Scale Up for Sustainability

A forum for founders, investors, and policymakers

The Amazon Sustainability Accelerator is collaborating with Danish Entrepreneurs, leading representatives of Europe’s business and innovation community, to host a full-day forum on how Europe can better support startups addressing sustainability and climate challenges.

The Amazon Sustainability Accelerator is collaborating with Danish Entrepreneurs, leading representatives of Europe’s business and innovation community, to host a full-day forum on how Europe can better support startups addressing sustainability and climate related challenges.

Taking place in the heart of Denmark’s Presidency of the EU, you will be able to hear from leading figures from the EU’s cleantech industry and thought leaders, as well as from the European Commission and Danish Government, who will gather in Copenhagen to discuss how to address key business and policy challenges in this space – from infrastructure and financing to regulation and collaboration.

The event will be hosted by Gulfem Toygar, Amazon Country Manager Sweden & EU Export/Expansion and Michael Wennerstrøm, AWS Country Manager Denmark.

Through keynotes, interactive sessions, and curated dialogues, we will examine what it takes to turn early-stage innovation into scalable impact, and provide forum attendees with:

  1. Concrete advice and insights from business leaders and investors on how to successfully scale sustainable products and services;
  2. Suggestions around how to solve key policy challenges businesses are facing on-the-ground.

Whether you’re building or supporting the next wave of European climate solutions – we hope you’ll join us.

The Amazon Sustainability Accelerator is collaborating with Danish Entrepreneurs, leading representatives of Europe’s business and innovation community, to host a full-day forum on how Europe can better support startups addressing sustainability and climate related challenges.

The Amazon Sustainability Accelerator is collaborating with Danish Entrepreneurs, leading representatives of Europe’s business and innovation community, to host a full-day forum on how Europe can better support startups addressing sustainability and climate related challenges.

Taking place in the heart of Denmark’s Presidency of the EU, you will be able to hear from leading figures from the EU’s cleantech industry and thought leaders, as well as from the European Commission and Danish Government, who will gather in Copenhagen to discuss how to address key business and policy challenges in this space – from infrastructure and financing to regulation and collaboration.

The event will be hosted by Gulfem Toygar, Amazon Country Manager Sweden & EU Export/Expansion and Michael Wennerstrøm, AWS Country Manager Denmark.

Through keynotes, interactive sessions, and curated dialogues, we will examine what it takes to turn early-stage innovation into scalable impact, and provide forum attendees with:

  1. Concrete advice and insights from business leaders and investors on how to successfully scale sustainable products and services;
  2. Suggestions around how to solve key policy challenges businesses are facing on-the-ground.

Whether you’re building or supporting the next wave of European climate solutions – we hope you’ll join us.

Stay tuned for more information soon.

Speakers

Agnes Svensson

Chief Impact Officer, Norrsken VC

Amber Bechrouri

Director EU Public Policy, Amazon

Bjarke Kovshoj

Entrepreneurship Programme Orchestrator focused on Innovation Clusters

Caroline Stage

Danish Minister for Digitalisation

Christian Daube

Value Propositions and Partnerships, Climate Entrepreneurship

Daniel Nygaard

Policy and Compliance Manager, Re-Zip

Deina Kellezi

VC/Investor, byFounders

Eva Rytter Sunesen

Partner & Co-founder, Implement Economics

 Helena Hånell McKelvey

Head of Public Policy, Nordics Amazon

Fran Lucraft

Founder & CEO, Grace & Green

Gemma Doyle

Co-founder, Nimbi

Gulfem Toygar

Country Manager Sweden, Amazon

Kristian Berg Grum

Head of Entrepreneurship, Confederation of Danish Industries

Lucy Cronin

Vice President for EU Public Policy, Amazon

Marta Maireles

Senior Innovation Business Partner, Strategic Business Innovation, Maersk Growth

Magnus Agerstrom

Chairman, CleanTech Scandinavia

Michael Wennerstrøm

Country Manager Denmark & Iceland, AWS

Paul Finch

Co-founder, Growth Studio

Hassane Elias Kassouf

Head, WW Clean Energy Innovation & Strategy

Simone Skovshoved

Head of Policy, Danish Entrepreneurs

Tom Grizzetti

Founder and CEO, Maxwell

Vasco Pareira de Silva

Head of Policy, Allied for Startups

Event Schedule

10:00 – 10:30

Arrivals & breakfast

10:30 – 11:00

Opening addresses

  • Gulfem Toygar, Amazon Country Manager Sweden & EU Export/Expansion
  • Michael Wennerstrøm, AWS Country Manager Denmark
  • Study keynote speaker: Eva Rytter Sunesen, Partner and co-founder, Implement Economics (part of Implement Consulting Group)

11:10 – 11:50

Session 1 – (parallel session) – Boosting Europe’s green transition: Accelerating innovation and competitiveness through investments

  • Lucy Cronin, Amazon’s Vice President for EU Public Policy 
  • Marta Maireles, Senior Innovation Business Partner, Strategic Business Innovation, Maersk Growth
  • Deina Kellezi, VC/Investor, byFounders
  • Vasco Pareira de Silva, Head of Policy, Allied for Startups
  • Moderator: Kristian Berg Grum, Head of Entrepreneurship, Confederation of Danish Industries

11:10 – 11:50

Breakout session 1 (parallel session) – Working in Complexity: Tools & Mindsets for Climate Ecosystem Innovation

  • Christian Daube, Value Propositions and Partnerships in Climate Entrepreneurship
  • Bjarke Kovshoj, Entrepreneurship Programme Orchestrator focused on Innovation Clusters
  • Hassane Elias Kassouf, Head, WW Clean Energy Innovation & Strategy

12:15 – 12:45

Fireside chat on digital and sustainability: Supporting startups

  • Daniel Nygaard, Head of Policy and legislation, Re-zip
  • Caroline Stage Olsen, Danish Minister for Digitalisation 
  • Moderator: Lucy Cronin, Amazon’s Vice President for EU Public Policy

13:15 – 13:50

Growth Studio Panel – Scaling Sustainable Businesses Against the Odds

  • Gemma Doyle, Nimbi, Sustainable Shaving company 
  • Fran Lucraft, Founder & CEO, Grace & Green
  • Tom Grizzetti, Founder and CEO, Maxwell
  • Moderator: Paul Finch, Growth Studio 

14:00 – 14:40

Session 2 (parallel session) – Path towards a simpler, more competitive, and sustainable Single Market: Barriers and opportunities for SMEs

  • Amber Bechrouri, Director EU Public Policy
  • Agnes Svensson, Chief Impact Officer, Norrsken VC.
  • Magnus Agerstrom,  Chairman, CleanTech Scandinavia
  • Eva Rytter Sunesen, Partner and co-founder, Implement Economics (part of Implement Consulting Group)
  • Moderator: Simone Skovshoved, Head of Policy, Danish Entrepreneurs

14:00 – 14:40

Breakout Session 2 (parallel session) – Growth Studio: How to Scale Your Impact Business

  • Paul Finch, Growth Studio

14:50 – 15:00

Concluding remarks

  • Michael Wennerstrøm, AWS Country Manager Denmark
  • Helena Hånell McKelvey, Head of Public Policy, Nordics Amazon

15:00-16:00

Drinks reception

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