynch, Managing Partner, Cleantech Capital Advisors
“Quite distinct from the hundreds of webinars out there, I was impressed by how you made it engaging and interactive for all participants. We will be back each month.”
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Upcoming Editions
17-18 November – Meet the New 50 to Watch
The 50 to Watch is a list of the top early-stage innovators tackling the world’s toughest challenges with high-impact solutions. These companies are some of the most inspiring businesses around, innovating to reforest the globe, increase plant-based diets, end plastic waste and more. Together, they form a roadmap to a better future.
Join us to meet this year’s 50 to Watch and the early-stage investors who helped select them.
Agenda
20-21 October – Quarterly Trends, Meet the New APAC 25 – plus Climate Crisis Post Covid: Reframing the Opportunities for our Cities
On 20 October, we will present to you a selection of the newly released 2020 APAC 25 companies and will provide our quarterly update on innovation and investment trends
The program on 21 October will be exclusively focused on cities. Globally, more people live in cities than outside them. And the trend will only increase. Join us for an assessment of the opportunities and ideas transforming the way we live.
Featured speakers
October 20, 2020
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Cleantech Group Coffee Bar
Join us in the Interactive Coffee Bar. We’re here to answer your questions and help you make the most of your Cleantech Interactive experience. Or just come along to get to know people and start new conversations – just like you might at any coffee bar.
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Cleantech Innovation and Investment Trends in Asia Pacific
The opening session will provide you with insights on some of the key innovation and investment trends, through the eyes of our recent APAC 25 Trends Report and some investors from around the region.
Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech GroupKarthik Chandrasekar
Founder & CEO, Sangam VenturesQi Lu
Partner, Tsing CapitalMelvyn Yeo
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Hosted Networking
Join us for some random, rapid fire networking, in which you will get to meet 6-12 new people over the time block. You will be randomly assigned to groups of 2-4 people for approx. 4-5 minutes, and we will repeat that until time runs out.
This networking session will take place on the same zoom line as the previous session.
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APAC 25: Innovation Showcase
Hear presentations from a selection of the 2020 APAC 25 companies.
Investor Reviewers: Julien Mialaret of Idinvest and Parinda Sae-Tang of PTT
Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech GroupCarrie Chan
Co-Founder & CEO, Avant MeatsArjun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Smart JoulesAndrew Mears
Founder & CEO, SwitchDinSai Ranganathan
Co-Founder & CEO, SensorFlowChin Foong (CF) Tong
Co-Founder & CEO, XnergyEthan Zhu
Founder & CEO, PowerShareJulien Mialaret
Operating Partner, EurazeoParinda Sae-Tang
Principal, Corporate Venture Capital, PTT -
BLOCK 2: Cleantech Group Coffee Bar
Join us in the Interactive Coffee Bar. We’re here to answer your questions and help you make the most of your Cleantech Interactive experience. Or just come along to get to know people and start new conversations – just like you might at any coffee bar.
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Quarterly Update on Investment Trends
With Q3 ended, what do the quarterly investment numbers say about how our innovation theme is coping and evolving through the global Covid-19 pandemic?
We will be joined by a few select investor guests to hear their perspectives on what they are experiencing and paying attention to. Via a quick group interactive exercise, you will have a chance to help contribute to and steer the conversation.
Sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank
Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech GroupDan Baldi
Market Manager, Energy & Resource Innovation, Silicon Valley BankBen Murphy
Investment Director, IP GroupMelanie Nakagawa
Director of Climate Strategy, Princeville CapitalSusan Rohac
Vice President, Cleantech Practice, BDC -
Hosted Networking
Join us for some random, rapid fire networking, in which you will get to meet 6-12 new people over the time block. You will be randomly assigned to groups of 2-4 people for approx. 4-5 minutes, and we will repeat that until time runs out.
This networking session will take place on the same zoom line as the previous session.
October 21, 2020
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Fireside Chat with Racquel Moses, CEO of Caribbean Accelerator
We are excited to welcome Racquel Moses to this Fireside Chat where she will share with us her experience about the ways the Caribbean region is addressing urgent climate threats through innovative thinking and technology experimentation.
Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager, Cleantech GroupRacquel Moses
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Cleantech Group Coffee Bar
Join us in the Interactive Coffee Bar. We’re here to answer your questions and help you make the most of your Cleantech Interactive experience. Or just come along to get to know people and start new conversations – just like you might at any coffee bar.
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Cities as a Resilience Living Lab: Real-time Experimentation to Hit Moving Sustainability Targets
Cities are becoming increasingly experimental in the way that they approach climate innovation, including setting up “command centers” and other ways that innovators can solve problems in real-time. These experiments are showing results in progress toward climate goals and opening up of new markets for innovators.
Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager, Cleantech GroupMatthieu Bonamy
Partner, IdinvestJennifer Lenhart
Global Cities Lead, WWFPedro Martins
Planning Manager, Center of Operations, Rio de JaneiroLisa McNeilly
Director of Sustainability, City of BaltimoreNaomi Sonneveld
Deputy Resilience Officer, City of Rotterdam -
Hosted Networking
Join us for some random, rapid fire networking, in which you will get to meet 6-12 new people over the time block. You will be randomly assigned to groups of 2-4 people for approx. 4-5 minutes, and we will repeat that until time runs out.
This networking session will take place on the same zoom line as the previous session.
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Forward Adaptation in Cities: Innovation Showcase
We will hear from five innovators working to transform how cities meet their climate goals.
Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager, Cleantech GroupYann Lagalaye
General Partner, DemeterMyrna Bittner
Co-Founder & CEO, RUNWITHIT SyntheticsJosh Gilbert
CEO & Co-Founder, Sust GlobalTal Kreisler
CEO, NoTrafficJess Stetson
Head of Growth, Ride ReportCassi Welling
COO, Hawa Dawa
Innovators
Speakers

