Jaan Sepping
CEO, Ecobase
Jaan Sepping is the CEO, Ecobase.
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Silvia Estrela
Chief of Forest Department, CO2Offset
Silvia is the Chief of Forest Department, CO2Offset.
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Rui Lopes
CEO, CO2Offset
Rui Lopes is the CEO of CO2Offset.
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Jarno Hämäläinen
Key Account Manager, Green Transition at Business Joensuu
Jarno Hämäläinen, MSc. (For.), has acquired more than 20 years of international experience in forest bioeconomy consulting and expert services worldwide. Currently, as the key account manager of Business Joensuu Oy, he assists investors and companies in the expansion and relocation of green transition businesses and product development to the Greater Joensuu area in Finland.
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Verónica Kuchinow
Specialist in industrial symbiosis and in resource efficiency as a tool towards circular economy
Verónica founded in 2004 her first company, ZICLA, which specialized in waste recycling and recycled products. Since 2014, she is also the co-founder of SÍMBIOSY, implementing circular economy and industrial symbiosis projects in the territory.
Veronica is president of the Energy and Waste Commission of the Catalan Agricultural Engineers Association and an active member of various national and European entities, think tanks and forums towards circular economy development via industrial symbiosis, combining professional activity with teaching in various public and private universities of the country.
Verónica is an agricultural engineer with several degrees in business management in Spain and China, as well as in business design and business innovation.
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Julian Kakarott
CEO, CarbonStack
Julian Kakarott is the founder of CarbonStack, a German company developing carbon credit projects in Europe. He also serves as EU Climate Pact Ambassador to promote the creation of climate-resilient ecosystems.
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Ananya Manna
Investment director, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Ananya Manna is the investment director at the European Circular Bioeoconomy Fund (ECBF), a venture capital fund investing in the growth stage of innovative startups in agri-tech, food-tech, bio-based packaging and materials.
At ECBF, Ananya invests in agri-tech startups.
She has previously had significant experience investing in the agri-food sector in Southern Europe with MCH Private Equity in Madrid.
Ananya is passionate about the ability of technology and innovation to make agriculture and food production sustainable, climate resilient, and a means to fight climate change, thereby ensuring food security and preservation.
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Timo Lehesvirta
Leading Nature Expert, Metsä Group
Timo Lehesvirta’s work at Metsä Group includes strategic development and integration of biodiversity and other sustainability themes into the company’s operations. Before moving to Metsä Group, Timo worked as a leading climate and nature solutions team expert at Sitra.
He has long-term experience in the environmental management of the forest industry in Finland and internationally. Timo is a biologist by training, FM from the University of Turku.
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Enda Keane
CEO, Treemetrics
Enda Keane is a driven and passionate professional with over 29 years of experience in the forestry industry. He is the CEO of Treemetrics, a world leader in forest measurement and monitoring technology.
Under his leadership, the company has developed a cutting-edge global forest monitoring platform that leverages advanced technology through support from the European Space Agency.
Enda has a deep understanding of the forestry industry and a strong commitment to sustainability and environmental conservation. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Forest Management.
Before joining Treemetrics, Enda worked as a forest manager for several companies, gaining extensive experience in forest planning, carbon estimation, and sustainability practices. In his current role at Treemetrics, Enda is focused on driving innovation and advancing the company’s mission to provide cutting-edge solutions for forest measurement and monitoring.
He is committed to helping the forestry industry improve sustainability and productivity and to contributing to efforts to combat climate change.
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Bart Muys
Full Professor, University of Leuven
Bart Muys is the Head of the Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape at KU Leuven in Belgium. He is an academic forest ecology and management expert, emphasising circular bioeconomy. His research focuses on the role of biodiversity in forest resilience and multiple ecosystem services and the sustainability evaluation of forestry and bioenergy systems, among others.
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Michael Carus
Managing Director, Nova-Institut GmbH
Michael Carus, physicist, is one of the leading European experts, market researchers and policy advisers of the renewable carbon economy—including bio-based, CO2-based and recycling. At the end of 1994, he and five other scientists founded the private and independent Nova-Institute for Ecology and Innovation.
Ever since the beginning, Carus has been involved in the company as owner and one of two Managing Directors. He has worked for over 20 years in the field of bioeconomy, specifically on biomass and CO2 feedstock, processes, chemical building blocks, polymers, plastics, fibres and composites. The focus of his work is market analysis, techno-economic and sustainability assessments, as well as the political and economic framework for bio- and CO2-based processes and applications.
Today nova-Institute has nearly 50 scientists from a wide range of disciplines, covering markets, technologies, sustainability, communication and policy.
In 2020, Carus founded the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), which has nearly 60 members from the chemical and other industries today. Carus is today one of the two executive managers of RCI.
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