8:30 AM
REGISTRATION
9:15 AM
WELCOME WORDS
- Daniel Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL
- Danielle Spera, GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL’s Patroness
9:20 AM
OPENING REMARKS
- Ingo Bleier, Chief Corporates & Markets Officer Erste Group
- H.E. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Austria
Beatrice Atim Anywar, Hon. Minister State for Enviroment of the Republic of Uganda
9:45 AM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Navigating Climate Change in the Agri-Food Sector
- Stephan Büttner, CEO at AGRANA
- Moderation: Rainer Nowak, Head of Department for Economy and Politics at Kronen Zeitung
10:10 AM
ENERGY I Panel 1
Forging Alliances: Creating an Integrated Hydrogen Value Chain for the Future
- Susanna Zapreva, CRO/COO at Verbund AG
- Jürgen Schneider, Director General VI – Climate Action and Energy at the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology
Violeta Bulc, Vice-Chair of the Europe – Asia Center, former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia and former EU Commissioner for Transport and Mobility
- Moderation: Corinna Milborn, Journalist
10:55 AM
PRESENTATION
- Erik Brinkač, SENIOR DIRECTOR Business development & mobility solutions at Global Payments
11:05 AM
MOBILITY Panel
Advancing Sustainable Transportation: Innovations in E-Mobility, Trains and Mobility Technology Investment
- Danijel Dzihic, Managing Director BYD Austria
- Kurt Bauer, Head of Long Distance Passenger Services and New Rail Business at ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG
- Monika Mikac, CEO at NAD Capital
- Florian Gietl, CEO at CLEEN Energy AG
Matthias Dank, Executive Vice President Global Business Development, Sales and International Operations at AVL
- Moderation: Peter Kühne, Programm Manager aws Innovative Solutions
11:45 AM
ONE ON ONE
The Global Perspective of the Green Transformation
- Philipp Rösler, Investor, Advisor, former Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister of Health, Federal Minister of Economy and Technology of Germany
- Moderation: Bernhard Ecker, Editor at trend
12:30 PM
ONE ON ONE
- Manuela Waldner, CFO at ÖBB-Holding AG
- Moderation: Rainer Nowak, Head of Department for Economy and Politics at Kronen Zeitung
1:00 PM
NETWORKING
LUNCH
2:00 PM
PACKAGING Panel
Rethinking Packaging: Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities in Recycling
- Fritz Kaltenegger, CEO at café+co International Holding
- Stephan Laske, Head of R&D Consumer Flexibles at Mondi Group
- Sandra Pechac, Managing Director of the Platform Packaging with a Future
- Moderation: Ulrike Middelhoff, Head of Sustainability Division at Swietelsky AG
2:40 PM
REAL ESTATE Panel
Building Sustainability: Real Estate, Circular Economy and the Future of Green Investment
- Thomas G. Winkler, CEO at UBM Development
- Ethan Penner, CEO and best selling author “Greatness is a Choice”
- Günther Artner, Head of Group Commercial Real Estate at Erste Group
- Moderation: Antonia Rinesch, CEO at Trending Topics
3:20 PM
PRESENTATION
Why Carbon Credits concern us all?
- Jakob Zenz, Managing Director & Founder at EcoNetix
- Paul Nimmerfall, Managing Director & Co-Founder at EcoNetix
3:30 PM
GREEN FINANCE Panel
Financing the Green Future: Incentivizing Sustainable Investments and Loans
- Tanja Spennlingwimmer, Head of Business Unit (Geschäftsfeldleitung) Entrepreneurship, IP, Deep Technology at aws
- Martin Pichler, Partner at AKELA Attorneys at Law
- Nastassja Cernko, Head of Group ESG Office at OeKB AG
- Ulrike Gehmacher, Head of Group ESG Office at Erste Group
- Moderation: Fred Luks, Researcher and Speaker
4:15 PM
STAR-TALK
Sustainable Mindset
- Markus Rogan, World Record Swimmer and Olympic Medalist, Psychotherapist
- Michael C. Donaldson, American entertainment attorney and independent film advocate
- Moderation: Danielle Spera, GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL’s Patroness
4:50 PM
TECHNOLOGY Panel
Harnessing Innovation: Tech, Big Data and AI in driving the Green Revolution
- Shani Zanescu, Co-Founder & Chair at PLANETech, Climate tech Venture Partner at Jibe Ventures
- Mirco Rohr, Director Solutions Consulter EMEA at RiskRecon a Mastercard company
- Hans-Peter Schmid, Managing Director at Accenture
- Violeta Bulc, Vice-Chair of the Europe – Asia Center, former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia and former EU Commissioner for Transport and Mobility
- Markus Müller, Partner of Digital Advisory & Transformation at TPA Group
- Moderation: Barbara Steininger, Editor at trend
5:40 PM
KEYNOTE
- Andreas Lederer, Founder ADVANTAGE AI
5:50 PM
GREEN PEAK STARTUP PITCHES & AWARD Ceremony
Moderation:
- Moritz Weinhofer, Project Manager aws Connect Industry-Startup.Net &
- Helen Krüger, Project Manager aws Connect Industry-Startup.Net
6:45 PM
NETWORKING