Dan Baldi
Market Manager, Energy & Resource Innovation, Silicon Valley BankDan Baldi


Matthieu Bonamy
Partner, Idinvest Speaker bioMatthieu Bonamy

Matthieu has almost 20 years of experience in energy and information technologies sectors, including 12 years in Venture Capital and Infrastructure Investments. Prior to joining Idinvest Matthieu has occupied diverse managerial responsibilities in investments, M&A transactions and has served as an operations and investment senior executive in a “unicorn” startup of the renewable energy sector.

Myrna Bittner
Co-Founder & CEO, RUNWITHIT Synthetics Speaker bioMyrna Bittner

Myrna Bittner is the CEO and Co-Founder of RWI Synthetics, an AI-based modelling company that creates Single Synthetic Environments – live, geospatially accurate cities or regions, complete with their people, activity, policies, infrastructure, energy and mobility to calculate the impacts of all kinds of investments and scenarios under any conceivable scenarios. The technology of RWI originates from a previous venture of Myrna’s in the ‘90s, NeuralVR, a neural net and 3D visualization research company focused on organizing, aggregating, and visualizing unstructured documents. In 2020, Myrna and her team were a part of the Incubatenergy® Labs Challenge, creating a POC of a dual-disaster for EPRI and Phoenix-based utility, Salt River Projects. Building on this, in 2021, EPRI and RWI partnered on a project showcased at AFWERX, reimagining energy for the USAF with Synthetic Bases. RWI is also a current finalist in the City Architecture of Tomorrow Challenge with the Toyota Mobility Foundation in Kuala Lumpur and has been Certified as a 2021 SET100, top 100 global companies in energy transition and mobility.

Carrie Chan
Co-Founder & CEO, Avant Meats Speaker bioCarrie Chan

Carrie is a seasoned business executive with a passion for the environment, particularly the impact of our food supply on the planet. Her expertise is in general management and project delivery. She managed major real estate developments from ground zero to full operation. At Avant Meats, Carrie provides the vision, guides the strategy and supervises the implementation.
Avant Meats is a biotechnology company with patent-pending solutions that enable businesses to produce animal meat and protein without raising or catching and slaughtering the animal. The Company’s pilot products are fish meat and marine proteins. Thanks to our technology, we customise the nutritional profile of our cultivated fish meat while keeping them free from heavy metals, microplastics, radioactive contaminants, parasites, and antibiotics.

Karthik Chandrasekar
Founder & CEO, Sangam Ventures Speaker bioKarthik Chandrasekar

Karthik started Sangam to find a new model to provide early stage support for climate change pioneers. He spends a lot of his time with the portfolio & within the clean technology eco-system in India & globally.

Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager, Cleantech Group Speaker bioAnthony DeOrsey

Anthony manages Cleantech Group’s research team, delivering critical insights on new cleantech innovation and opportunities for engagement to Cleantech Group’s clients in the industrial, investment, and policy communities. He is based in the U.S.
Anthony joined Cleantech Group in late 2019 after over 8 years of work in US-China cross-border expansion consulting and start-up venture funding roles, including 5 years living in Shanghai.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Rhode Island, a Masters in Sustainability from the Harvard Extension School, and he an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Josh Gilbert
CEO & Co-Founder, Sust Global Speaker bioJosh Gilbert

Josh Gilbert is Chief Executive Officer and founder at Sust Global.
Sust Global is the leading provider of climate data and APIs, providing the climate data foundations for global financial institutions, data providers, investors and corporates.
Sust Global’s product delivers satellite-validated insights and integrations, by transforming climate science with satellite and geospatial datasources and cutting-edge deep-learning techniques.
Josh is a global expert and leader in climate tech and sustainable finance, having worked across climate tech, cleantech and geospatial analytics.
Josh is a thought leader and regular speaker on climate tech sustainable finance, quoted in publications such as TechCrunch, Reuters, FT/Sifted and UKTN. Josh holds a BA & MSc in Economics & International Development, and wishes he had more time to play music and Dungeons & Dragons.

