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    Fixathon at Impact/Week
    Judith Wolst, Prompt What Matters, Norrsken
    Prompt What Matters
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    Rooftop coffee & croissant
    Impact/Return
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    The Fixathon Expert Feedback Session
    Johanna Lundmark, Head of Platform, Norrsken Foundation
    Prompt What Matters
  4. Impact/Return official opening
    Impact/Return
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    Cambridge Associates: The State of Impact Investing - A Practitioner’s Perspectives on Priorities and Performance
    Liqian Ma, Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing Research, Cambridge Associates
    Impact/Return
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    John Kerry: What lasts?
    John Kerry, Former Secretary of State
    David Livingston, Chief Strategy Officer, Galvanize
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    Unlocking European Pension Capital for the Venture Stage
    Carlos Garcia Rivas, Head of Private Equity Europe, APG Asset Management
    Impact/Return
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    Magical Thinking Won't Make Europe an AI Power
    Cristina Caffarra, Chair, Eurostack Industry Foundation
    Sophie Dembinski, Managing Director, Norrsken Brussels
    Prompt What Matters
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    How AI could leave civil society behind, and what's being built to stop it
    Jan-Willem Van Putten, co-founder, The School For Moral Ambition
    Peter Halliwell, Co-founder, Upside
    Prompt What Matters
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    Andri Snaer Magnasson: On Time and Water
    Andri Snær Magnason, Poet and writer
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    What emerging markets teach us about building from uncertainty
    Mina Shahid, Founder/CEO, Numida
    Abraham Augustine, Ecosystem & marketing manager, Norrsken
    Nick Hu, Co-founder & CEO, Kabisa
    Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Executive-in-residence, Georgetown University
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    Moral Ambition: The Most Underpriced Asset of Our Time
    Rutger Bregman, Founder, School for Moral Ambition
    Prompt What Matters
  13. Navigating Dual Use: The Ethics of Defence & Warfare Technology
    Impact/Return
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    The European Opportunity from the American Perspective
    Philip Chopin, Managing Director, Head of Europe, NEA
    Etiene Ekpo-Utip, Managing Director and Global Head of Climate, Impact & Real Assets, Rede Partners
    Clare Murray, Co-founding Partner, Blume Equity
    Impact/Return
  15. Investing Through the AI Climate Paradox
    Wiebe Visser, CIO, Carbon Equity
    Jason Scott, Partner, Spring Lane Capital
    Impact/Return
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    AI and Africa’s Next Industrial Leap
    Abraham Augustine, Ecosystem & marketing manager, Norrsken
    Jake Kendall, Co-founder and General Partner, DFS Lab
    Adrienne Henderson, Investor, Quona Capital
    Chema Triki, Co-founder, Growth Teams
    Prompt What Matters
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    Dirt Money: Soil's Next Chapter Is Bigger Than Carbon
    Bruno Steinkraus, Founder & CEO, Soilytix
    Robert Gerlach, CEO & Co-founder, Klim
    Zoe Peden, Partner, Ananda Impact Ventures
  18. Climate Tech Goes Public: The IPO Moment Investors Have Been Waiting For
    Impact/Return
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    Conviction Capital: The Family Office Edge in Impact Investing
    Xiaofei Guo, Head of Sustainable Investment, Single Family Office
    Impact/Return
  20. Myth-Busting Climate Investing in the Global South
    Impact/Return
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    Growing ourselves out of trouble
    Tom Clement, CEO, New Dawn Bio
    Daan Luining, Founder & CIO, Meatable
    Rebecka Löthman Rydå, General partner, Norrsken Evolve
    Electro Union
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    Beyond the Check: How Corporate Partnerships Unlock Deep Tech
    Christina Brinck, President, Volvo Group Venture Capital
    Mackenzie Cool, Industrial Innovation Cohorts Lead, Third Derivative (D3)
    Impact/Return
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    Space Is the New Lab: Biotech's Off-Planet Acceleration
    Allison Bajet, Co-founder & CEO, SPARK Microgravity
    Christopher Law, Founder & CEO, Lumai
    Zoe Peden, Partner, Ananda Impact Ventures
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    World Positive Capital: The Future of Impact Investing
    Impact/Return
  25. +
    Are we in an AI trust race?
