09:30
15'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Welcome Ceremony
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
09:30-09:45
In the opening ceremony of the Greentech Festival 2024, we will launch discussions off with deep insights into the future of sustainable business and global policy. To build a better world we need brave voices calling for change and leaders willing to take risks in order to correct the collision course we are heading on. ‘Business as usual’ is dead and in our brave new world, sustainability must become synonymous with good business. The market, customers and investors have clearly show that they will reward those who stand behind inclusive, sustainable and ethical values so let’s start the conversation, unafraid to take on the challenges before us.
SPEAKERS
Dale Rickert
Global Head of Product
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Nico Rosberg
Sustainability & VC Entrepreneur, Co-Founder
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Kai Wegner The Governing Mayor of Berlin
09:45
30'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Opening Panel – Is sustainable mobility for all the key to transforming cities at speed?
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
09:45-10:15
Affordable, clean, electromobility. This should be the holy grail for cities and regions globally, but the question is, how are we going to get there? What’s the role of government and incentives in stimulating change and incenivising inclusive mobility, how can the private sector create products that serve all segments of the community, and what can all of us do to support the decarbonisation of all aspects of our lives.
SPEAKERS
Nancy Sutley
Chief Sustainability Officer and Deputy Mayor
Office of Mayor Karen Bass
Matt Petersen
President & CEO
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
André Kaufung
Managing Director
CharIN e.V.
Adam Lenz
Head of Sustainability
Waymo
Jonny Lieberman
Journalist
Motortrend
10:20
40'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Can the LA Olympics be a movement for good?
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
10:20-11:00
Love it or hate it, the Olympics are approaching fast. LA has promised that this event will be an Olymics like no other: radical reuse of venues minimising strain on the environment, new infrastructure projects designed to benefit all, and to top it off, the city plans to invest in it’s citizens making sure this event ‘leaves nobody behind’. Yet this wouldn’t be the first time that a city set their olympic hopes high and came up wanting. What can LA do to make sure it’s sustainable Olympic dreams come true and that LA 28 can truly be a movement for good?
SPEAKERS
Yasmine Sherif
Executive Director
Education Cannot Wait
Nurit Katz
Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA
11:00
20'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Green Startup Slam Round 1
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
11:00-11:20
Come and witness round 1 of the Green Startup Slam, live, on stage in LA. Decided through audience voting, one lucky startup will be chosen to join the afternoon Grand Final and compete for the prize for Green Startup Slam winner USA 2024.
SPEAKERS
Claire Chabaud
CEO
Braave
Max Wasler
CEO
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11:20
40'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Panel: Creating resilient and equitable cities for the future?
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
11:20-12:00
We are in the middle of a sustainability revolution, and everybody from hi-tech to car tyre companies are scrambling to realign product, brand and employee image around sustainable principals. Technology, sensor systems and IoT have incredible roles to play in creating the kinds of transparency and immediate feedback that will attract customers, investors and the best employees. But technology alone is never enough, and for lasting change we need to talk about trust and culture. Where do we start, how do we measure progress and what does success feel like in a technology-driven sustainability revolution?
SPEAKERS
Ada Williams Prince
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Independent
Shameka Dixon
Director of Workforce Development
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles
Ashley Christy
Executive Director
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles
Cassie Rauser
Founder & Principal
MorphoStrategies
12:00
30'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Panel: How do we create change
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
12:00-12:30
Our mandate is clear: if we’re going to turn around the climate disaster, we’re going to have to change everything, everywhere, all at once. Change, however, is difficult and requires a calculated and concerted approach. If we truly want to change everything, the irony is, we need to start small, choose our battles and know which leavers to pull to get the desired response. Come and hear from standout changemakers who have who are working within the system to create deep change.
SPEAKERS
Conyers Davis
Global Director
USC Schwarzenegger Institute
Erin Simon
VP and Head, Plastic Waste and Business
World Wildlife Fund
12:40
1h 20'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Networking Lunch and Green Investors Crunch
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
12:40-14:00
14:00
10'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Wakeup Keynote
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
14:00-14:10
SPEAKERS
Eric Corey Freed
Principal, Director of Sustainability
CannonDesign
14:10
15'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Green Startup Slam Round 2
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
14:10-14:25
As things start to heat up, it’s time for round two of the Green Startup Slam in LA. Decided through audience voting, one lucky startup will be chosen to join the Grand Final and compete for the prize for Green Startup Slam winner USA 2024.
SPEAKERS
Christopher Engmann
Author and Founder: Megadeals. Large Deals in Sustainability Tech
Megadeals
Max Wasler
CEO
GREENTECH FESTIVAL
14:30
30'
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The Soft Side of Startup Success
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
14:30-15:00
SPEAKERS
Sandeep Ahuja
CEO
cove.tool
Fred Walti
CEO
Network for Global Innovaiton
15:00
30'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Is sustainable Hollywood just another fairytale?
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
15:00-15:30
“If you can dream it, you can do it” were the inspiring words of Walt Disney. Yet if we don’t want sustainability in arts and entertainment to remain in the realms of Fantasia then we’re going to have to dream big and act even bigger! There are signs for positivity with the film and creators sector addressing many underlying issues, yet much more needs to be done, and many of the problems exist simply as a result of the culture of mass consumption surrounding entertainment, media and glamorous lifestyles. So is sustainable Hollywood just another fairytale or can we turn dreams into reality and take the world along for the ride?
15:30
10'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
Green Startup Slam Grand Final
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
15:30-15:40
Come and witness the grand final of the Green Startup Slam, live, on stage in LA. Decided through audience voting, one lucky startup will be chosen as the winner of the Green Startup Slam, USA 2024. The winner will receive a market readiness workshop with BCG X Greentech and be sponsored to attend next year’s international Green Startup Slam Grand Final at the flagship GREENTECH FESTIVAL in Berlin from the 3-5th of June 2025.
SPEAKERS
Max Wasler
CEO
GREENTECH FESTIVAL
15:40
30'
GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE
GTF Live: Big Ideas, Intimate Conversations
Friday 15.11
Main Stage
15:40-16:10