SPEAKERS

Tom Johnstone, CEO, SKF
Lena Ek, Member of the European Parliament
Peter Norman, CEO, 7th Pension Fund
Maria Wetterstrand, Spokeswoman, Swedish Green Party
Peter Örn, Chairman, Swedish Sustainable City Delegation
Hans Enochsson, National Executive Nordic and Baltics, GE
Johan Stenebo, Managing Director, IKEA Greentech
Anders Brännström, President and CEO, Volvo Technology Transfer
Olle Ehrlén, CEO NCC
Jan-Olaf Willums, CEO, Think Global (Norway)
George Basile, Director Cleantech, Bite Communications (USA)
Michelle Kaufmann, Founder and Chairman, Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Randall Bowie, European Commission DG for Energy and Transport
Jacob Rheborg, Project Manager, Schenker Consulting
Richard Youngman, Managing Director, Cleantech Group Europe
Björn Blomberg, CEO, Swedfund
Martin Hagbyhn, CEO, Purac (Läckeby Water)
Anneli Hulthén, Deputy Mayor, City of Göteborg
Alexander Lidgren, Founder and Chairman, Cleantech Scandinavia
John Boesel, President, Calstart (California)
Kari Homanen, Senior Investment Manager, NEFC
Sara Grahn, Architect and Partner, White Architects
Marco Berggren, Head of Technology Transfer, Tricorona
Inger Strömdahl, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Carl-Eric Hagentoft, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
Henk Verbeek, Rolande LNG (Netherlands)
Peter Maksinen, Project Manager, Göteborg Energi
Birgit Maria Wöber, Managing Director, Gibgas (Germany)
Christer Nordström, Founder and CEO, CNA Architects
Malin Fransson, ManagEnergy Support Team (Belgium)
Jonas Norman, GAME
Stefan Olsson, Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden
Henrik Danielsson, Head of Swedish Trade Council Beijing
Bo Norlin, Alingsås Municipality
Bengt-Göran Dalman, Head of business area environment, Göteborg Energi

Tom Johnstone
CEO, SKF
The SKF Group is one of the leading global suppliers of products, solutions and services in the area comprising rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems. The company has recently extended its products and services offering to clean and energy efficient technologies. Tom Johnstone is 47, was born in Scotland and is a graduate of Glasgow University. He joined SKF as a salesman in SKF (U.K.) in 1977. He has thereafter held a number of managerial positions in sales and marketing within the Group.

Presentation: SKF's strategy for internal cleantech growth
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 1

Lena Ek
Member of European Parliament
Lena Ek is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Centre Party.  She is on the EU  Committee on Industry, Research and Energy . She is also a substitute for the   Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. She is a long time advocate for the cleantech industry. She will give us insights into upcoming EU policy affecting the cleantech market. 

Presentation: Upcoming EU policy affecting the cleantech market
When: Morning session on DAY 1 and afternoon session C on DAY 1

Peter Norman
CEO, 7th Pension Fund
Swedish seventh pension fund recently launched an initiative to invest 3 billion SEK in cleantech focused funds. Peter will talk about the pension funds move into this segment and how they view their future investment activities within the area.

Prsentation: 7th Pension Fund cleantech investment strategy
When: Morning session on DAY 2

Maria Wetterstrand
Spokeswoman, Swedish Green Party
A long time proponent of greener policy and in particular a tax shift aimed at internalizing environmental costs into products and services, the green party has been a part of forming a number of the green incentives and policies that have shaped the Swedish cleantech industry. Maria will outline the policy route that she believes would lead to more environmentally beneficial society and a stronger cleantech industry.

Presentation: Policy change - instead of climate change
When: Morning session on DAY 1

Peter Örn
Chairman, Swedish Sustainable City Delegation
Peter Örn is the Chairman of the Delegation for Sustainable Cities. He is a former secretary general of the Swedish Red Cross and a former managing director of the Swedish Radio.

Presentation: National Strategy for Sustainable Cities
When: Afternoon session B on Day 1

Hans Enochsson
National Executive Nordic and the Baltic States, GE
From consumer credit cards that have climate reductions built in to new whole-home solution for high performance homes with reduced environmental impact,  Ecoimagination is GE’s commitment to imagine and build innovative solutions that solve today's environmental challenges. The area has grown rapidly over since its interception in 04 and has exceeded expectations in turn-over as well as profits. Hans will talk about how the initiative works internally as well as externally and showcase how GE views the development of the cleantech market.

Presentation: GE's Ecomagination initiative
When: Morning session on DAY 1

Johan Stenebo
Managing Director, IKEA Greentech
IKEA Greentech is the corporate venture arm recently founded by IKEA with the aim to invest long-term in the cleantech solutions. Its main objective is to find and invest in cleantech solutions that can be sold or used in IKEA stores or utilised by IKEA suppliers. 

Presentation: IKEA Greentech - A tool for green-tech growth
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 1

Anders Brännström
President and CEO, Volvo Technology Transfer
Volvo Technology Transfer is Volvo’s corporate venture fund with the aim to develop and support new
businesses with relevance for the Volvo group. It was one of the three most active Nordic investors in the
cleantech during 2007.

