This panel is part of the Bright Green Summit 2024
As part of the Bright Green Summit, we invite you to join our Infrastructure Panel discussion as industry experts will explain how progress in combating climate change can be achieved through the transfer of information and ideas across industries, governments, academia, and society.
For example, our panelists will discuss how climate change will require that buildings today and tomorrow will need to operate more sustainably and safely over a wider range of more volatile and unpredictable climatic conditions. In addition, newly designed office environments will offer higher economies of scale to companies of all sizes.
Advances in recycling practices will continue to energize the circular economy. And advances in engineering and materials will help develop more effective battery storage capacities and recharging efficiencies for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle industry.
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Our Distinguished Moderator :
Dr. Val Livida, Research Affiliate, MIT
During his career of more than 40 years, Dr. Val Livada has focused on issues at the nexus of strategy and innovation. He has worked with Global 300 companies, startup ventures, regional development organizations and university technology transfer groups.
Dr. Livada is presently working at the Materials Research Lab at MIT and the Arthur Blank Center at Babson College. He also sits on the advisory boards of Greentown Labs and MassRobotics.
Our Expert Panelists :
Emilia Hagberg, Vice President Sustainability Development, Skanska
Emilia Hagberg is the VP Sustainability Development at Skanska with the responsibility to develop and implement Skanska’s sustainability strategy, and the plan to reach Skanska’s climate target to be carbon neutral by 2045.
Innovation, supply chain and the use of Skanska’s products are in the spotlight. Emilia's business perspective adds on to many years in politics, both in the city of Stockholm and as adviser to the Minister of Climate and the Environment at the time when the Paris Agreement was introduced.
Christer Otterström, CEO, Hummeltorp Sverige AB
By combining his innovative thinking with goal-oriented entrepreneurship, Christer Otterström has started and run companies in several different industries since a young age.
In 2017, Christer became the third-generation CEO of the family company Hummeltorp Sverige AB. The family business has been active for more than 100 years in the recycling of non-renewable natural resources for conversion to environmentally certified products.
By developing the company’s recycling methods, technology, products and business models to correspond to the global growing circular economy, Christer and the employees at Hummeltorp have created one of Sweden´s most successful material recycling companies with a recycling rate of up to 96%, which can be compared to the EU goal of 22%.
Andreas Wallén, Key Account Manager, go-e
With over ten years of experience in B2C and B2B sales, Andreas began his career with Skoda and VW and later spent five impactful years at Volvo. Shifting gears into the electric mobility sector, Andreas played a crucial role in B2B and strategic partnerships at Eways, a charging infrastructure company. At go-e, Andreas is actively involved in establishment in the Nordic region. He is fueled by a passion for sustainable solutions and excited to contribute to the transformative journey of electric mobility.
