Celebrate Change: Greentech Festival Launched by Nico Rosberg

Green mobility, as well as sustainable consumption and lifestyles, have been a serious topic of conversation in politics, society, and the economy for years. To accelerate the shift towards sustainability and to push its implementation in people’s everyday lives, Nico Rosberg, Marco Voigt, and Sven Krüger have co-founded the GREENTECH FESTIVAL. Under the motto “Celebrate Change”, the former Formula 1 World Champion and the two entrepreneurs want to educate an international audience on sustainable technology and show them the extent of positive change that is already possible today.

The founding trio expects more than 50,000 guests on the premises of the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport from 23 to 25 May. The festival’s multifaceted programme caters to both an audience of renowned specialists as well as the general public. “The goal is to bring all stakeholders together in one place: from start-up companies to big players, from environmental activists to politicians, from researchers to CEOs, and from a Crown Prince to the average consumer. We can only overcome the urgent challenges of our time together, as a team”, explains co-founder Marco Voigt.

Some information about the festival is below:

• More than 50,000 visitors will be expected at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport from 23 to 25 May.
• The festival programme includes the world’s largest exhibition on green technology, a conference on the most relevant topics of sustainability, and the Green Awards.
• The festival in its first year has attracted renowned partners including Allianz, Deutsche Bahn, Ströer, partner country Norway, and FIA Formula E with more to be announced in the run-up to May

Nico Rosberg commented; “With the GREENTECH FESTIVAL, we strive to bring the immense potential of green technologies to life and to inspire as many people as possible to accelerate positive change”. The event’s patron is Andreas Scheuer (CSU), the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. “From car sharing and carpooling, to air taxis and e-scooters, the GREENTECH FESTIVAL allows you to experience today what our world can be like tomorrow. As its patron, I am extremely pleased that we are bringing these ideas to the public while discussing what is to come and how we will handle it”, says the Minister.

Norway, one of the leading countries in terms of sustainability, is the festival’s partner country; the Scandinavians consequently align themselves with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goal, especially in the areas of mobility and energy. The GREENTECH FESTIVAL also sets ambitious goals to not only help realise the UN goals at a national level but to reach much further beyond that. The festival will be heading for other international cities by 2020 – the premiere in Berlin will just be the kick-off.

Celebrate Change

The festival has plenty to offer, from the largest green technology exhibition to date, the GREENTECH EXHIBITION inspired by Allianz eVillage, the GREEN LEADERS CONFERENCE with ground-breaking creators and forward thinkers, up to the GREEN AWARDS ceremony (formerly known as the GreenTec Awards), one of the biggest international environmental awards. From ground-breaking green technologies in the areas of mobility, energy, research, and science to the latest food trends, sustainable lifestyle products, cars of the future, as well as the success stories of environmental activists, sustainable artists, and VIPs: the GREENTECH FESTIVAL aims to illustrate sustainable innovations in all areas of life.

In addition to inspiring lectures held by top speakers, including Byton CEO Dr Carsten Breitfeld, Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter, Lilium CCO Remo Gerber, Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag, as well as Crown Prince Haakon from Norway, concrete solutions to accelerate positive change and the use of sustainable technologies will be worked out in collective sessions. The partner of the GREENTECH FESTIVAL and additional crowd-puller is Formula E, which is organising this year’s E-Prix on the festival premises on the Saturday. Its diverse character makes the event an innovation in itself – everything in line with the motto: #CelebrateChange. The festival’s founders want to encourage a new positive attitude towards change and bring greater joy to sustainable technology.

More information can be found at :

www.greentechfestival.com

www.greenwindow.com.

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