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Attention: High risk of FOMO?????!
We are counting down the last few weeks until the IMPACT FESTIVAL 2022. Current status: We have less than three weeks left, until we welcome all of you at Europe’s largest B2B fair for sustainable innovation and transformation! Check this week’s newsletter to see what awaits you on October 5th and 6th. After that, FOMO might be with you???!
CURIOUS, WHAT TO EXPECT?
At the IMPACT FESTIVAL 2022, we bring together investors, start-ups, corporates and experts to transform our economy with one aim in mind: to make it more sustainable. You can look forward to a diverse program that fulfills (almost???) every wish:
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HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS
Are you ready for some very exciting news? Well, we definitely are! Let’s have a look at our newest speakers!?
NEVEN SUBOTIC
Jürgen Klopp calls him a saint, he is one of Borussia Dortmund 's legends (two time Bundesliga champion) and in a few weeks we will welcome him at the IMPACT FESTIVAL 2022 – Neven Subotic ! As a former professional football player, Neven is a quality, IT and management enthusiast who has gone from being a refugee to the top. In 2012, he founded the well:fair (Neven Subotic Stiftung) and runs it as the CEO.
The foundation focuses on providing access to drinking water and sanitary facilities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.?
TIM SCHUMACHER
Tim Schumacher is a German investor and entrepreneur with a focus on impact and climate investments. Since 2012, he has founded or invested in multiple start-ups like eyeo (makers of Adblock Plus), SaaS.group, Pachama and Ecosia . Ecosia is especially notable. Ten years after its foundation, it's now the largest independent European search engine, using all its profits to plant trees.
Under the roof of Ecosia, Tim Schumacher also co-founded the Ecosia World Fund with a focus on Climate Investments.
BETH THOREN
Another exciting new speaker is Beth Thoren , Environmental Action & Initiatives Director, EMEA at Patagonia . In this role, she helps Patagonia to address the most pressing issues of our time. Beth is an internationally respected environmental leader and advocate. She joined Patagonia from her position as Deputy Chief Executive at Client Earth, an environmental NGO with a unique approach – using the power of the law to create systemic change.?
INNOVATION AREA
In our last two Newsletters, we showed you our first four Innovation Areas, which are derived from the EU Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals. Our 5th innovation area is Clean Technology.
Breakthrough CleanTech innovations are necessary not only to stop, but also to reverse climate change. Many of these technologies are currently being developed, and we will present the most promising solutions at the IMPACT FESTIVAL. Check them out below!
SIDE PROGRAM
Do you want to spend the time until the IMPACT FESTIVAL usefully and get to know the digital and sustainable transformation in companies in advance? Then visit the IMPACT WEEK and IMPACT BUILD, which we have realized in cooperation with STATION and modular one !
IMPACT WEEK
IMPACT WEEK's goal is to provide you with targeted content for joint, sustainable change in the corporate world. From September 26th to 30th - the week before the IMPACT FESTIVAL - various events will take place in the Rhine-Main-Region, for example in Wiesbaden at Heimathafen , in Giessen at modular.one and Volksbank, and in Frankfurt at various partners.?
Also, neosfer invites you to a special edition of the format "Between the Towers" on September 27th. Together with our guests we are going to discuss the role and importance of Chief Sustainable Officers.
We will provide you with more information about the IMPACT WEEK in the coming week. Most events are free of charge. Get your tickets now!
IMPACT BUILD
Another highlight you can already join is IMPACT BUILD. The event series aims to connect stakeholders from the construction sector and non-specialist participants in the value chain (e.g. financial institutions, property management companies and representatives from politics) with innovative solutions from creative minds in the region.?
IMPACT BUILD focuses on current topics such as affordable housing and climate-friendly construction.?
The main event will take place on September 27th. Before that, you can participate in two online talks via Twitch.
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IMPACT TALK
Traditions exist to be maintained. Therefore, we provide you with two new IMPACT TALKS – just like always. Enjoy!?
