CONFERENCE

Avalon Hollywood | 15 November 2024

The GTF CONFERENCE provides a stage for bold pioneers, visionaries and outstanding leaders to come together and discuss the sustainable business solutions that will be needed to enact lasting change. An inspiring program of keynotes, panel discussions and hands-on bootcamps will give participants deep insights into the current state and future sustainable business and global policy.

5 FORMATS
40 SPEAKERS
600 ATTENDEES

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS 2024

CONFERENCE THEMES

VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
MOVE AND ENERGIZE!
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES: DECARBONIZING ARTS & SPORT

CONFERENCE AGENDA

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
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Host

Nico Rosberg Sustainability & VC Entrepreneur, Co-Founder
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Speaker : Welcome Remarks

Kai Wegner The Governing Mayor of Berlin

Speaker : Opening Remarks

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

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Matt Petersen President & CEO
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Panelist : Panel Discussion

André Kaufung Managing Director
CharIN e.V.

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Adam Lenz Head of Sustainability
Waymo

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Jonny Lieberman Journalist
Motortrend

Moderator : Panel Discussion

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

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Nurit Katz Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA

Panelist : Panel Discussion

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

Speaker : Startup Pitch

Max Wasler CEO
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Co-Moderator : Startup Slam

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

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Shameka Dixon Director of Workforce Development
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Ashley Christy Executive Director
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Cassie Rauser Founder & Principal
MorphoStrategies

Moderator : Panel Discussion

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

Panelist : Panel Discussion

Erin Simon VP and Head, Plastic Waste and Business
World Wildlife Fund

Panelist : Panel Discussion

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

Speaker : Keynote Speech

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

Co-Moderator : Startup Slam

Max Wasler CEO
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Co-Moderator : Startup Slam

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

Co-Moderator : Startup Slam

15:40

30'

GREENTECH FESTIVAL CONFERENCE


GTF Live: Big Ideas, Intimate Conversations

Friday 15.11

Main Stage

15:40-16:10

GREEN INVESTORS CRUNCH

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