Programme on 22 April 2010
10:45 h | Registration. Venue: Studio at Villa Bosch
11:15 h | Welcome
11:30 h | Keynote: Mona Pearl
Founder & COO, Beyond A Strategy, Inc.
12:15 h | Keynote: Wolfgang Seibold
Partner, Early Bird Venture Capital
13:00 h | Break/Lunch
14:00 h | Business Ideas 1 to 12 (6 + 6 presentations à 8 Minutes)
Later Stage Ventures I
Moderator: Volker Krauth, forseo GmbH
01 Graphene and Ionic Liquid Based Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage
Dr Dileep Agnihotri, Graphene Energy, Austin TX, USA
02 Solar air collector - most efficient heating system for buildings worldwide
Jochen Klingler, EnerSearch GmbH, Waiblingen
03 Smart Natural Ventilation of Buildings
Peter Voit, Transsolar Inc., New York, USA
04 An inexpensive solar water heating system for small households
Christiane Schütze, Helianth Systems Ltd., London, UK
05 Thermal storage with paraffin technology
Rüdiger Meyer, VIAK Gmbh Dept. REVOSOL, Kirchlinteln
06 Hydrogen Technology - Cost-efficient products for Market Entry
Uwe Küter, h-tec Wasserstoff-Energie-Systeme GmbH, Lübeck
Early Stage Ventures
Moderator: Georgine Ludin, Cyberforum e.V.
07 Dynamic Ridesharing Systems - efficient mobility with flinc
Michael Hübl, flinc - move together, Dieburg
08 Microprocessor controlled, autonomous Solar Charger for all kind of
recharable batteries
Heiner Schmeck, CTC GmbH, Böblingen
09 ambeeQ: Recyclable & robust Tablet-PCs
Malte Binting, ambeeQ Technology UG, Konstanz
10 Wattfox.de provides free personalized recommendations for
home owners how to best reduce energy cost
Martin Holzwarth, Wattfox, Freiburg
11 Improved Efficiency and Emission Reduction by Thermal Recuperation
in Propulsion Systems
Ewald Küpfer, Innodrive GmbH, Schweinfurt
12 Xanon X1 - Bionic Electric Vehicle
Ulrich Steinlechner, in Gründung, Ludwigshafen
14:00 h | Business Ideas 1 to 12 (6 + 6 presentations à 8 Minutes)
Later Stage Ventures I
Moderator: Volker Krauth, forseo GmbH
01 Graphene and Ionic Liquid Based Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage
Dr Dileep Agnihotri, Graphene Energy, Austin TX, USA
02 Solar air collector - most efficient heating system for buildings worldwide
Jochen Klingler, EnerSearch GmbH, Waiblingen
03 Smart Natural Ventilation of Buildings
Peter Voit, Transsolar Inc., New York, USA
04 An inexpensive solar water heating system for small households
Christiane Schütze, Helianth Systems Ltd., London, UK
05 Thermal storage with paraffin technology
Rüdiger Meyer, VIAK Gmbh Dept. REVOSOL, Kirchlinteln
06 Hydrogen Technology - Cost-efficient products for Market Entry
Uwe Küter, h-tec Wasserstoff-Energie-Systeme GmbH, Lübeck
Early Stage Ventures
Moderator: Georgine Ludin, Cyberforum e.V.
07 Dynamic Ridesharing Systems - efficient mobility with flinc
Michael Hübl, flinc - move together, Dieburg
08 Microprocessor controlled, autonomous Solar Charger for all kind of
recharable batteries
Heiner Schmeck, CTC GmbH, Böblingen
09 ambeeQ: Recyclable & robust Tablet-PCs
Malte Binting, ambeeQ Technology UG, Konstanz
10 Wattfox.de provides free personalized recommendations for
home owners how to best reduce energy cost
Martin Holzwarth, Wattfox, Freiburg
11 Improved Efficiency and Emission Reduction by Thermal Recuperation
in Propulsion Systems
Ewald Küpfer, Innodrive GmbH, Schweinfurt
12 Xanon X1 - Bionic Electric Vehicle
Ulrich Steinlechner, in Gründung, Ludwigshafen
15:00 h | Meet the Panelists
16:00 h | Business Ideas 13 to 22 (5 + 5 presentations à 8 Minutes)
Later Stage Ventures II
Moderator: Volker Krauth, forseo GmbH
13 The Magenn Air Rotor System (MARS)
Anthony Pizarro, Magenn Power, Inc., Ottawa, Canada
14 Making Marine Renewable Energy Mainstream
Matthias Haag, Aquamarine Power, Edinburgh, UK
15 Building and Facility Automation with most simplified technology
Lars Pramme, Habitron GmbH, Aglasterhausen
16 Electricity Storage in Magnesium Hydride Slurry
Kenneth Brown, Safe Hydrogen, Lexington MA, USA
17 Development & Sales of the latest fuel cell system technology and fuel cell
based energy solutions
Bettina Drehmann, FutureE Fuel Cell Solutions GmbH, Nürtingen
Innovation Matching
Moderator: Corinna Thumm, Cyberforum e.V.
18 Motonaut - a new propulsion technique, 20% more efficient
Philipp Schwarz, Motonautic GbR, Frankfurt am Main
19 H2Hydrid
Dominik Lembke, Bayerische EliteAkademie, Munich
20 Development and application of novel solution-processable
organic optoelectronic materials
Dr. Tobias Grab, cynora GmbH, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
21 Optimizing wind turbine performance in low and variable speed winds
Ian Kaplan, Variable Wind Solutions Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel
22 tba
Spin-off TU Dresden (tba)
17:00 h | Meet the Panelists
17:45 h | Presentations 23 to 26 + bwcon: workshop coach & connect
Biotechnology in the Cleantech Sector
Moderator: Dr Wolfgang Künnecke, BIO PRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Introduction: "The innovation potential of
biotechnology in the cleantech sector"
Dr Martin Follmann, BIO PRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
23 Bringing high performance bioplastics to market –
Challenges and business strategies
Dr Arnold Schneller, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen
24 Metagenome analysis as a tool for the optimization of biogas plants
Dr Bernhard Nüßlein, nadicom GmbH, Karlsruhe
25 Development of a CO2 neutral Methanol production system
from biomass/biogas and wind or solar energy
Alois Hauk, AEN Autarke Energie GmbH, Leibertingen
26 Industrial production of microalgae biomass
with flat-panel airlift photobioreactors
Dr Peter Ripplinger, Subitec GmbH, Stuttgart
bwcon: workshop coach & connect
Moderator: Dr Andreas Findeis, bwcon e.V.
- Dr Patrick Stähler, fluidminds, Zürich, CH
- Olaf Jacobi, Target Partners, Munich
18:45 h | Transfer to Palais Prinz Carl
19:30 h | Champagne Reception and Dinner at Palais Prinz Carl
- Dinner Speaker: Christian Couturier, General Director, National Research Council Canada, Institute for Information Technology
- bwcon: award "Best Business Idea"