Presentation: Why is Volvo Technology Transfer investing in cleantech?
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Olle Ehrlén
CEO, NCC
Born 1949. President and CEO of NCC since February 12, 2007. Formerly Deputy Chief Executive Officer and President of NCC Construction Sweden since 2001. Employed by NCC since 1973. Previous experience: Regional Manager at NCC Building Stockholm, construction Staff Manager within civil engineering operations, Business & Technological Development Manager within construction operations and Department Manager within rebuilding operations, among other positions.

Presentation: The business case for sustainable construction
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 1

Jan-Olaf Willums
CEO, Think Global
Think Global is a Norwegian cleantech company developing electric vehicles. Think has raised almost 60 million Euros from private investors in 2007, the highest amount raised by a Nordic cleantech venture company by far. Jan-Olaf Willums’ carreer highlights to date include: Head of Volvo Petroleum (-1980), Executive Director of the World Industry Council for the Environment (WICE) (1992-1994), Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (1994-1998), Senior Vice President of Storebrand (1998-2000), and President of InSpire (2000-).

Presentation: Think Global - an example of successful Nordic cleantech development and growth
When: Morning session on DAY 2

George Basile
Director Cleantech, Bite Communications
Bite communication is a public relation and communication agency with headquarters in the US and a
Scandinavian office in Stockholm. It works with international industrial clients to position and
communicate their cleantech strategy. In his work first at UC Berkeley, then as Chief Scientist at the Natural Step, and now as the founder of Thrive Unlimited and in partnership with sector leaders such as Bite Communications, George Basile leads the creation and implementation of high-value sustainability strategies, product evolution, tools and actions at Fortune 100 and start-up companies, leading non-profit organizations and with community leaders.

Presentation: Efficient cleantech communication and positioning
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 1

Michelle Kaufmann
Founder and Chairman, Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Realizing that the U.S. housing industry was failing to make thoughtful, sustainable design accessible to most people, Michelle founded her design/build architecture firm, Michelle Kaufmann Designs, in 2002 to do just that. Using prefabricated designs and a modular building process, Michelle is now making green homes more affordable in the U.S.

Presentation: Green-built prefab homes
When: Morning session DAY 1 and afternoon session A on DAY 1

Randall Bowie
Chief Consultant, Rockwool International
Randall Bowie worked for many years for the Swedish ministries of finance, industry, and energy, and the Swedish Energy Agency before joining DG Energy & Transport of the European Commission in 1996. He was one of the driving forces at the Commission behind the Buildings Directive, the Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive, and the Energy Efficiency Action Plans. In 2007 he left the Commission for a chief consultancy position at Rockwool International A/S. During his 11 year career at DG Energy and Transport of the European Commission, he became one of the driving forces on energy efficiency (EE) promotion and one of the architects of the Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive and of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan."

Presentation: Introduction to energy efficiency in buildings
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 1

Jacob Rheborg
Project Manager, Schenker Consulting
Schenker Consulting is one of the leading consultant companies in the Nordic market, working with combing environment and logistics. Jacob Rheborg has a long career in management consulting, process orientation, environment supply chain and developing new concepts and products for the clients in the logistics market. He has been involved in several complex projects where sustainable City Logistics have been the core of the task.

Presentation: Sustainable city logistics
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 1

Richard Youngman
Managing Director, Cleantech Group - Europe
The Cleantech Group introduced the "cleantech" concept to the investment and business community in 2002. and is the world’s first and largest network of cleantech investors.

Presentation: Global and European cleantech trends
When: Morning session on DAY 2

Björn Blomberg
CEO, Swedfund
Swedfund is Sweden’s public risk capital company specialised in investments in developing countries to contribute to the development of profitable companies and stimulate sustainable economic development. At the end of 2007, investments consisted of 67 portfolio companies in 33 countries. Since its creation in 1979, Swedfund made more than 200 investments in 60 countries.

Presentation: Introduction to emerging cleantech markets
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 2

Martin Hagbyhn
CEO, Purac (Läckeby Water)
Already in 1996, the Purac division of Läckeby Water built a sewage treatment plant in Qingdao Licunhe. The project was completed in 1999, and the customer was very satisfied with Purac’s technology and service. Purac has now won another contract for construction of Loushanhe sewage treatment plant in one of the host cities for the Olympic Games. Purac will supply process equipment, project management for the assembly and process start up.

Presentation: Successful case study of environmental technology transfer to China
When: Afternoon session B on Day 2

Anneli Hulthén
Deputy Mayor, City of Göteborg

Anneli Hulthén has been involved in Göteborg's and Sweden's political stage for over more than 20 years, including as a member of the Swedish and European Parliaments. Her current positions and responsabilities in Göteborg include Chair of the Traffic & Public Transport Committee, Chair of the Housing and Planning Committee, Member of the Göteborg City Executive Board and City Council. In addition, she is also chairing Mistra, The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.