S2 | E9 INYOVA IMPACT INVESTING
In this episode, we talk to Tillmann Lang , Co-Founder and CEO of Inyova Impact Investing . Inyova wants to make it easy for everyone to invest in a sustainable and responsible future.
To do so, they have developed a digital investment platform where their customers can invest in companies that tackle global problems. Inyova's goal is a world where financial practices benefit not just the financial industry - but people and their environment.
S2 | E8 ENVIRIA
Energy is no longer merely a cost to be managed. Businesses are often overlooked, despite being responsible for approximately 80 percent of total power consumed. Our guest Melchior Schulze Brock , Founder and CEO of ENVIRIA , dives into that topic. “We are not here to present you a quick fix or claim to have the solution for the gas crisis - but we aim to present solutions that empower firms to shape the energy transition and take green efforts into their own hands.“
IMPACT MAGAZINE
You want to learn even more about ENVIRIA? Then check out their IMPACT CASE as well!?
IMPACT CASE: ENVIRIA
ENVIRIA provides B2B oriented solutions for renewable energy. The start-ups mission is to offer companies access to scalable energy-as-a-service concepts and innovative solar-centric project senabling?them to effectively pursue their sustainability agenda, reduce energy costs, develop new revenue opportunities, and make their own contribution to the energy transition.
In doing so they want to enable them to effectively pursue their sustainability agenda, reduce energy costs, develop new revenue opportunities, and make their own contribution to the energy transition.
NEW PARTNERSHIPS?
We are very excited to announce further partners who help us accelerate the sustainable transformation as efficiently as possible!
STARTHUB HESSEN
Our main partner StartHub Hessen is the central contact point for the Hessian start-up community, aiming to bring together the Hessian ecosystem. StartHub acts on behalf of the State of Hessen and as part of Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH .
During the event, you can meet StartHub Hessen on many occasions. First, via the start-ups it brings along from its network. And of course, within our program! The Hessian Economics Minister, Tarek Al-Wazir, will give the opening speech on October 5th. Philipp Nimmermann , State Secretary at the Hessian Ministry of Economy, Energy, Transport and Housing, will participate in a panel with Susanne Bregy , Martin Seimetz and Rene Wienholtz . They will discuss, if the EU Taxonomy and SFDR help for attracting more money towards impact investing. StartHub Hessen will also bring the EEN_Enterprise Europe Network as a network partner. The EEN is hosting a masterclass that you can register for.
COMMERZBANK AG
The Commerzbank AG supports us as an excellence partner. Besides looking forward to meeting you and all their customers at their own booth (with their own Espresso bar! ? ??), they will also be a part of the main program. On 5 October 2022, we welcome Dr. Joerg Oliveri del Castillo-Schulz , COO of the Commerzbank AG, as a keynote speaker on our IMPACT STAGE, where he will open the innovation area sustainable finance & data.?
In addition, Martin Seimetz, head of risk and resource steering in the corporate customer segment, will participate in the panel mentioned above.
FPS
“ FPS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG is participating in the Impact Festival to help with our experts from all major areas of business law Corporations, SMEs, Start-ups and the Public Sector in the transition to an innovative, digital, resource-efficient, and competitive economy. Together with our clients, we want to actively shape our future.”
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
You want to shorten the waiting time until the IMPACT FESTIVAL or look for events to visit afterwards? Then we have two suggestion!?
FAIRDAY 2022
The FairDay is an afternoon full of impulses and inspiring examples of successful sustainable business with all its ups and downs, taking place on September 22nd in Ettlingen. The event enables an honest exchange about the question how companies can shape and implement responsibility for people and nature. Cooperative partnerships and an inner attitude of sustainability lead to innovative approaches and solutions.
GLOBAL GOALS FORUM
The future of globalization is “VUCA”– volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. But what comes next? What should the next trading system be? And what happens to the UN Sustainable Development Goals? The 2nd Global Goals Forum examines the question of how globalization can be readjusted and sustainably oriented. Join the virtual summit on October 13th, 2022!
That’s it for today’s edition! We hope you enjoyed it and feel as excited about the IMPACT FESTIVAL as we do. Have a great time and see you in two weeks ??!?
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