Arjun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Smart JoulesArjun Gupta


Tal Kreisler
CEO, NoTrafficTal Kreisler


Yann Lagalaye
General Partner, Demeter Speaker bioYann Lagalaye

Yann joined Demeter in January 2020 as Partner. He is in charge of the fundraising and management of the new venture scale-up fund so called Green European Tech (“GET”), focused on building a sustainable future and investing in smart building, smart transportation, smart industry, resources management, smart energy, sustainable communities, and climate risk resilience solutions leveraging Smart City tech enablers (IoT, WPLAN, 5G, …) and sustainability criteria (SDGs, profitability, resilience, ..)
Before joining Demeter, Yann created and managed the Energy Transition Capital fund of BNP Paribas that invested in 10 start-ups and 3 funds in North America and Europe.
He has previously held the position of Managing Director within the Private Equity team E&C Capital at BNP Paribas.
Yann also worked with the structured finance team of BNP Paribas where he has held the position of Deputy Head for EMEA. He started his carrier as reservoir engineer at Total specialized in naturally fractured reservoirs after a research period at Stanford University for Elf.
Yann holds an engineering diploma of School of Mines and an MBA of ESCP.

Jennifer Lenhart
Global Cities Lead, WWF Speaker bioJennifer Lenhart

Jennifer Lenhart (WWF Sweden) is Global Cities Lead for WWF, which has engaged circa 600 cities in 50 countries. She holds a PhD in urban climate governance from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and has 15 years’ experience addressing urban environmental challenges via holistic approaches. Her fascination with urban planning and design, including how people interact in and with cities, inspired her blog, the Urban Observer, recognized by Guardian Cities as one of the best city blogs. She previously worked at UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya; the City of Malmö, Sweden; and an urban sustainability consultancy in Seattle, USA. She currently parks her bicycle in Santiago de Chile, home for the last 2 years.

Qi Lu
Partner, Tsing Capital Speaker bioQi Lu

Qi Lu is Strategy & Research Partner at Tsing Capital, where she heads the Research Department and works closely with Managing Partners to set firm development and branding strategy for Tsing Capital. Her work includes:
- Leading the company’s effort in extensive and in-depth industry research to identify emerging opportunities for investment (10+ sectors per year).
- Composing and publishing Tsing Capital’s annual investment whitepaper to summarize findings and insights of its focused areas.
- Establishing and maintaining partnerships with industry experts from research institutes, universities, and think tanks.
- Hosting forums and workshops to facilitate discussions among start-ups, corporations, investors and policy makers.
- Speaking or arranging Tsing Capital’s executives’ speaking at world-level conferences or influential workshops.
Qi has over seven years’ experience working in energy, environmental protection and sustainable development sectors. Her focus areas include renewable energy, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, power storage, smart cities, etc.
Prior to joining Tsing Capital, she worked for Carbon Trust and Azure International, two leading environmental and low carbon consulting firms, where she worked with Chinese national and local governments to give recommendations on sustainability-related policy making. She also advised many western Cleantech companies on their China-entry strategies. Qi also worked at Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Beijing and New York offices as a research assistant intern on power storage and U.S.’s voluntary carbon markets.
Qi holds an M.S. Operations Research from Columbia University and a B.Eng. Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Lisa McNeilly
Director of Sustainability, City of Baltimore Speaker bioLisa McNeilly

Lisa McNeilly is the Director of Sustainability for the City of Baltimore, where she works toward a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient Baltimore City. Previously, she was the Director of Sustainability and Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, served as regional program director for the Nature Conservancy, managed sustainability and compliance for facilities at the Grand Canyon, and directed international programs at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. She holds a Master`s degree in Public Policy from Princeton and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Davidson College.

Pedro Martins
Planning Manager, Center of Operations, Rio de JaneiroPedro Martins


Andrew Mears
Founder & CEO, SwitchDin Speaker bioAndrew Mears

Dr Andrew Mears is an engineer and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of renewable energy and innovation management covering Asia & Pacific, Africa and Australia. His first startup was in satellite communications in 1990 and since then he’s worked in academia, SMEs, non-governmental sector, and multilateral agencies. This includes lead roles in technology innovation and commercialisation, project development, strategy consulting, and investment program management. He was a Chief Technical Advisor for Renewable Energy and Climate Change for the United Nations in Southern Africa and SE Asia and has delivered more than 40 major assignments in 18 countries directly mobilizing investment in excess of $200 million. In 2011, he was awarded Newcastle University’s Alumni Award for International Leadership. In 2014 he launched SwitchDin to develop energy management solutions for distributed energy resources (DER). Since then SwitchDin has carved a niche position as the integration solution for DER in grid and microgrid applications.

