Kick-off - Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster

Time:

14 April 2010
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Venue:

Frue Plads 4, 1166 Copenhagen

Ceremonial Hall of the University of Copenhagen

Price:

Free

At the day of the long awaited kick-off event on Wednesday 14 April at Copenhagen University in the centre of Copenhagen, it all came together for CCC. All of the hard work undertaken during the long winter to establish the cluster fell into place and was rewarded with a full house of 170 participants on this sunny spring day.

During the day, the many participants had the chance to hear presentations on the visions for the Danish cleantech industry from both the CEO of Dong Energy Anders Eldrup, and from the Danish Energy and Climate Minister Lykke Friis, and they could herr about how for example Boeing manages climate challenges in a way that benefits both the environment and the bottom line.

The event also offered new, interactive opportunities for participants to pose questions to the presenters and to the panel during the debate, as well as a number of electronic voting sessions, which helped maintain an intense and committed atmosphere during the whole event.

An inquisitive audience

CCC's kick-off event at the University of Copenhagen on 14 April attracted inquisitive participants from all corners of the cleantech industry. The many questions were posed both as part of the event to the presenters and participants in the panel, but also more widely to CCC as an organisation.

The secretariat has therefore begun to answer the questions and will continuously update a Q & A list on the website and in newsletters. The first wave of responses include, among others, responses on the purpose of a One Stop Shop, networking and how CCC will ensure an international visibility.

Promising prospects for the cleantech industry in Denmark

Denmark is generally well positioned to participate at the top of international cleantech. Our public and private stakeholders interact well together, university knowledge is translated into products, we have skills at international level. And now we also have a cluster to gather all of these competencies in one place.

That is the overall opinion of the 170 participants of CCC's kick-off event on 14 April. Here, the participants were equipped with an electronic voting device and throughout the day they voted on a number of cleantech issues, both in relation to CCC's work, but also in regards to the Danish environment, collaboration, opportunities and long term visions.

The questions gave some surprising answers, for example on Denmark as a test country, but also some more expected responses, such as the importance of entrepreneurship for the development of the cleantech industry.

You can find questions and the participants' responses here.

Video interviews

Find all the videos from the kick-off here or at our youtube video channel.