Program: 

During this session, Danish and American experts will exchange ideas on how to leverage construction supply chain integration to support economic development, efficiency, and innovation. Through a series of presentations and a panel discussion, the speakers will discuss specific cases from Denmark and New York as well as present their take on how to overcome the barriers and simultaneously implement strategies to maximize the performance and benefits while minimizing costs.

For further questions, please feel free to contact Mille Munksgaard at mimu@di.dk.   

During this interactive event, we will explore how circularity in children’s products presents an opportunity to contribute to a better world for our future generations.

At the event, you will be introduced to different approaches to increase circularity in children’s products that simultaneously contribute to the safety and accountability of the products. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to get inspired by a circular case story from Baby Dan, a manufacturer of children’s products, when we discuss how they started their circular journey.

The key insight includes how redesigning packaging, digitalizing instruction manuals, advancing product certification, and exploring new materials fueled Baby Dan’s circular transition without compromising the safety of the products.

This event is relevant for everyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the next generation of consumer products, parents, and sustainability professionals alike.

Program

• Inspirational keynote – Circularity Trends in Products for Children
  Marisa Guber, Partnerships Manager, Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute

• Manufacture Spotlight – Moving from Sustainability to Circularity
  Marianne Pia Jensen, Product Development, Baby Dan

• Thematic session – Product Safety and Health
  Claus Bobjerg, Manager Powder Coatings, Jotun
  Eddie Goul, Quality manager, Baby Dan

• Thematic session – Consumer Awareness
  Per Crone Christensen, Chief Strategy & Sales Officer, Baby Dan

• Audience Engagement and Questions
  Tone Søndergaard, Director, Circular City Week New York
  

For more information about the program and speakers, click here.

This event is relevant for everyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the next generation of consumer products, parents, and sustainability professionals alike.

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE

For more information, or questions regarding the event, please contact Tone Søndergaard, Director at tone@di.dk

Rebuilding New York’s Schools through Partnerships

The Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2021 invests $130 billion to help reopen public schools and provide students and educators a safe place to learn and work and creates common starting point to discuss best practice and what is needed to succeed in implementing the best possible solutions – to rebuild New York’s schools for the future.

In educational settings and open spaces, a good indoor climate is essential to health and well-being, but it also plays a crucial role in student achievement. Creating the optimal conditions for learning requires product solutions designed to address all the unique needs of education spaces. Optimal acoustics, air quality, natural lighting and aesthetics work together to impact how students understand teachers, stay focused and even perform on tests.

To rebuild New York’s schools for the future we must look for new inspiration that can help provide both students and educators with a safe place to grow and work. This session is an insight into best practices, and what we need to do to succeed with implementation – which is critical to secure the future of New York’s schools and all who uses them.

Speakers

Why We Must Build Back Circular 

We must take innovative measures to source ideas for how we build back circular to explore and develop a future model. Therefore, this session will also bring into focus how we can work faster and smarter to bolster the circular economy thinking in buildings.

Adopting circular economy approaches in high growth, high-waste sector like the built environment presents a tremendous opportunity for businesses, governments, and cities to minimize structural waste and thus realize greater value from built environment assets. It is time to reshape our urban future and move from principles to practices. During the session, visionary practitioners will provide their perspectives on partnerships as key to understanding and solving tomorrow’s challenges.

Learning objectives

• Design sits prominently at the heart of the circular economy. It requires us to redesign everything: products, business models, cities, and the linear systems that have lasted for the past centuries. During the session, you will gain insight into six strategies for incorporating circular principles into your business.
• The greatest opportunities are realized when the circular economy is applied to strategic decision-making – varying from design to selection of products. Innovative projects and cases will be presented.
• To accelerate the circular economy in the built environment, partnerships are key and may come in many forms and shapes. Through the Build Back Circular challenge, Barnard College enters into new partnerships to reach its goal of becoming a circular campus.

Speakers

• Tom Kennedy, Principal, Arup
• Kåre Stokholm Poulsgaard, Head of Innovation, 3XN/GXN
• Oliver Neve, Associate, Ramboll
• Sandra Goldmark, Director of Sustainability and Climate Action, Barnard College

Program

• Moderator: Mille Munksgaard, Senior Advisor, Danish Cleantech Hub
• Combining circular economy thinking with strategic decision making
  Tom Kennedy, Principal, Arup

• Building a Circular Future
  Kåre Stokholm Poulsgaard, Head of Innovation, 3XN/GXN

• Moving the construction industry towards a circular economy model
  Oliver Neve, Associate, Ramboll
  
• Building a Circular Campus
  Sandra Goldmark, Director of Sustainability and Climate Action, Barnard College

• Panel discussion: Driving the Circular Transition through Partnerships
  All speakers

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE

For more information or questions regarding the event, please contact Mille Munksgaard, Senior Project Manager and Advisor at mimu@di.dk

Toward 2030: From Climate Policy to Climate Action

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Danish Cleantech Hub, State of Green, and Confederation of Danish Industry are pleased to invite you to the New York Climate Week event: Toward 2030: From Climate Policy to Climate Action.

