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IMPACT FESTIVAL is getting closer. And closer. Get all the latest news here! 5?? weeks left ??.
Can you believe that we are only three weeks away from the meteorological beginning of autumn?????? Neither can we! Especially because that means that we only have 5?? weeks left until we welcome all of you at the IMPACT FESTIVAL 2022! Let's shorten the time a little more by diving into our latest newsletter!
Browse through our detailed program, speaker announcements, IMPACT CASES and TALKS and much more. Have fun!?
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LATEST CONTENT WITH A FRESH LOOK
Have you noticed?! If you haven’t, check again!
Our website has a new look! AND it is packed with the latest news and details about the IMPACT FESTIVAL, our program, speakers and much, much more! Find all of the start-ups presenting their solutions at the IMPACT FESTIVAL 2022, take a look at our partners and check out which speakers you would like to see in October.?
We also provide you with a detailed program with what's happening where, when and on which stage and you can filter for day, topic, format and room. If you want to find out more about the festival in general or you have any questions, you will love our new section “How to Festival”. This all-around guide gives you all the information you need about opening hours, journey & shuttle service, catering, and many other FAQs.
OUR PROGRAM
In case you have wondered what awaits you at this year's IMPACT FESTIVAL, this section is for you! During October 5th and 6th, we provide you with a diverse program packed with amazing start-ups, speakers, master classes and more!
Listen to keynotes, panels or start-up-pitches on our IMPACT STAGE and the innovation stage. Take the chance to participate in a variety of Deep Dives, held by sustainability experts and like-minded people in the transformation room.
Our start-ups will present their solutions in the exhibition area – looking forward to chatting with you about their innovative ideas and visions. A highlight: All start-ups have the chance to win the IMPACT AWARD. Of course, the awarding ceremony will take place at the festival. Join on October 5th, 6pm at the IMPACT STAGE!
In case you get hungry or thirsty, we provide you with vegan catering options. To celebrate the sustainable transformation, we invite you to join our after party on October 5th starting at 7.30 p. m.
You want to join online? No problem! As a hybrid event, you can also participate in the IMPACT FESTIVAL digitally via our platform Talque.
We update our program details regularly, so make sure to come back for updates from time to time.?
HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS
At the festival we aim to inspire you with powerful thought-leaders, who share their experience in strong speeches and keynotes. The more we are excited to announce two new highlight speakers!?
VERENA PAUSDER
Verena Pausder , one of the best-known faces of the start-up scene in Germany, is an entrepreneur, digital education expert, author and founder of Fox & Sheep and the HABA Digitalwerkstatt . Her book "Das Neue Land", a DER SPIEGEL bestseller, was awarded the special prize "Entrepreneur Book of the Year" by the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2020. In her podcast "FAST & CURIOUS" she talks with her co-host Lea-Sophie Cramer about current trends and developments in the start-up scene.?
She is on the advisory board of DELIUS Textiles and R?hlig Logistics , a university counselor at CODE University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, and founder of the #stayonboard initiative.?
LUBOMILA JORDANOVA
Lubomila Jordanova is the co-founder and CEO of Plan A , a software provider offering an end-to-end platform that uses machine learning and science to enable businesses to reduce their emissions and improve and report on their ESG performance. Lubomila is also co-founder of the Greentech Alliance , a community of more than 2,000 Greentech start-ups connected to more than 500 advisors from VC, media, and business. Lubomila has been recognised as an Obama Europe Leader 2022.?
She was awarded as MIT Innovator Under 35 Europe 2022, Marshall Fund Fellow 2022, Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs in Germany 2022 ( Handelsblatt ) and Forbes 30 under 30, among others.
INNOVATION AREAS
In the last Newsletter we showed you our first two Innovation Areas, which are derived from the EU Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals. So, it is only right, that we now provide you with the next two innovation areas!
Agriculture Technology & Food Innovation
Feeding 10 billion people climate-neutral, while preserving biodiversity and improving animal welfare, is impossible without innovations by 2050! The innovative start-ups in the area “Agriculture Technology & Food Innovation” provide the most exciting solutions to the problems we are facing today and in the future.