Julien Mialaret
Operating Partner, Eurazeo Speaker bioJulien Mialaret

Julien is an Operating Partner at Eurazeo, a global investor in technology with offices in Paris, London, Berlin, NY, Shanghai, Seoul and Singapore. Eurazeo is currently the largest venture capital firm in continental Europe and active in Asia with approximately €3.6 bn in venture and growth capital and €22bn overall with additional activities in private debt and private equity
Julien deploys Smart City Fund II in China and Asean region which is focused on the digital convergence of smart city sectors: new energy, mobility, industry 4.0, property, deeptech. Smart City II launched in January 2021 with a 1st closing at €80m and is already supported by 10 corporate and institutional investors in Europe and Asia. The fund is expected to reach €200m by the end of 2021.
To date, Julien has invested in digital technologies with global reach in China, Asean, Europe and the US: WeRide.ai (Driverless taxis, China), DST Car (EV Logistics, China), Grab (Rides, payments, deliveries, Singapore), Immotor (e-scooter battery exchanges, China), Neurala Inc. (Deep neural network software, US), TrustInSoft (Automated code analysis and flaw remediation, FR), Enlighted Inc. (IoT networks for buildings, US, acquired by Siemens), First Fuel Software (Energy data analytics, US, acquired by Uplight/Tendril), Organica Water Inc. (Decentralized waste water treatment, US/HK) and Actility (Low power IoT networks, FR).
Prior to joining Idinvest in 2011, Julien was based in China where he developed and acquired power projects for EDF Group. Julien holds degrees from La Sorbonne University, Beijing University, ESCP Europe Business School and the French School of Oriental Studies. He is a fluent Mandarin, English, French and Spanish speaker and has working capacity in Japanese.

Racquel Moses
CEO, The Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator Speaker bioRacquel Moses

Catalyzing change that brings about transformation has been the primary pursuit of Racquel Moses’ career.
Racquel has enabled leadership and organizations around the world to go beyond their current vision and stay on the cusp of what’s next. She has become a critical advisor for driving the shift to digital, for process automation and implementing key turnaround projects that heighten customer engagement and strengthen organizational performance.
Known for her ability to build coalitions, Racquel’s success in the public and private sectors has allowed her to drive important advancements on world-changing topics that require regional consensus such as climate change, sustainability and building resilience.

Ben Murphy
Investment Director, IP Group Speaker bioBen Murphy

Ben is an Investment Manager at IP Group focussed on cleantech. His portfolio boards include Mixergy innovating in domestic demand side response; C-Capture, bringing word leading CO2 separation chemistry to market and Ngenics, which uses evolutionary algorithms to optimise circuit designs.
Ben has spent over ten years working in low carbon technology. Including working for Google screening low carbon investments in Europe; doing scientific research at the European Commission; in the Carbon Trust helping governments and corporations to allocate innovation funding and for the Brazilian National Development Bank advising on the redesign of multi-£bn energy efficiency loan schemes.
Ben has a first class degree in physics and mathematics as well as a masters in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. As well as working in England he has also worked in Italy, Spain and Germany.

Melanie Nakagawa
Director of Climate Strategy, Princeville Capital Speaker bioMelanie Nakagawa

Melanie is the Director of Climate Strategy based in Washington, DC.
Before Princeville Global, Melanie served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation at the U.S. State Department. She helped countries implement clean energy commitments and led engagements in high growth markets such as India and Morocco. Melanie has worked with emerging and established companies around the world to advance solutions to climate change.
Prior to her most recent role, Melanie served as a strategic advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry. In that role, in addition to her policy work, she spearheaded engagements with the private sector that focused on climate investment and addressing climate change. Melanie served as the Senior Energy and Environment Counsel for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, a global environmental organization. She is currently a non-resident Fellow with the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a Stimson Center’s Loomis Innovation Council Member, and on the Advisory Board of REVERB.
Melanie lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband and two sons. Melanie is an avid runner and hopes to complete her 7th marathon soon. She has a J.D. and M.A. in International Affairs from American University’s Washington College of Law and School of International Service, and an A.B. from Brown University where she was a member of the cross country and indoor/outdoor track teams.

Sai Ranganathan
Co-Founder & CEO, SensorFlow Speaker bioSai Ranganathan

Saikrishnan (Sai) is the CEO and co-founder of SensorFlow, a Singapore- based startup which offers hoteliers a smart solution to reduce their energy consumption, optimise their operational efficiency and achieve their sustainability goals.
Driven by the vision to mitigate global challenges, Sai has consistently worked towards engineering solutions that are practical, adaptable, and aligned with the immediate climate problems faced worldwide.
One of the youngest thought leaders in the region, Sai was part of the Entrepreneur First cohort, where he built the technical expertise to transform SensorFlow as a viable business model, scalable across different markets. Sai also has a background in energy management and smart home automation and has worked extensively on energy monitoring solutions for schools, data centres, homes, malls and factories.
Being an industry expert in areas such as IoT, AI and digital transformation for buildings, Sai has been invited to speak at a number of international conferences, seminars, events and panels where he has shared his views and expertise on key topics.

