SET Tech Festival 2017
Check out the SET Tech Festival 2017 recap and relive the one-day event with inspiring start-ups and speakers.
The Festival
The SET Tech Festival 2017 was the first edition of the festival and took place alongside the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, an international conference, organized by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Participants were able to enjoy panels, finalist pitches, exhibition area, matchmaking and workshops.
10
Energy accelerators
5
Corporate challenges
Berlin Adlershof
Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability
Climate KIC
EIT digital
Energy Unlocked
E.on
GIZ
GTECH
InnoEnergy
Innogy
Vatenfall
Wincubator
Berlin Adlershof
Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability
Climate KIC
EIT digital
Energy Unlocked
E.on
GIZ
GTECH
InnoEnergy
Innogy
Vatenfall
Wincubator
The Speakers
Start Up Energy Transition was honoured to host international speakers leading the energy transition from various sectors including industry, business, finance, and technology.
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Dr. Ana S. Trbovich
Co-Founder, Grid Singularity
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Mustafa Suleyman
Co-Founder & Head of Applied AI, Google Deep Mind
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Lisa Besserman
Founder, Startup Buenos Aires
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Thomas Birr
Senior Vice President Innovation & Business Transformation, Innogy
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Dr. Matthias Dill
Managing Director, Statkraftventures
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Lei Zhang
Chief Executive Officer, Envision Energy
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Peter Terium
CEO, Innogy
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Christopher Burghardt
Head of Policy and Communications, Uber Technologies
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Dr. Jeremy Leggett
Founder, Solarcentury & SolarAid
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Jules Kortenhorst
CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute
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Dirk Ahlborn
CEO, Hyperloop Technologies
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Reimelt
President GE Germany & Austria
Philipp Schröder
Managing Director, Sonnen GmbH
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Claus Wattendrup
CEO, Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH
The Media Partners
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