Toward 2030: From Climate Policy to Climate Action is a unique transatlantic event, which aims to create a space for cleantech leaders to discuss climate change action – from the national to the local level – in creating a more resilient and green economy with a focus on business opportunities and job creation potential.

With the UN General Assembly as the backdrop, the event convenes clean economy leaders from the private sector national governments, cities, financial institutions, and civil society. Expect a highly inspirational event together with progressive Danish and American peers, and please find the program below.

Program

• Welcome – The Catalytic Effect of Energy and Climate Policy
  Doreen Harris, CEO and President, NYSERDA
  Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO and Director General, Confederation of Danish Industry
• Spurring Innovation through Accelerated Clean Energy Innovations
  John Galyen, President, Danfoss North America
  Danielle Merfeld, VP and CTO, General Electric: GE
  John Lochner, VP Innovation, NYSERDA
• Building Back Greener
  Dan Egan, Vice President, Vornado Realty Trust
  Rory Moss, President, ROCKWOOL North America
• Financing a Green Transition
  Andrew Kessler, President, NY Green Bank
  Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO, PensionDanmark
• Closing Remarks
  Finn Mortensen, Executive Director, State of Green

For more information about the program and speakers, click here.

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE

For more information or questions regarding the event, please contact Louis Funder, U.S. General Manager at lfk@di.dk

NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge

Further information

Read more about the NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge HERE, or watch the kick-off webinar from February for the NYC-CPH Urban Water Vision challenge HERE. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Natalie Nolte at nnol@di.dk. 

Build Back Greener – Green Recovery Strategies for the Building Sector

As part of US Climate Action Week 2021, ROCKWOOL International and Danish Cleantech Hub is opening the virtual doors for the event ‘Build Back Greener – Green Recovery Strategies for the Building Sector’. 

The buildings and construction sector is highly energy-demanding and carbon-intensive, accounting for 39 percent of global energy-related CO₂ emissions and it must be emphasized, that it already makes business sense to build green. Green buildings have a lower operational cost than traditional ones and their asset value is around 10% higher. Yet, to fully decarbonize the built environment as a system, we need to make sure that all players along the value chain collaborate and focus on the reduction of emissions and creating green jobs and economic growth.

The climate change movement in the built environment has gained serious momentum in recent years. Spearheaded by government and the private sector, more and more stakeholders are signing up to set and help meet energy and climate targets across the buildings sector. The construction sector can pave the way for a green economic recovery and provide the boost we need to jump-start the economy in the aftermath of COVID-19.

During the event and with the Leader’s Summit on Climate as the backdrop, American and Danish experts across the building sector will discuss best in class recovery strategies on how to leverage building retrofits and public-private partnerships to support economic development and innovation while creating green jobs, focusing on the ambitious goals already set by New York State and New York City.

Program (EST):

9.00 am – Opening Remarks

• Janet Joseph, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Market Development, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

9.05 am – Keynote: Green Infrastructure and Long Term Strategies

Speaker TBC

9.15 am – Climate Partnerships: Fostering Collaboration to Accelerate the Green Transition

• Ingrid Reumert, Vice President, External Relations & Sustainability at VELUX and Vice Chair for the Building and Construction Climate Partnership

9.25 am – Putting Strategy into Practice

• Rory Moss, President, ROCKWOOL North America

9.35 am – Fireside chat: Partnerships as a Way to Support Innovation, Growth and Job creation in the Buildings Sector

• Sander Dolder, Senior Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Rory Moss, President, ROCKWOOL North America
• Ingrid Reumert, Vice President, External Relations & Sustainability, VELUX
• Paulina Lis, Program Manager and Technical Adviser, Private Building Efficiency, C40 Cities

10.00 am – Thank you and end of program

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE

For more information, or questions regarding the event, please contact Mille Munksgaard, Senior Project Manager and Advisor at mimu@di.dk

Organizing Partners

Read more about the NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge HERE, or watch the kick-off webinar for the NYC-CPH Urban Water Vision challenge HERE. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Natalie Nolte at nnol@di.dk. 

About the program

The celebratory program is a unique opportunity for Danish companies within fashion and interior design to showcase products, engage the American design community, and develop sales channels. ​

One-to-one meetings with American customers

As part of the program, we are offering all participating companies to tap into our combined network of fashion and interior design buyers, retailers, and costumers. Based on your company interest, we will facilitate virtual individual meetings between you and the American counterpart, to assist you in your sales and business development efforts. 

Circular pop-up exhibitions in New York

As we are hoping the Covid-19 situation in New York City continues to allow retail spaces to remain open, we will organize two pop-up exhibitions in SoHo, Manhattan. Buyers, costumers and other stakeholders will be able to book time to exclusively visit these two pop-exhibitions, where you can physically showcase your flagship pieces. A product catalogue will be developed for both physical and online use. 