Susan Rohac
Vice President, Cleantech Practice, BDC Speaker bioSusan Rohac

Susan Rohac is Vice President, Cleantech Practice, at BDC. With over 25 years of extensive experience in financial services, banking and higher risk patient capital lending and investing, Susan provides support and guidance to a team of devoted professionals serving the cleantech sector in Canada. Formally established in January 2018, BDC’s Cleantech Practice is committed to deploying $600 million between 2018 and 2023 in both debt and equity to high-potential cleantech companies with proven technology, demonstrated market traction, and the potential and capability to scale to more than $100 million in annual revenue.
Before her current role, Susan was Vice President, Growth and Transition Capital, at BDC, where she led a specialized team of financial professionals, providing private equity and mezzanine debt for companies looking to grow, make acquisitions or facilitate an ownership transition. She also held the position of Senior Vice President, Financing and Consulting, at BDC, where she oversaw term lending and consulting activities across 33 business centres. In that role, she also implemented strategies to improve client satisfaction and increase the reach and visibility of BDC in Ontario. Susan holds honours degrees in both Science and Finance, as well as an executive MBA.
A dedicated leader, Susan strives to ensure that her team offers genuine value in terms of insight, counsel and ongoing business guidance in order to support the growth of Canada’s clean technology industry.

Parinda Sae-Tang
Principal, Corporate Venture Capital, PTTParinda Sae-Tang


Naomi Sonneveld
Deputy Resilience Officer, City of Rotterdam Speaker bioNaomi Sonneveld

Naomi Sonneveld is the Deputy Resilience Officer for the City of Rotterdam. In May of 2016 the City of Rotterdam launched its first Resilience Strategy. Rotterdam does this in the context of an international network of a 100 Resilient Cities. Goal is to prepare the city for the disruptive transitions of this time. Developments such as climate change, digitization, the new economy and globalization, which brings opportunities but also risks. Cities which adapt to these circumstance, can use them to grow further. Rotterdam is doing this!

Jess Stetson
Head of Growth, Ride Report Speaker bioJess Stetson

Jess has more than a decade of experience using technology to solve complex problems. She has worked with sensitive data to define policies and forge solutions that address public agency needs while also maintaining privacy and security for varied stakeholders, and has deep software integration experience. At Ride Report, she helps cities make data-driven decisions about compliance, auditing, and policy so people move around sustainably, efficiently, and equitably. Prior to joining Ride Report, Jess worked at StreetLight Data, Jama Software, Vencore, TerraGo Technologies, and The Weather Channel.

Chin Foong (CF) Tong
Co-Founder & CEO, Xnergy Speaker bioChin Foong (CF) Tong

Dr. CF Tong is the CEO and co-founder of Xnergy, a technology company headquarter in Singapore focusing on innovative charging technology for mobile robots. Xnergy is have strong industrial experience founding members and is active in Asia and Europe for pilots with several Fortune 500 companies. CF holds a PhD from University of Warwick in Power Semiconductor application and together with the expertise from the founding team, Xnergy successfully created the smallest high power universal contactless charger in the market.

Cassi Welling
COO, Hawa Dawa Speaker bioCassi Welling

Chief Operating Officer of Munich-based air quality monitoring, mapping & management company. We deploy networks of IoT sensors across cities, combining these live values with official datasets, satellite data and other urban metrics to develop pollution heatmaps, forecasts, and other tools and services across traffic and navigation, healthcare, insurances, real estate and urban planning.

Melvyn Yeo
Founder, TRIREC Pte. Ltd. Speaker bioMelvyn Yeo

Melvyn is the Founder of Singapore-based, TRIREC, which is the leading investment firm that was incorporated in 2015 with the aim of making a meaningful impact on addressing climate change through a disciplined investment approach by supporting companies and projects that share our belief in a sustainable future. TRIREC’s investment mandate is focused on the decarbonization theme and invests in early stage start-ups globally.
He was the Deputy Head of Wealth Management for Asia at Schroders where he was responsible for the management and strategic development of the business for the region since 2019 till his retirement in early 2021. Melvyn chaired the Asia Investment Committee where he led the efforts in the formulation of investment philosophies and risk frameworks for the wealth management business. He was also the Co-Chair of the Private Assets Investment Committee for Schroders Wealth Management globally, with responsibilities of evaluating private investment opportunities. Melvyn sat on the boards of Schroder & Co (Asia) Limited and Schroder & Co (Hong Kong) Limited.
Melvyn was the Co-Founder and Chair of Investment Committee at Thirdrock Group, which was the leading Asian independent asset manager, between 2011 and 2019, before the firm was acquired by Schroders. He started his career with Goldman Sachs where he spent 3 years in Singapore managing multi-asset global discretionary portfolios, followed by 8 years in Hong Kong as a leading member of the equity derivatives team with experience across structuring, trading and marketing of derivatives and structured products.
Melvyn currently sit on the board of Sunseap Group and also serves in the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the firm. He previously sat on the boards of a few renewables and environmental companies, and Fintech startups in the South East Asia region as he has also been active as an early-stage investor for more than a decade.
He volunteered as a District Councillor since 2014 for 6 years under the Environment Functional Committee with the South West Community Development Council in Singapore. The committee initiates and executes on community projects that brings awareness and engagement of environmental issues to the grassroots.
Between 2018 to 2020, Melvyn served as a Technical Advisor to the National Research Foundation of the Prime Minister’s Office in Singapore.
In 2018, Melvyn was selected and has been a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corp, which was founded by Vice President Al Gore, to spread awareness, shape public opinion, influence policy, and inspire our communities to act on climate change.
Melvyn has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ross School of Business, Michigan and is a member of the International Alumni Advisory Committee for the University of Michigan since 2019. He is married with two boys.