    Agnes Bredinger, Chief Impact Officer, Norrsken VC
    Prompt What Matters
  26. +
    Beyond Resilience: Investing in a Climate-Adapted Future
    Michelle Capiod, Co-Founding Partner, Blume Equity
  27. +
    How to get hard tech out of the lab
    Cyrus Wadia, CEO, Activate
    Alexander Bardack, Head of Investment Partnerships, Norrsken
    Electro Union
  28. +
    Scaling European electrification
    Shawn Xu, Partner, Lowercarbon Capital
    Jodok Betschart, Founder, Cloover
    Electro Union
  29. +
    Who Will Farm Europe in 2040 — How Robotics, Gene Modification, and Capital Are Transforming Agriculture
    Dominic Roth, CEO | Co-founder, DAF
    Tom Hubregtsen, Founder, Voltrac
    Padraic Flood, Founder, Aardaia
    Julius Strauss, Principal, Foodlabs
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    Tobias Rees: What AI asks us to become
    Tobias Rees, Founder, Limn.ai
    Prompt What Matters
  31. +
    Christer Fuglesang: Why Space Matters
    Christer Fuglesang, Director, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    Sara Kappelmark, CEO, Norrsken Foundation
  32. +
    From Clinics to Consumers
    Mats Holmström, CEO, Eyedentity
    Anna Fredrixon, General Partner, Norrsken Launcher
  33. +
    The European Advantage: Redefining What VC Success Looks Like
    Siobhan Brewster, GP, AENU
    Sebastian Peck, Partner, Kompas VC
    Heidi Lindvall, General Partner, Pale blue dot
    Electro Union
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    The Story Economy: A New Asset Class for Impact
    Danielle Turkov Wilson, Founder, Think-Film Impact Production
  35. +
    Founder-Investor Networking
  36. +
    After Work Drinks
  37. +
    Founders & Investors Breakfast · Spain's Top Startups
  38. +
    Rooftop breakfast
  39. +
    Critical metals and where to actually find them
    Alex Bakir, General Partner, Norrsken Evolve
    Hugo Leandri, CEO, The Red Metal Company
    Katie Marsh, Co-founder & CEO, Recupere Metals
    Electro Union
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    From pilot to power plant: the corporate deal and the capital stack behind first-of-a-kind energy infrastructure
    Florian Hildebrand, Co-founder & CEO, Greenlyte Carbon Technologies
    Gediminas Uloza, CEO, Strioga Family Foundation
    Siobhan Brewster, GP, AENU
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    Scaling the Bioeconomy: The Frame, the Engine, and the Rules
    Dr Christian Gonzalez, Investor, Planet A Ventures
    Massimo Portincaso, CEO & Co-FOunder, Arsenale Bioyards Srl
    Olivier Roland, Founder & CBO, Exapto
    Charlotte Bernts, Climate and Energy Policy Advisor, DWR Eco
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    Too slow to change, too big to ignore: The future of critical industries
    Talia Rafaeli, Founding Partner, Kompas VC
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    No Room for Error: AI in Humanitarian Crises
    Dorothy Chou, Strategic Advisor, DeepMind
    Robin Gonterman, CMO of World Central Kitchen
    Megan Price, Executive Director, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
    Prompt What Matters
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    Has impact investing lost it's intentionality?
    Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt, Managing Editor, Impact Loop
    Rokas Pecuilaitis, Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures
    Daria Saharova, Managing Partner, World Fund
    Daria Stepanova, Co-founder & CEO, AIRMO
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    Leadership with purpose: when is the right time for a founder to step aside?
    Anna Fredrixon, General Partner, Norrsken Launcher
    Tommy Myrvang, CTO, Cler AB
    Mikael Sundström, CEO, Cler
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    Systemic Investing in Regeneration
    Alessa Berg, CEO, Top Tier Impact
    Laura Formosa, Investment Principal, Paraíso Natural Ventures
    Rebecca Lane, Portfolio Execution Advisor, Natural Systems Capital, Inc.
