The Spain Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020; the deep tech venture builder, TECNALIA Ventures; the London Business School; and the European Innovation Council are organising a hybrid event “Fostering EU – Arab Countries Innovation in Green Tech: Connecting Minds, Scaling-up strategies and Funding” on February 4, 2022 from 8:00h to 10:15h (CET) at Dubai Expo 2020 – Spain Pavilion and virtually.

The event aims at building bridges between the Green Tech innovation ecosystems in both the European Union and Arab Countries by creating connections among the three critical stakeholders in such innovation ecosystems: top researchers, driven entrepreneurs and smart capital investors.

At “Fostering EU – Arab Countries Innovation in Green Tech: Connecting Minds, Scaling-up strategies and Funding”, we are bringing together high-level political bodies, stakeholders, researchers, innovators, start-ups, venture-capital investors and deep-tech companies from the European Union and Arab Countries to discuss the green technologies that can make a significant positive impact, notably in the field of smart green and energy-efficient cities and climate adaptation.

We are looking forward to your active participation at the event, where together, we can shape the green and energy efficient future of Europe and Arab Countries.

Agenda: 

Co-Chairs:

Antonio Marco Pantaleo, EIC Programme Manager for energy systems and green technologies

Francesco Matteucci, EIC Programme Manager materials for energy and environmental sustainability 

Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, Tecnalia´s deep tech venture builder

10:30-11:00 Registration

11:00-11:30 Opening Session

Carmen Bueno, Commissioner General for the Spanish participation in Expo 2020 Dubai   

Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General for Innovation at Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain

Kinga Stanislawska, Member of the EIC Advisory Board

Delilah Al Khudhairy, Director, Competences, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Francesco Matteucci, EIC Programme Manager materials for energy and environmental sustainability

Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Director of Research and Development in Science & Defense (UAE) and President of Emirates Digital Association for Women

11.30-11.45 Fireside chat

Moderator: Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, TECNALIA´s deep tech venture builder

Hussein Kanji, Co-founder and Partner at Hoxton Ventures

11:45-12:30 Round table on From lab to market

Chair: Eva Baltar, Policy Officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Mohammed Aljafari, Director of the Intellectual Property Commercialisation Office at iPARK, the Royal Scientific Society

Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Director of Research and Development in Science & Defense (UAE) and President of Emirates Digital Association for Women

Christian Daube, Climate-KIC Strategic Programmes Builder & Manager and Open Accelerator Lead

Asier Rufino, CEO and co-founder TECNALIA Ventures

Jorge Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Khalifa University and Vicepresident of ACIEAU.

 

12:30-13:15 Round Table discussion EU and MENA Green Tech VCs

Chair: Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, TECNALIA´s deep tech venture builder

Christos Mastoras, Managing Director and Founder, Iliad Partners (Dubai-based VC)

Swethal Kumar, CEO & Managing Partner, Startupscale360 (MENA VC)

Johann Boukhors, Managing Director Engie New Ventures

Philipp Engelkamp, Managing Director, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of INERATEC GmbH

Iheb Triki, CEO of Kumulus Water

13:15 Concluding remarks and closing

Antonio Marco Pantaleo, EIC Programme Manager for energy systems and green technologies

Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, Tecnalia´s deep tech venture builder