ClimateLaunchpad Celebration

ClimateLaunchpad has selected three winners to represent Scotland at their global final in Tallinn, Estonia later this year. This followed a European record-breaking 59 applications to the Scottish stage of the competition; the selection of 16 startups proceeding to the bootcamp stage; and an intense finals event where an esteemed panel of judges from the Scottish business community grilled the contestants.

On Friday 9th September from 1pm to 5.30pm at the University of Edinburgh Business School we are bringing the three ClimateLaunchpad Scotland winners back together to pitch again, in preparation for the global final in Estonia.

At this event we will talk about the ambitious plans for ClimateLaunchpad Scotland 2017 and hear from Roseanna Cunningham MSP. Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform will deliver a keynote covering the latest in Scotland's policy and strategy on energy and climate change, and what this means to Scotland and Europe's future together.

The afternoon will also feature a panel discussion with the Board of Scotland's 2020 Climate Group; on the topic of: The Future of Food, Drink and Farming in a Post-Brexit Scotland.

AGENDA:

• 1.00pm-1.30pm: Arrival, registration and networking (with tea and cake).
• 1.30pm-1.35pm: Welcome and overview of the afternoon - Andrew Mitchell, ClimateLaunchpad.
• 1.35pm-1.40pm: Introduction to our keynote speaker - Tom Mitchell, Director, Climate-KIC UK & Ireland.
• 1.40pm-2.00pm: Keynote by Roseanna Cunningham MSP. Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform.
• 2.00pm-2.10pm: First Place Winning Pitch: CreChar
• 2.10pm-2.20pm: Second Place Winning Pitch: HakySak
• 2.20pm-2.30pm: Third Place Winning Pitch: Green Grow Mushroom
• 2.30pm-3.00pm: Break/Networking.
• 3.00pm-3.45pm: Panel discussion chaired by Samantha Barber, Vice Chair Scotland's 2020 Climate Group. The Future of Food, Drink and Farming in a Post-Brexit Scotland.
  
• 3.45pm-4.00pm: ClimateLaunchpad 2017. Andrew Mitchell, ClimateLaunchpad National Lead for Scotland and ClimateLaunchpad Central Team.
• 4.00pm-5.30pm: Networking drinks and canapés with a word from our host, Ben Spigel, from the Sustainable Business Initiative at the University of Edinburgh Business School.

We know that paying for networking events in Scotland is not popular! Especially one organised by an Aberdonian. But we are asking those interested in attending to pay the small sum of £45. Your £45 will be doubled by our event sponsor and all profits from the event will be donated to the charitable cause that CleanWeb Factory is supporting: the Ronald McDonald House Glasgow (registered charity number SC023199) and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Glasgow, which provides intensive care for children as a National Service across all of NHS Scotland. You can read more about why CleanWeb Factory is doing this at: http://www.andrewmitchell.eu/?page_id=12

ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s biggest cleantech and environmental business ideas competition with 500 to 1,000 submissions each year from 30 countries. Startups compete for an annual €1 million prize fund (shared by 10 winners). The 2016 EU final will take place in Estonia in October 2016. The competition is an initiative of the EIT Climate-KIC, a body of the European Union. The KICs support a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, with 5 alumni being in the 2015 “Forbes’ 30 under 30 Europe”. For more information visit:

http://climatelaunchpad.org/
http://www.climate-kic.org/