08:30 - 09:15 Registration, coffee & croissants

09:15 - 09:30 Be Welcome Welcome City of Amsterdam by Marieke van Doorninck, Deputy Mayor for Spatial Development and Sustainability

09:30 - 09:45 Welcome by hosts Frans Nauta & Paris Thomas

09:45 -10:15 Opening Keynote:Marjan Minnesma, founder & director of Urgenda, the organization that won the historic climate lawsuit against the Dutch government

10:30 -12:00 Semi Finals round 1

12:00 -13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:30 Keynote: Climate change and startups: how do we fund innovation for startups fixing climate change?• Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative• H.E. Kevin Kelly, Ambassador of Ireland to the Netherlands

13:30 - 14:00 Entrepreneurial life after ClimateLaunchpad - Alumni Founder Stories. Five former participants share their lessons learnt, insights gained and milestones reached.• Maarten Poot, founder Felyx• Simon Bushell, founder Sympower• Ann Runnel, founder Reverse resources• Lyubov Artemenko, founder Go to-U • William Janssen, founder Desolenator

14:00 – 15:00 Expert Sessions round 1Central Podium: Female Founders, how to get more gender diversity in the climate fight?

• Eva de Mol - Researcher at Vrije Universiteit and Investor• Lisa Ann Pinkerton - Founder of Women in Cleantech & Sustainability

Breakout rooms 1. What do cleantech investors look for - Pratap Raju, cleantech entrepreneur and ClimateLaunchpad India founder2. How to value your start-up - Joachim Blazer, investor and startup trainer3. The EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator Program - Benat Egana7. Start-up recruitment: how to get more ClimateLaunchpad start-ups inyour country – Edward Mungai, Kenya CIC, Hira Wajahat, Stimulus Pakistanand Lucas Nieto, Climate Ventures

15:00 -15:30 Break

15:30 - 17:15 Semi Finals round 2

17:15 - 17.30 Closing Day 1Frans Nauta & Paris Thomas

17.30 Drinks & Bites

Day 1 - 14th of November(Or actually 99% of the programme. With so many speakers and sessions we may have to make

last minute changes.)

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08:30 - 09:00 Registration, coffee & croissants

09:00 - 09:15 Kick Off

09:15 - 10:00 Panel Discussion - Building start-up ecosystems and fixing climate change around the globe

• Constantijn van Oranje, TechLeap Special Envoy appointed by the Dutch Government to make The Netherlands the European epicenter of innovation • Mehreen Shoaib, CEO of Stimulus Pakistan and country lead ClimateLaunchpad Pakistan • Edward Mungai, founder and CEO of Kenya Climate Innovation Center • Mridula Ramesh, investor in cleantech, author of 'The Climate Solution: India's Climate-Change Crisis and What We Can Do about It'

10:00 - 11:15 ClimateLaunchpad Theme Awards

Themes: • Carbon Tech • Emerging Markets • Female Founders (in collaboration with Women in Cleantech) • Deep Tech Award (in collaboration with Hello Tomorrow) • Green City Solutions (in collaboration with the City of Amsterdam) • Clean Mobility Award (in collaboration with Start Up Energy Transition)

11:15 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:45 Expert Sessions round 2 Central podium: ClimateLaunchpad Trainers sharing lessons learnt during their own start-up adventures: Mike Goodfellow-Smith, Chretien Herben, Lawrence Thiga and Hans Westerhof

Breakout rooms 1. An Impact Accelerator model for high performance and long term leadership & value creation - Jop Blom, Impact Accelerator 2. How to value your start-up - Joachim Blazer, investor and startup trainer 3. The EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator Program - Benat Egana 7. Cleantech Innovations: The New India Story - Himanshu Malik, Assistant Vice President, AGNIi & Invest India and Pratap Raju, ClimateLaunchpad India 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30 Expert sessions round 3 Central podium: ‘A Global Journey - Air pollution, health and climate’ Keynote by Beth Gardiner, author of 'Choked; The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future'

Breakout rooms 1. Sponsors and donors: how to build lasting support for ClimateLaunchpad in your country - Stelios Procopiou, Chrysalis Leap and Jop Blom, Impact Accelerator 2. ‘Tame your interview gremlin: How to structure your customer conversations’ - Paris Thomas, Business Model Architect 3. Our vision on Clean Mobility - Alexandra Khripko 7. How Hello Tomorrow is shaping the world’s Deep Tech ecosystem - Arnaud de la Tour 14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 15:15 Keynote and opening of Global Grand Final ClimateLaunchpad 2019: ‘The importance of green entrepeneurship for finding solutions regarding climate change’ Focco Vijselaar, Director-General Enterprise and Innovation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

15:15 - 16:30 Global Grand Final part 1

16:30 - 16:45 Break

16:45 - 18:30 Global Grand Final part 2

18:30 - 19:15 Break + snack

19:15 - 19:45 Award Ceremony and Closing

19:45 Drinks + bites

Day 2 - 15th of November(Or actually 99% of the programme. With so many speakers and sessions we may have to make

last minute changes.)

Global Grand Final 2019Programme