Stage Program 2023: The future flow of energy – Innovation from energy source to transmission and storage
What future solutions will ensure a safe and stable energy system? How will the full potential of renewable energy be fulfilled?
Magnus Rehn of STING, responsible for setting the agenda of the annual Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day, today presents the outline of the 2023 stage program. He is confident that this year’s program will meet the high-level expectancy concerning actuality and depth of the carefully selected visitors.
This year’s program will have an innovative approach to the future solutions to our entire energy system. In order to manage all the different sources of energy, innovations across the energy chain are needed, storage solutions handled, and huge amounts of capital needed.
After inauguration of prominent official, Mr. Robert Andrén, GD of The Swedish Energy Agency, one of the major public actors for funding to meet the climate change, will be reflecting on how they can be the catalyst of and to foster new ventures from early stage to international success. Moderator of this year’s program is Anna Velander Gisslén.
We have selected well known and high profile names to create a dynamic stage program with interesting discussions. They will all be challenged and highlighted from different angles and therefore we are sure to enlighten our highly skilled audience.
STAGE PROGRAM 2023
Block 1. Outlook for the future energy mix and investment overview
In the first stage session on Energy generation & Investment, there will be a strong international perspective of the renewable energy industry. Paul Stormoen, CEO of the wind power unicorn company OX2 will reflect on the opportunities for the sector, future of the renewable industry and the role of capital markets in expansion. We will then get a Southern European perspective from Pedro de Mello Breyner, Executive Board Member of Portugal Ventures who will talk about the investment opportunities and what the success factors will be through a required transition of the energy market, as well as a comparison between the Northern and the Southern European markets. We will have the perspective from the European Investment Bank, and the possible funding opportunities for fast growing businesses and the focus areas until 2027. The block will be elegantly finished off with this year’s figures on industry growth and investments by Cleantech Scandinavias CEO Magnus Agerström and SSVD Founder Boel Swartling of STING who follows over 700 tech companies in this sector for the selection of pitching companies.
Block 2. Transmission challenges and strategies for sustainable investments
From an investor’s perspective, Julia Reinaud, Senior Partner of Breakthrough Energy Venture Partner will talk about the five grand challenges and BEV’s view of required investments, solutions and initiatives for securing net zero until 2050. What are the opportunities at hand and how can investors and entrepreneurs work together, across borders and over time? More speakers are to be announced in due time.
Block 3. Pitching companies present their cases
As always, the event will present 30 scale up companies’ pitches to investors, in three cathegories. Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day is since the start 6 years ago, an investor only event, and exclusively investors with a budget for sustaintech companies are invited. The companies have been carefully selected and will give an exciting overview of investable and successful companies meeting today’s biggest challenges in sustaintech. Here all fields are represented, circular economy, energy, data & AI solutions and new materials.
Block 4. Energy storage & Funding - the solution to full scale renewable energy
A major storage company will share their challenges and opportunities within storage. Not until energy may be stored at large, grid-scale capacity, may the full potential of renewable energy be fulfilled. How to serve an international fast-growing market and ensure know-how, material, logistics, facilities, energy and funding? Adam Kostyal, CEO of Nasdaq will share some facts on current listing track records for sustaintech, from the most successful business areas, to the expectations for the coming years. He will also highlight the alternatives such as green bonds. Linda Fanney-Valgeirsdottir, CEO of Alor Iceland, entrepreneurs in battery technology, will talk about what the limitations and opportunities are with storing electricity, and what new materials may provide new properties suited for the future applications.
The day will be finished off by Magnus Rehn of Sting and Linda Krondahl of SSVD2023 giving some food for thoughts, conclusions and inspiring climate tech initiatives.
Partners for this year’s event are Swedish Energy Agency, SISP (Swedish Incubators and Science Parks), European Investment Bank, Nasdaq, ABG Sundal Collier, Cleantech Scandinavia, THINGS, and a number of incubators around Sweden. More partners will soon be presented.
Magnus Rehn
PERSONPROFIL:
Ålder:
67
Utbildning:
Civilekonom (Uppsala och Manchester)
Födelsestad:
Solna
Titel:
VD
Framtidsvision:
Att en nödvändig omställning till ett hållbart samhälle hinns med i tid baserat på ett förändrat konsumtionsmönster, utvecklad teknik, allokering av offentligt och privat kapital samt en bättre balanserad maktstruktur mellan män/kvinnor och unga och äldre.
Utmaning:
Att fortsätta hinna med allt jag vill åstadkomma – dygnet har dessvärre fortfarande bara 24 timmar.
Bästa lästips:
Den lodande människan – Patrik Svensson
Hållbart fritidstips:
Dykning
