Program October 25th 2024
# 30th Watervent: Chamber of Commerce Berlin
October 25th, 2024 | Status October 14th, 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 · Schönborner Armaturen GmbH, Innovation Cluster Water Brandenburg, Thomas Ebert @ Lisa Mammitzsch · Mösslein GmbH, Günter Mösslein · WaterVent, Ulf Leonhard |
| 10:00 a.m. Innovators meet Investors & Facilitators I |
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| Investors & Facilitators · ORCA Consulting Group GmbH (Investor, Expert), Dr. Jörg Nowak "Lessons learnt from 15 years of water tech investments" · Gelsenwasser AG (Utility), Dr. Arnt Baer · White Stage Investing (CH) (Investor), Nicola Rei Ravello · Aliaxis (CVC, Investor), Fabian Seunier Innovators · Holloid GmbH, Marcus Lebesmühlbacher · GEOTERRA360, Lorraine Raby, Mark Thompson · Finizio - Future Sanitation, Katharina Müller · NPHarvest OY, Federico Varalta · UST Umwelt-Systemtechnik Gmbh, Thomas Neumann |
| 11:00 a.m. Innovators meet Investors & Facilitators II |
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| Investors & Facilitators · 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 Innovators · Deploy Tech Ltd, Paul Mendieta · Evodrop AG, Dr. hc. Eng. Fabio Hüther · Pydro GmbH, Michael Hötte, Mulundu Sichone · Chromafora AB, Stefan Holger Wall-Qvist · Aruna, Ameet Chaudhury |
| 12:00 p.m. * |
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| Coffee break |
| 12:20 a.m. Innovators meet Investors & Facilitators III |
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| Investors & Facilitators · Falling Walls Foundation (Germany) (Incubator, Network), Danielle Metzler · Technical University of Berlin (Germany) (Research), Challenges and Solution for water, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Barjenbruch · Earth05 (UK), (Incubator, Accelerator), Maria Darieh · German Water Partnership (Germany, Association & Network), Rebekka Neef · PlanA.Earth GmbH, Lubomila Jordanova Innovators · Liquisens BV, Steven De Schrijver · Farmfluxx, David Din · Water MiniLab Ltd, Péter Szombathy · Hulo.ai, Robbert Lodewijks · EMPYRIO SIA, Alexander Belskis · RK Green Amazonas UG, Rolf Kellner |
| 1:20 p.m. Success Story |
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| up2e! GmbH, SKion Water Group, Ulla Pöschl |
| 1:30 p.m. |
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| Lunch |
| 2:15 p.m. Intro |
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| High-Tech Gründerfonds/Founder Fund (Germany) (Investor), Johannes Weber |
| 2:30 p.m. Innovators meet Investors & Facilitators IV |
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| Investors & Facilitators · Fido Tech Ltd (UK) (successful water innovator), Victora Edwards · Aqua Advise, AEDyR, Water Positive (Spain) (think tank, advisor), Elena de la Vieja Molina · BlueNorth Partner (Netherlands) (incubator), Gert-Jan Maasdam · H20 Innovation (Spain) (Corporate), Water Positive (Think Tank), Alejandro Sturniolo · Water Impact Partners (UAE) (Advisor), Jesper Munkholm Innovators · SuSAn-Water GmbH, Ingo Discher · IPEE, Gert-Jan Maasdam · Gospace Labs, Andrej Mošať · Aqua Robur Technologies AB, Robert Andersson · harmony desalting, Christine Kleffner |
| 3:30 p.m. * |
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| Coffee Break |
| 4:00 p.m. Innovators meet Investors & Facilitators V |
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| Investors & Facilitators · Global Water Intelligence (UK) (Forum, Research & News), Charlie Walker · Pure Terra Ventures (Netherlands) (Investor), Xavier van Slooten · Desalytics (UAE) (Expert), Walid Khoury · Illuminem "Chief Earth Officer" (CEO) & founder (Italy) (Research, Network), Andrea Gori · BlueTech Research, Rhys Owen · Independent Innovation Manager (Water Technologies Innovations Expert), Christos Charisiadis Innovators · Sustainable Water Infrastructure Solutions GmbH, Timo C. Dilly · Aqua Alarm AS, Hasse Storebakken · DECON JET Sales GmbH, Hans Land · Aldam Tech Ltd, Howard Alborough, Pamela Alborough · Floating WINDdesal (FWD), Joachim Käufler |
| 05:00 p.m. |
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| Coffe Break |
| 05:20 p.m. * Meet Investors & Facilitators VI |
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| Investors & Facilitators · Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (Luxembourg)(Investor), INGLOSUS Foundation (Germany) (Think Tank), Anabel Ternès von Hattburg · Aquatech (Netherland) (Water Tech Fairs), Gerben Hardeman · WEX Global (UK) (Forum, Research & News), Mark Barker · Vvasser Infrastructure Consulting (Germany) (Consulting, Tesla Experience), Volkan Avcu · Isle Utilities (UK) (Incubator, Accelerator), Ben Tam Innovators · Onunda, Tom Samson · Suburban Seafood Germany UG, Friedrich Tietze · SAREP Utility, Joachim Käufler · instrAction GmbH, Florian Rohde · crop.zone GmbH, Dirk Vandenhirtz |
| approx. 06:30 p.m. Wrap UP |
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| · Sponsors · Ulf Leonhard |
| approx. 07:00 p.m. Reception |
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| Blomeyer's Cheese (Berlin) - Cheeses & sausages from Germany (surprise) |