Resource Efficiency?
We strongly believe that saving natural resources in every aspect of the value chain does not only reduce environmental impact. It also saves costs. This mindset is the core of the Innovation Area “Resource Efficiency”. The area focuses on solutions to save energy, CO2, water or waste – no matter its forms. Innovations use for example circular economy or sustainable building to improve resource efficiency.
We already look forward to the following start-ups presenting their solutions and innovative business models in October!
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IMPACT MAGAZINE
In our IMPACT MAGAZINE you can read use cases of the solutions presented in our festival exhibition. This year’s participants Inyova Impact Investing and Resourcify are now featured in our newest IMPACT CASES, showing you how the solutions of our exhibiting start-ups are implemented in real life.?
IMPACT CASE: INYOVA
Inyova provides its users with a suggestion on which company to invest in. It also informs about the impact your strategy has on the world and its expected financial return. With this solution, Inyova aims to take back control.?By offering direct investments in stocks of companies that need to change, they set the ground for active ownership. With that, the start-up helps to create impact. Why? Because active ownership is one of the most meaningful ways to drive change in companies and to improve their impact.
IMPACT CASE: RESOURCIFY
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG (hardware store DACH) took their slogan “There is always something to do” by heart: They reached out to Resourcify to create transparent, legally compliant and audit-proof recycling processes for their waste. With great success!?
With the Resourcify software Hornbach now manages more than 190 collection points and more than 70 waste disposal companies across six European countries in a legally compliant manner, using five different languages.
IMPACT TALK
Our list of amazing guests is growing fast! And with it the wish list for potential guests! Markus from ecoligo would like to see Leonardo Di Caprio in his role as investor and environmentalist at this year's festival (we're sure to have our own wooden pallet ready for him - in case of spontaneous heavy rain or flooding ??) and Dirk would like to invite Marija Kolak (President and CEO of Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft (BNW) ) to the festival. Until they sit in front of the IMPACT TALK microphone, let’s check out our newest episodes!?
NEW PARTNERSHIPS?
To create impact we need to strongly work together – bundling up our resources, ideas and expertise to accelerate the sustainable transformation as efficiently as possible. Two great partners strive for the same goal: 德勤 and Africa GreenTec . Let’s look at them!
DELOITTE
“Deloitte, as a professional services firm, has made supporting clients in their transformation towards sustainability a key competency in recent years. A better future is entirely possible, but it will require a change in behavior. To this end knowledge on sustainability must be shared more broadly than ever before. This is where we help organizations make progress on their journey toward long-term sustainability.”
AFRICA GREENTEC
"We need to tell the world more about impact driven organizations involving politics, and investors and stand together. The IMPACT FESTIVAL is a great platform to do so. As a social enterprise from Hessen, we have been supporting this great event from day 1. We are really looking forward to meeting you all.“
While we already have incredible partners on board; we are still looking for funding for specific ideas, which will make our event even better, such as sustainable event badges or our IMPACT ART exhibition. If you are interested in partnering with us on this matter, contact us!
PARTNER EVENTS
If you want to shorten the time until the IMPACT FESTIVAL, how about visiting two other great events that will take place in September?
In times of climate change, species extinction and other complex crises, such as Russia's war against Ukraine, it is clearer than ever: our food systems need a major transformation. We are now at a turning point and have the chance to change the course together. Come and see it in person on September 15th - 17th.
The second edition of the Circular Futures Festival will take place on September 14th and 15th. The event invites all those who professionally deal with the circular transformation of our economy and society. Whether in the public sector, science or civil society - everyone is invited to participate and get involved.
SOME LAST WORDS?
Thumbs up, if you read all the exciting news and made it to this point! As a little reward, we close this newsletter with an inspiring quote from Prof. Dr. Maja G?pel:
?”Innovation (…) cannot be blind anymore neither to social distributional effects nor to environmental impact.”
?Have a great time and see you in two weeks ??! Remember: Only 5 weeks left until #ImpactFestival22. Follow us here on LinkedIn to not miss a beat ??.