Program October 25th 2024
# 30th Watervent: Chamber of Commerce Berlin
October 25th, 2024 | Status june 19th, 2024
Watervent is not a congress but a matching forum dedicated to support startups.
All speakers, startups and attendees will be invited in two zooms to acquaint in advance of the forum.
Innovators First!
To avoid the chicken-egg challenge we are calling now innovators on stage!
October 24th
| 06:00 p.m. |
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| Kickoff Reception for sponsors, speakers & presenters only Host: Forvis Mazars, Alt-Moabit 2 , 10557 Berlin (close to main station Berlin) |
October 25th
| 08:00 a.m. |
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| Registration Registration on site welcome. Setup Booths, info desks, ... Coffee and pastries |
| 09:30 a.m. |
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| Welcome · Aqseptence Group GmbH, Baldassare La Gaetana, CEO · BÜFA Cleaning GmbH & Co. KG, Sebastian Specht, Geschäftsführer/Managing Director · Forvis Mazars (Berlin), Ralf Bierent, Partner · Berliner Wasser Betriebe - Berlin Water Utility, Regina Gnirß, Director R&D · WaterVent, Ulf Leonhard |
| 10:00 a.m. Introduction panel by reknown water experts and experienced investors (VC) – 12- 15 |
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| Welcome · ORCA Consulting Group GmbH (Investor, Expert), Dr. Jörg Nowak "Lessons learnt from 15 years of water tech investments" · Fraunhofer-IOSB (Research Institution & Spinoffs in water tech), Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Rauschenbach, Director, Applied Systems (AST), Speaker Fraunhofer Alliance SysWater · Xylem, Gunnar Bruegmann · Gelsenwasser AG (Utility), Dr. Arnt Baer · Aquatech Global (Netherlands), Atlantean Media (Expert), Tom Freyberg · White Stage Investing (CH) (Investor), Nicola Rei Ravello · Aliaxis (CVC, Investor), Fabian Seunier · DECHEMA e. V. , Department Water Management, Head of Department (Association of Water Users), Dr. Thomas Track · Alpha Impact Partners, Denmark (Investor, Expert), Patrik Gustavsson · WIPO Green UN, Geneva (Incubator), Anja von der Ropp · Cycle Capital , Canada (Investor), Simon Olivier · AquaAction, Canada (Incubator), Soula Chronopoulos · Future Forest Initiative (Germany) (Incubator), Björn Kaminski · Falling Walls Foundation (Germany) (Incubator, Network), Danielle Metzler · Technical University of Berlin (Germany) (Research), Challenges and Solution for water, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Barjenbruch · Illuminem "Chief Earth Officer" (CEO) & founder (Italy) (Research, Network), Andrea Gori |
| 11:15 a.m. *Innovators I |
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| Remote sessions from Australia.Remote pitches for innovators from South Africa. India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea Introduction (remote) Founder of Our Future Water, New Zealand (expert), Robert Brears |
| 12:00 p.m. * |
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| Coffee break |
| 12:20 a.m. |
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| Innovators II (12) |
| 1:30 p.m. |
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| Lunch |
| 2:15 p.m. |
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| Innovators III(12) · Intro by: High-Tech Gründerfonds/Founder Fund (Germany) (Investor), Johannes Weber |
| 3:30 p.m. * |
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| Coffee Break |
| 3:50 p.m. |
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| Innovators IV (12) |
| 05:00 p.m. |
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| Coffe Break |
| 05:20 p.m. *Innovators V |
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| Remote pitches for innovators from USA, Canada, Latin America |
| 6:15 p.m. * |
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| Closing with Experts · Fido Tech Ltd (UK) (successful water innovator), Victora Edwards · Aqua Advise, AEDyR, Water Positive (Spain) (think tank, advisor), Elena de la Vieja Molina · H20 Innovation (Spain) (Corporate), Water Positive (Think Tank), Alejandro Sturniolo · Water Impact Partners (UAE) (Advisor), Jesper Munkholm · Global Water Intelligence (UK) (Forum, Research & News), Charlie Walker · Pure Terra Ventures (Netherlands) (Investor), Xavier van Slooten · Desalytics (UAE) (Expert), Walid Khoury · De Nora (Italy) (Corporate), Cristian Carboni · BlueTech Research, Rhys Owen · Worley - Brine Innovation Manager - NEOM portfolio (UK) (Expert), Christos Charisiadis · Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (Luxembourg)(Investor), INGLOSUS Foundation, (Germany) (Think Tank), Anabel Ternès von Hattburg |
| remote |
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| Water Foundry (USA) (Expert, Investor), Will Sarni |
| remote |
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| University of Connecticut, Advanced Manufacturing, Jeffrey McCutcheon in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (USA) (Expert, Incubator) |
| remote |
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| Booky Oren Global Water Technologie, Booky Oren |
| 7:00 p.m. Wrap UP |
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| · Ulf Leonhard · Sponsors |
| 7:15 p.m. Reception |
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| Blomeyer's Cheese (Berlin) - Cheeses & sausages from Germany (surprise) |
| *exact timing depends on quantity of US and Canadian Innovators |
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