Presentation: Sustainable city development
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 1

Alexander Lidgren

Founder and Chairman, Cleantech Scandinavia
Cleantech Scandinavia is a membership network of Nordic investors ad affiliated professionals designed to: Provide cleantech knowledge, contacts and investment opportunities, Be a coordinating voice to promote to Nordic cleantech sector, and Drive cleantech innovation and growth in the Nordic countries.

Presentation: Cleantech trends in the Nordic and Baltic region
When: Morning session on DAY 2

John Boesel
President, Calstart

Presentation: Alternative fuels for heavy duty trucks in California
When: Afternoon session C on DAY 1

Kari Homanen
Senior Investment Manager, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is an international finance institution established in 1990 by the five Nordic countries. To date, NEFCO has financed a wide range of environmental projects in Central and Eastern European countries, including Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, focused on achieving cost-effective environmental benefits across the region. Kari Homanen has a long career in international consulting and finance. He has previously worked e.g at the World Bank as Investment Manager and at the Finnish Environment Institute as Director for International Consulting.

Presentation: Cleantech investments in Russia
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 2

Sara Grahn
Architect and Partner, White Architects. Professor in Sustainable design, School of architecture, KTH Stockholm
In order to develop new strategies for designing a sustainable society, we have to integrate economy, ecology, energy and new technology into architecture and urban design. White Architects aims to induce a sustainability perspective in all scales.
Sara Grahn has been involved in several complex urban design projects and public buildings where sustainable solutions have been the core of the task.

Prsentation: Sustainable integrated design
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 1

Marco Berggren
Head of Technology Transfer, Tricorona
During the 3 years Marco Berggren has been at Tricorona he has been sourcing and procuring CDM projects in South American and been Technical Manager for the Global Technical Department. Since June 2008 he is responsible for the Technology Transfer group within Tricorona with purpose to combine new advanced clean technology into new CDM and JI projects on a global basis.

Presentation: Carbon finance for clean technology
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 2

IngerStromdahl
Director Environmental Policies, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

Presentation: The environmental benefits of new products
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 1

Inger Strömdahl is responsible for Environmental Policies at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise which represent more than 54 000 companies is Sweden. She has been responsible for Environmental Policies at the Confederation since 2001. Among main assignments are to build credibility for member companies´ environmental work among policy makers and to represent them in policy making process in the EU as well as in Sweden.

Carl-Eric Hagentoft
Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
Carl-Eric Hagentoft is Professor in Building Technology at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also responsible for Homes for Tomorrow a new Swedish research program with objective to develop resource efficient Cleantech for buildings.

Presentation: The Göteborg strategy for energy efficiency
When: Afternoon session A on Day 2

Henk Verbeek
Rolande LNG

Presentation: Liquified methane gas for trucks in Holland
When: Afternoon session C on DAY1

Peter Maksinen
Project Manager, Göteborg Energi

Presentation: Results from the gasification research plant at Chalmers
When Afternoon session C on DAY 1

Birgit Maria Wöber
Managing Director, Gibgas

Presentation: Turbo CNG on the Biogas Highway – a new generation bi fuel cars
When: Afternoon session C on DAY 1

Christer Nordström
Founder and CEO, CNA Architects

CNA is a consulting architect firm with more than 25 years experience within the fields of; solar- and energy conscious design, and the integration of innovative technologies in buildings. The architect office have designed a number of important projects, among them the “Solar Housing Renovation in Gardsten, Sweden”, for which CNA received the World Habitat Award 2005. Christer Nordström is presently involved in the development of energy efficient roof top design within the SuRE-FIT project.

Presentation: Architectural Integration of solar energy solutions in renovation projects
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Malin Fransson
ManagEnergy Support Team
ManagEnergy is an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, which is funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme. It aims to support local and regional actions on energy efficiency and renewable energies. Malin Fransson is working in the ManageEnergy Support Team since 2007. She is employed at KanEnergi, a consulting company specialised on services related to energy, the environment and sustainable development.

Presentation: The EU's ManageEnergy Program
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Jonas Norman
GAME
Dr Jonas Norrman has a doctor degree in Climate research from University of Gothenburg. He is an expert in energy efficiency in buildings and been involved in establishing the passive house concept in Sweden. He works for the GAME network with market analysis and knowledge dissemination.

Presentation: Cleantech for energy efficienct buildings
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Stefan Olsson
Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden
Stefan Olsson is Managing Director at the Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden, and works with energy efficiency. Besides the project "Energy Efficient Växjö", he works with other projects such as SESAC and sun panel fields.

Presentation: Energy efficienct Växjö
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Henrik Danielsson
Head of Swedish Trade Council Beijing
The Swedish Trade Council makes it easier for Swedish companies to grow international business by providing consulting services and business advices. Environmental technology is an area of strong focus, especially in emerging countries. In China, the Swedish Trade Council has 60 staff and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Kanton och Hongkong.

Presentation: Opportunities and challenges for cleantech companies in China
When: Afternoon session B on DAY 2

Bo Norlin
Alingsås Municipality

Presentation: Renewable Energy and Building Exhibitions in Cities of the Enlarged Europe
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2

Bengt-Göran Dalman
Head of business area environment, Göteborg Energi

Presentation: District cooling in the city of Göteborg
When: Afternoon session A on DAY 2