On Tuesday April 12th, 2022 Sustainable Innovation Day will take place at Conference Center High Tech Campus Eindhoven. During Sustainable Innovation Day we will discuss which Sustainable HR/ Environment and Tech practices and trends have proven themselves in the past period and the Next Steps of sustainability within (high tech) organizations. Visions and practical experience are shared with the purpose of visualizing the current transition in the (high tech) industry to more sustainable business operations. It’s time to connect, innovate and look to the future! The full program is launched! View the full program here.

Keynote speakers

• Chairman
  Marc Vermeulen, Professor in Sociology, TIAS School for Business and Society | Tilburg University
• ZEZELing is the new way of innovating
  Sara Pieters, Innovation expert, Red Zezel
• Once Upon a Future – transition to Net Positive
  Ruud Veltenaar, Future thinker, Global Speaker, Philosopher and writer

Plenary dialogues

• Plenary dialogue with leaders of the transition
  Maria van der Heijden, Manager Director, MVO Nederland
  Pieter-Jan De Man, Director, STAS BV
  Michel Scholte, Minister of the New Economy, Director Impact Institute & True Price
• Plenary dialogue with young leaders of the future
  Firas Abdulhasain, Board member, SDG Young Leaders Network
  Aniek Moonen, Chair, Jonge Klimaatbeweging

Sustainable Innovation and Tech 

• Better than being there: how video technology has triggered sustainable change
  Joost Jetten, Head of Enterprise, Logitech Benelux
• Iron fuel for decarbonization of the heat intensive industry
  Tim Spee, Project leader, Metalot
• Efficient Computing and how to achieve it
  Helena Samodurova, CCO and Co-founder, Incooling
  Rudie Verweij, CEO and Co-founder, Incooling

Sustainable Environment and Climate

• Innovations within the climate journey
  René Groot Bruinderink,  Head of Climate Solutions, South Pole Nederland 
• Making the transition to a carbon neutral Port of Rotterdam
  Maike Akkers, Program Manager Energy Transition – Infrastructure, Port of Rotterdam
  Douwe van der Stroom, Program Manager Energy Transition – Digitalisation, Port of Rotterdam
  Bart van der Velpen, Program Director  Net Zero Industry, Royal HaskoningDHV
• How you can make impact with your company
  Mirjam van Laarhoven, Speaker, facilitator and sustainability advisor

Sustainable HR and Workforce

• Sustainable employability at DAF trucks
  Katja Wouters, Program manager Sustainable Employability, DAF Trucks NV
• Diversity, equity and inclusion in a technology driven environment
  Sankalp Sharma, Head of Talent Management, Leadership and DEI, Signify
  Evangelia Demerouti, Professor and Chief Diversity Officer, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Bringing the benefits of natural light indoors, NatureConnect by Signify
  Cristina Tanase, General manager, NatureConnect by Signify