Richard Youngman
CEO, Cleantech Group Speaker bioRichard Youngman

Since January 2016, Richard Youngman has been CEO of San-Francisco based Cleantech Group (CTG). This followed 7 years of driving the growth of CTG’s activities outside North America, especially in Europe and Israel, and Asia, based in CTG’s office in London.
Richard has more than ten years’ experience researching cleantech innovation, venture capital markets, and start-ups across Europe and globally. He is a regular keynote speaker at major cleantech events and is the driving force behind the annual Global Cleantech 100, a list of the world’s most promising private cleantech companies.

Ethan Zhu
Founder & CEO, PowerShare Speaker bioEthan Zhu

Ethan Zhu, graduated from Zhejiang University, majored in Information Engineering, then achieved the EMBA at Fudan University.
Ethan has more than 20 patents in technical field of invention. With over 15 years of R&D and product manager work experience. He was previously employed by Huawei, Ceno, Marconi (London) and TVU (Silicon Valley), has overseas project execution and market development capabilities. He gained his rich experience on startup management within a smart home IoT company as co-founder (2010-2013).
Ethan established PowerShare in 2015. Under his leadership, PowerShare has grown into an AI Big Data innovative company in Internet of Energy with 60 employees and more than 70% of R&D personnel. PowerShare now have continuously won recognition and praise from high-end customers at home and abroad, including: bp, Porsche, Daimler, BMW, Nissan, Renault, FAW, Geely, BAIC and State Grid. PowerShare now growth with global strategic investors include bp and Renault-Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
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The Paul Wurth Group is a leading player in the global market for design and supply of equipment and plant facilities for the ironmaking industry.
Read moreThe Paul Wurth Group is a leading player in the global market for design and supply of equipment and plant facilities for the ironmaking industry. Headquartered in Luxembourg since its beginnings back in 1870, the company has developed in the course of its history into an engineering company which is active on the international market. The Group is today an established technology provider and supplier of complete plants for the primary stage of integrated steelmaking, i.e. blast furnaces, coke oven plants, direct reduction plants as well as environmental protection technologies for the iron and steel industry. In addition to its core competence in development and execution of new construction projects and modernisations, Paul Wurth also offers a full range of products and services in engineering, project management, site supervision, commissioning assistance, operator consulting and after-sales, with a focus on digital solutions.
Given today’s environmental challenges the steel industry has to cope with, Paul Wurth is committed to support its customers on their journey to low CO2 or CO2-free iron ore reduction. In this regard, Paul Wurth offers a number of technological solutions to save CO2 at existing plants and is concentrating on the scenario of hydrogen-based iron ore reduction, enabling the production of CO2-neutral, green steel.
Paul Wurth also offers, through its subsidiary Paul Wurth Geprolux, in the Greater Region of Luxembourg tailor-made services, in particular project management, technical building design and strategic consultancy services for town planning, civil construction and infrastructure projects.
With more than 1 500 employees and entities in around 20 countries, the Paul Wurth Group has a strong presence primarily in those regions of the world where a significant iron and steel industry operates.
Technology Partner

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) develops competitive and market-oriented product/service prototypes for public and private stakeholders.
Read moreThe Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) develops competitive and market-oriented product/service prototypes for public and private stakeholders.
LIST works across the entire innovation chain, from fundamental and applied research, to the incubation and transfer of technologies.
With its more than 600 employees, 75% of whom are researchers or innovation experts from all around the world, LIST is active in the fields of informatics, materials and environmental innovation. By transforming scientific knowledge into technologies, smart solutions and tools, LIST is about empowerment:
· Empower European citizens in their choices
· Empower public authorities in their decision-making
· Empower businesses in their sustainable strategies
At the Cleantech Forum Europe 2020, LIST will present a selection from its greentech, biotech and sustainability portfolio.
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BGL BNP Paribas (www.bgl.lu) is one of the largest banks in Luxembourg and part of the BNP Paribas Group. It offers an especially wide range of financial products and bancassurance solutions to individuals, professionals, businesses and private banking clients.
Read moreBGL BNP Paribas (www.bgl.lu) is one of the largest banks in Luxembourg and part of the BNP Paribas Group. It offers an especially wide range of financial products and bancassurance solutions to individuals, professionals, businesses and private banking clients. At end 2018, BGL BNP Paribas employed 2,474 people in Luxembourg.
BGL BNP Paribas was named Bank of the Year 2018 in Luxembourg by The Banker and, in 2019, Best Bank in Luxembourg by Euromoney for the fourth year in a row.

