Panel Discussion – Building start-up ecosystems and fixing climate change around the globe Constantijn van Oranje is Special Envoy for TechLeap.NL (formerly: StartupDelta). He is appointed by the Netherlands Government to make The Netherlands the European epicentre of innovation, with the best climate for entrepreneurs to start, build, grow and internationalize their businesses. He also

Keynote speaker Marjan was named most influential person working in the field of sustainability in the Netherlands for three years in a row. In 2015 she was declared a ‘leading global thinker’ by the American magazine Foreign Policy. She is co-founder of Urgenda, the front-running organization that coordinated the first citizen’s collective solar-panel buying initiative

Before being appointed as Ireland’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Kevin served as Director for OSCE, Council of Europe, UN Coordination and Conflict Resolution in the Political Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin. Prior to that, Kevin was Director for Humanitarian Affairs in the Development Cooperation Division of the Department (2011-2014). Between 2007 and

Expert session on Cleantech Innovations: The New India Story Himanshu co-leads the National Technology Commercialization Program of the Govt. of India. Named AGNIi (Accelerating Growth of New India Innovations), the program aims to support ongoing efforts to boost the innovation ecosystem India by introducing innovations from across the nation for wider adoption by the industry,