Who should join?

The program mainly targets Danish SMV’s working within the field of fashion and interior design, who have created product and solutions based on circular economy principles. These include, but are not limited to, lifetime extension initiatives, circular material choices, take-back schemes, leasing or shared economy business models, upcycling practices and so on. ​

This program is designed to both assist companies that already have a strong presence in USA and companies looking to expand into the American marketplace. Those companies who are not established, will be offered workshops on how to enter the market, as well as insights into the opportunities and challenges which the market upholds. 

Why join?

• To expand your visibility among central costumers and buyers ​
• Content specific workshops with highly relevant peers​
• Networking and B2B meetings with potential collaborators, buyers or retailers

About Circular City Week

 Circular City Week New York is organized by Danish Cleantech Hub in New York and attracts over 4.000 American participants annually. ​

The festival includes more than 50+ different events hosted by European and American organizations. ​

It is to date one of the most targeted platforms for circular solutions to attract attention from American sustainability and industry professionals. 

Read more and register for the program HERE. 

For further questions, please contact Tone Søndergaard at tone@di.dk. 

You can learn more about the entire week by visiting our website and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you want to be a partner, speaker or host an event please contact Tone Søndergaard at tone@di.dk 

The Challenge

The objective is to create this pocket of the Industrial Business Zone  into a viable and vibrant neighborhood hub for the Long Island City community. Using light as a means of connectivity, 12th Street will be an “always on” neighborhood oasis with safety, function and enjoyment at its foundation. With strategic implementation of smart lighting systems, that bring people together, the Campus at 12th Street is primed to be an iconic destination for Long Island City and across the five boroughs. The challenge owners are Long Island City Partnerships, International Nighttime Design Initiative and VOREA.

Challenge respondents will propose two Living Lab themes within their pitch: a showcase for best practice public lighting – beyond the street pole-luminaire typical and to facilitate community-based placemaking research.

For more information, please click here.

Program

9.00 am – Welcome by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
9.10 am – Pitch rounds of 5-7 minutes per company including questions from the panel
10.00 am –  Thank you

The event will be livestreamed via Zoom.

Register by sending an email to Mille Munksgaard at mimu@di.dk.

About the Challenge

The objective is to create this pocket of the Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) into a viable and vibrant neighborhood hub for the LIC community. Using light as a means of connectivity, 12th Street will be an “always on” neighborhood oasis with safety, function and enjoyment at its foundation. With strategic implementation of smart lighting systems, that bring people together, the Campus at 12th Street is primed to be an iconic destination for LIC and across the five boroughs. The challenge has been submitted by Long Island City Partnerships, International Nighttime Design Initiative and VOREA.

We task the Challenge respondents to propose two Living Lab themes within their pitch: a showcase for best practice public lighting – beyond the street pole-luminaire typical and to facilitate community-based placemaking research (refer to last section: Research and Resources).

The Program

The event is divided into two parts:

November 3 2020: Solution Workshop Day Program @DOLL Living Lab
09.00 Breakfast
09.30 Welcome and A roadmap to NYC – understand your market + Q&A
10:30 Challenges as an accelerator for green export
11.00 The NYC challenge
11.30 Lunch
12.15 Solution hack workshop
15.00 Persuade the challenge owner – methods for preparing your solution, pitch and presentation
16.00 Q&A with US expert
17.00 Networking drinks

November 30 2020: PITCH EVENT @State of Green
14.30 Arrival at State of Green
15.00 Kick off – virtual pitch finale and introduction by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
15.10 Pitch rounds of 5-7 minutes per company including questions from the panel
16.10 Announcement of winner
16.15 Thank you by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21

For more information, please click here.

Approach: Co-creation is part of our DNA 

BLOXHUB is the innovation partner for this open call. BLOXHUB is a Copenhagen based Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization. BLOXHUB members include 350 companies, science institutions, organizations and public bodies – all working with architecture, design, construction and tech. These are the pioneers who will be co-creation solutions with you.

Aim: Why are we doing this

Circular solutions in the built and urban environment is still an emerging movement, and we want to showcase how to take this forward. It is only by actually ‘doing’ we can prove how circularity can have both environmental and economic benefits. Through foundation sponsored programs, we are able to put action behind our intentions and offer this opportunity to match Nordic ideas with a visionary New York actor.

You can read much more about the application requirements and process here.

Contact Tone Søndergaard, Director of Danish Cleantech Hub New York at tone@di.dk if you have any questions.

Programme

For questions please contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further information on the webinar, please contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk

For more information on tickets, program and exhibiting visit the NESEA website.

If you want to be a partner or be considered as a speaker for one of our events, please contact Louis Funder at LFK@di.dk 

You can also stay updated on all the activties through out the week one the Climate Week NYC website.