Energy Catalyst, an Innovate UK programme, helps early- to late-stage innovators develop market-based technologies and business models that accelerate access to clean, modern and affordable energy in Africa, Asia and Indo-Pacific regions.
Read moreEnergy Catalyst, an Innovate UK programme, helps early- to late-stage innovators develop market-based technologies and business models that accelerate access to clean, modern and affordable energy in Africa, Asia and Indo-Pacific regions.
Energy Catalyst is run by Innovate UK and is co-funded by partners including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Global Challenges Research Fund.

Encevo Group is the leading energy player in Luxembourg and active in Germany, France and Belgium. Encevo is active all along the energy value chain: Production, storage, supply, transport, trading, distribution and services.
Read moreEncevo Group is the leading energy player in Luxembourg and active in Germany, France and Belgium. Encevo is active all along the energy value chain: Production, storage, supply, transport, trading, distribution and services. The group is based on three pillars, essentially represented by three distinct entities and their respective subsidiaries: energy supply and the production of renewable energies through Enovos , grid operation through Creos and energy related services (distributed production, energy efficiency, eco mobility …) through Enovos Services .
The group currently employs a workforce of over 1,900 staff members, has over 300,000 delivery points (electricity and natural gas) and operates more than 10,150 km of electrical power lines and over 3,700 km of gaslines.

The House of Startups (HoST) was set up in 2018 by Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce with a vision to become a driving force of the innovation ecosystem in Luxembourg by building bridges between startups, actors of the startup ecosystem and established businesses.
Read moreThe House of Startups (HoST) was set up in 2018 by Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce with a vision to become a driving force of the innovation ecosystem in Luxembourg by building bridges between startups, actors of the startup ecosystem and established businesses. With nearly 6,000 square metres spread out over five floors, HoST welcomes a diverse community as home to several innovation hubs (LHoFT, Luxembourg-City Incubator, Hub@Luxembourg and ICFA Luxembourg) in the heart of Luxembourg-City.
Find out more about HoST online: www.host.lu.

InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe supported by the EIT.
Read more- Education to help create an informed and ambitious workforce that understands the demands of sustainability and the needs of industry.
- Innovation Projects to bring together ideas, inventors and industry to create commercially attractive technologies that deliver real results to customers.
- Business Creation Services to support entrepreneurs and start-ups who are expanding Europe’s energy ecosystem with their innovative offerings.

The Luxembourg-City Incubator is a startup incubator launched in September 2017 by the Chamber of Commerce with the City of Luxembourg as its main sponsor.
Read moreThe Luxembourg-City Incubator is a startup incubator launched in September 2017 by the Chamber of Commerce with the City of Luxembourg as its main sponsor. It is one of the larger incubators hosted within the House of Startups.
The LCI aims at supporting and reinforcing the economic and social dynamics of the city and the country. Its objective is to attract local and international startups with a priority for the industries critical to its founders.
The idea is to help startups offer innovative, concrete and practical solutions to the local population and companies. The LCI also contributes to the development of the innovation community, both locally and internationally.
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The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) provides its clients with practical advice on foreign markets and on-the-ground intelligence to help them make better, more timely and cost-effective decisions in order to achieve their goals abroad.
Read moreThe Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) provides its clients with practical advice on foreign markets and on-the-ground intelligence to help them make better, more timely and cost-effective decisions in order to achieve their goals abroad.
Trade commissioners offer services across a wide range of trade sectors, to those members of the Canadian business community who contribute to Canada’s economic growth, have a demonstrated capacity for internationalization and have good potential to add value to the Canadian economy.
The Trade Commissioner Service promotes Canada’s economic interests in global markets, by engaging in a range of activities, including:
- contributing to export market development
- conducting advocacy and foreign market access activities
- understanding and analyzing trade policy
- attracting foreign investment to Canada
- developing a network of international business contacts
- identifying and communicating business leads
- fostering strategic alliances
- linking Canadian businesses to global value chains
- supporting licensing and venture capital linkages
- promoting joint-venture partnering and foreign equity investment
- facilitating R&D collaboration and technology transfer
- promoting responsible business conduct
- facilitating Canadian direct investment abroad
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Capricorn Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative growth companies with breakthrough technologies in Cleantech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, IT and Materials Sciences.
Read moreCapricorn Venture Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative growth companies with breakthrough technologies in Cleantech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, IT and Materials Sciences. Capricorn’s 6th venture capital fund, Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund (CSCF), captures growing opportunities emerging from wave of innovation across the value chain, from renewable feedstocks to more sustainable solutions for everyday products in food & feed, fibers & fuels, and functional materials in a broad range of applications, that provide both performance and value, while protecting and enhancing human health. As the world is facing the growing challenges of climate change, the number of breakthrough, innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) will increase rapidly. CSCF is uniquely positioned to help develop sustainable alternatives that offer significant reduction in GHG emissions, as compared to existing petrochemical processes. The objective of the CSCF is to create shareholder value through financial return, combined with the sustainability impact of planned investments.

