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:
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:
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
11:10 – 11:50
Session 1 – (parallel session) – Boosting Europe’s green transition: Accelerating innovation and competitiveness through investments
11:10 – 11:50
Breakout session 1 (parallel session) – Working in Complexity: Tools & Mindsets for Climate Ecosystem Innovation
12:15 – 12:45
Fireside chat on digital and sustainability: Supporting startups
13:15 – 13:50
Growth Studio Panel – Scaling Sustainable Businesses Against the Odds
14:00 – 14:40
Session 2 (parallel session) – Path towards a simpler, more competitive, and sustainable Single Market: Barriers and opportunities for SMEs
14:00 – 14:40
Breakout Session 2 (parallel session) – Growth Studio: How to Scale Your Impact Business
14:50 – 15:00
Concluding remarks
15:00-16:00
Drinks reception
Registration
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