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    Norrsken Evolve Founder Showcase
    Inez Atmer, VP, Norrsken Evolve
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    Apocaloptimist — telling the truth about AI
    Danielle Turkov Wilson, Founder, Think-Film Impact Production
    Diane Becker, Producer, Fishbowl Films
    Prompt What Matters
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    Imperfect Rebels: Scaling a Rebellion
    Sophie Dembinski, Managing Director, Norrsken Brussels
    Charmian Love, Global Ambassador, Natura, Co-Founder of B Lab UK, Heliotropy and Volans
    Cecilia McAleavey, VP Global Public Affairs, Oatly
    Belinda Borck, Global External Affairs and Reporting Lead, Tony’s Chocolonely
    Louise Brierley-Ingham, Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Europe, Patagonia
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    The food system won't fix itself: closing the policy gap in the protein transition
    Marin Vandamme, Co-founder, The Protein Project
    Jan-Willem Van Putten, co-founder, The School For Moral Ambition
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    Lowan Stewart: A psychedelic paradigm shift
    Lowan Stewart, ketamine therapy pioneer
    Adam Ryde, Chief Operating Officer, Norrsken Mind
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    Conviction over Convention: A Founder's Path to Treating OCD
    Nick Sireau, Co-founder, Serenatis Bio
    Natalie Pankova, Partner, Health & Life Sciences, Zinc VC
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    Good AI Starts With Good People
    Eric Braverman, Chair, Telescope Foundation
    Sara Kappelmark, CEO, Norrsken Foundation
    Prompt What Matters
  54. +
    You are Afraid of the Wrong AI
    Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor, Institute For Future Studies
    Laura Sprechmann, Head of External Relations, Institute for Futures Studies
    Prompt What Matters
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    Lessons from Liverpool: Coupling human expertise with AI to accelerate materials discovery
    Matthew Rosseinsky, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Liverpool
    Rebecka Löthman Rydå, General partner, Norrsken Evolve
    Prompt What Matters
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    The Stories We Grow: Building a Regenerative Future
    Finn Harries, Co-founder & Creative Director, Juntos Farm
    Claudia Tomas, Founder & CEO, Reinventing Capitalism
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    From Green Deal to Electro Union: What Europe must do next
    Diederik Samsom, Sustainability advocate, Sustainablepublicaffairs
    Willem Vriesendorp, Founder, Sustainablepublicaffairs
    Electro Union
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    The CEO Crucible: An Immersive Ethical Simulation
    Eric Braverman, Chair, Telescope Foundation
    Prompt What Matters
  59. +
    Fixathon Demos: Climate Solutions Built in 24 Hours
    Judith Wolst, Prompt What Matters, Norrsken
    Prompt What Matters
  60. +
    Global Call for Startups: 5 startups accelerating the future of sustainable food
  61. +
    The Firm Power Problem
    Summit Rosenberg, Senior Associate, KOMPAS VC
  62. +
    Building the backbone of clean energy
    Mikael Fraenkel, CFO, Blykalla
    Niklas Boman, CEO & Founder, SeaPattern
    Anna Fredrixon, General Partner, Norrsken Launcher
    Electro Union
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    Small Country, Big Stakes: What the Dutch Model Tells Us About Europe's Next Chapter
    Willemijn Verloop, Founding Partner, Rubio Impact Ventures
    Jacqueline van den Ende, CEO, Carbon Equity
    Thijs van der Burgt, Managing Director, Norrsken Amsterdam
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    The Resilience Dividend: Why Europe's Most Carbon-Intensive Sectors Can't Afford To Stay That Way
  65. +
    AI 2.0: Building the Trustworthy AI Economy
    Paul Fehlinger, Senior Director of Policy, Investment & Innovation, Project Liberty
  66. +
    Europe 2031: What getting AI wrong looks like
    Alex Petropoulos, Chief of staff, Arq Foundation
    Jan-Willem Van Putten, co-founder, The School For Moral Ambition
    Prompt What Matters
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    Beyond the Build: How Founders Turn Success into Impact
    Ben Trombley, Founder, DataFox
    Lara Raven, Founder Relations, Founders Pledge
    Prompt What Matters
  68. +
    A Decade of Chocolate. Has anything changed?
    Henk Jan Beltman, Founder, Genuine Business
    Sophie Dembinski, Managing Director, Norrsken Brussels
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    Robots, Resilience, and the European Edge
  70. +
    Who is building Europe's industrial future?
    Daria Saharova, Managing Partner, World Fund
    Rebecka Löthman Rydå, General partner, Norrsken Evolve
    Electro Union
  71. +
    Bridges That Help Good Companies Cross Markets
    Abraham Augustine, Ecosystem & marketing manager, Norrsken
    Medea Nocentini, Senior Partner, Global Ventures
    Hiba Larsson, Investment Partner, Naia Trust
    Ruchita Agrawal, Head of Global Strategy & Insights, Google for Startups Accelerator
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    Trust is what makes AI investable
    Mike KUBZANSKY, Founder and Managing Partner, Andaris.ai
    Nick Fitz, Founder & Managing Partner, Juniper
    Prompt What Matters
  73. +
    Spotlight On: The Fixathon Winning Team
    Judith Wolst, Prompt What Matters, Norrsken
    Prompt What Matters
  74. +
    The Blueprint for Nuclear in Europe
    Johanna Fabrin, Managing Director & Partner, 21st Europe
  75. +
    The Scale-Up Gap: Where Will the Future Be Built?
    Carrie Howe, Managing Director & CEO, What The Future
    Michel Konder, Co-founder & CEO, Autarkize
    Famke Loos, Impact Investor, Fair Capital Impact Fund
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    The Art Beyond the Data
    Natalia Adler, Chief Solutions Officer, Mitiga Solutions
    Sara Groborz, Sarabiotic
  77. +
    Founder-Investor Networking
  78. +
    After Work Drinks
  79. +
    Impact/Week Closing Party
  80. From Risks to Upside: Making Investing in Responsible AI Practical
    Impact/Return