Global Cleantech Summit begins in Helsinki in a week
The Global Cleantech Summit 2015 will be held in Helsinki at Kalastajatorppa and Finlandia Hall 8.–10.9.2015. The summit will offer new viewpoints, contacts, and a possibility for a dialogue on global solutions and technological success stories, which are the keys for the sustainable growth. Over 500 participants from around the world are expected to join the conference, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Ministry of the Environment said in its press release.
The conference is targeted for corporate executives, political decision-makers, investors, researchers, the media, and other stakeholders. The event is organised by the Cleantech Strategic Programme of the Finnish government, in collaboration with front-line players in the Finnish cleantech.
The slogan of the summit, “Doing. Not just talking. Business.” origins from the summerly brainstorming. The respondents indicated that the endless planning is enough. Now it is the time to take the concrete steps. A major share of the solutions required for the global progress have been invented and innovated. What is needed is to implement the solutions in a large scale Applying new solutions also requires comparatively uniform operating principles around the world.
The summit will launch on Tuesday, 8 September with an invitational strategy day. Dr. Olli Rehn, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland, will open the summit. The keynote speakers of the day are Professor Anil K. Gupta of the University of Maryland, Hashim Yamani, CEO of K.A.Care (King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy) in Saudi-Arabia and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
In the Ministerial Talks session the keynote is given by the Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar of Iran, on how Iran is responding to the climate challenge. Finland's Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen, and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka will take part in the panel discussions. Ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Kenya, and Lithuania will join the strategy day. About 250 influencers, corporate directors, and researchers from about 25 different countries will arrive in the summit.
The public conference on 9-10 September will feature presentations by the internationally reknown cleantech specialists. 9 September will focus on cleantech business. The global industrial revolution and division of industrial work, key enabling technologies, smart mobility of the future and cleantech success stories will be discussed. About 20 companies will still have a possibility to jump on the stage at the Speakers' Corner in the pecha kucha style!
On 10 September, the focus will be on cleantech innovation in the minerals production, discussing the ideas of the future mines, integrated material chains and industrial symbiosis, as well as the role of metals in the circular economy. The agenda also includes special questions related to the production of minerals in the Arctic and Barents regions.
Alternatively, the conference guests will have an opportunity on 10 September to take part in Smart Visits to see examples on how clean technologies are applied in Finnish companies. The visits have sparked much of interest.