CLEAN is a world-leading cleantech cluster based in Denmark with an international focus. Our mission is to accelerate the green and sustainable transition while realising growth for the Danish cleantech sector.
Read moreCLEAN is a world-leading cleantech cluster based in Denmark with an international focus. Our mission is to accelerate the green and sustainable transition while realising growth for the Danish cleantech sector.

Cube4T8 is the innovation company of Losch Luxembourg. In addition to creating new mobility concepts and digitalization, Cube4T8 maintains close contact with academic institutions, start-ups and public authorities to develop ideas and concepts for Luxembourg and the Greater Region to make everyday life more comfortable.
Read moreCube4T8 is the innovation company of Losch Luxembourg. In addition to creating new mobility concepts and digitalization, Cube4T8 maintains close contact with academic institutions, start-ups and public authorities to develop ideas and concepts for Luxembourg and the Greater Region to make everyday life more comfortable.
Renewable energies, circular economy, innovation, and sustainability are the foundations Cube4T8 stands for. Due to considerable changes in mobility, industry, and technology, Cube4T8 tries to think one step further – every day at every task. To master this challenge, Cube4T8 is continually looking for competent business partners to develop reliable and innovative products and services jointly. Besides of cooperation with external institutions, Cube4T8 also concentrates on internal optimization potentials. These include process improvements in the core business, innovative communication channels, and the implementation of new technologies to optimize after-sales tasks and create better conditions for employees.
Stagnation means regression, and therefore Cube4T8 has set itself the goal to continuously develop itself further to be able to offer customers of Losch Luxembourg – but also of Cube4T8 directly – a high-quality and innovative experience in the field of mobility. Passion is the most valuable asset a company’s employees can contribute.
Every day we live the passion for innovation in each of our projects!

ENGIE New Ventures was founded in May 2014, when 115M€ of Corporate Venture Capital was set aside for investment as minority stakes in startups, to complement existing resources coming from the technology and research centres and from internal innovation.
Read moreENGIE New Ventures was founded in May 2014, when 115M€ of Corporate Venture Capital was set aside for investment as minority stakes in startups, to complement existing resources coming from the technology and research centres and from internal innovation.
Since then, a total of 65M€ has been invested in 16 projects worldwide, especially Europe, North America and the Middle East, and in fields as diverse as organic photovoltaics, natural gas chromatography and hydrogen mobility. Names include Powerdale, Sigfox, Kiwi Power, Apix Analytics, StreetLight Data, Kwh Analytics, Heliatek, Serviz, Ecova, Greentown Labs, Living Map, EV-Box.
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The Solar Impulse Foundation is selecting #1000solutions that could protect the environment in a profitable way.
Read moreTo address environmental challenges without compromising economic growth, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation have identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions, and are now committed to going even further. By offering political and economic decision-makers a Guide to Solutions that can be implemented on a large scale, the Foundation will help them establish a roadmap for the adoption of much more ambitious energy and environmental programs and thus achieve their carbon neutrality objectives.

The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute is your premier gateway for doing business with Israeli companies. Established and funded by the government and the private sector, IEICI’s expertise in technology and product scouting, joint ventures and strategic alliances with Israeli companies spans more than half a century...
Read moreThe Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute is your premier gateway for doing business with Israeli companies. Established and funded by the government and the private sector, IEICI’s expertise in technology and product scouting, joint ventures and strategic alliances with Israeli companies spans more than half a century.
Whatever your field is, IEICI offers access to relevant businesses and government resources. With expertise in Israel’s leading Industries, IEICI will provide the information you need to connect, negotiate and do business.
The Cleantech, Energy & Environmental Technologies Department has an intimate acquaintance with the Israeli Cleantech industry exporters, which includes more than 400 companies, and about 200 start-ups. It has a proven ability to identify and match suitable potential business partners, organizing one-on-one business meetings and is a focal point for contacts with the government as well as with the industry.

London & Partners is the business growth and destination agency for London. Our mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.
Read moreLondon & Partners is the business growth and destination agency for London. Our mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive. We do this by focusing on supporting international and domestic businesses in high-growth sectors to scale through our investment, trade, growth and innovation programmes.
We are a social enterprise, combining purpose with commercial rigour. We are funded by grants, partners and our portfolio of venture businesses.
Website: Welcome to London – business.london
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