PI's Autumn Summit 16.11.2021 - New innovations from entrepreneurship
SPEAKERS
Alf Rehn
Alf is the Professor of Innovation, Design, and Management at the University of Southern Denmark, sits on numerous boards of directors, and is in addition a bestselling author and a strategic advisor for everything from hot new startups to Fortune 500-companies.
Currently, Alf distributes his time between academic work, corporate advisory, keynote speaking and his lifelong love of trashy popular culture. His academic work focuses on issues of power, exclusion, creativity and innovation, and often builds on counter-intuitive analyses of core assumptions within management thinking. As a strategic advisor, Alf’s roles have included (but haven’t been limited to) being the chairman of an international advertising agency, sitting on the board of directors of a billion-dollar corporation, and advising an artisanal and prize-winning distillery.
Samuel Schabel
Samuel Schabel is a process engineer graduated at the Clausthal University of Technology, Germany. From 1995 to 2002 he worked for the Voith company in R&D for stock preparation. Since 2002 he is a Professor and Head of the Institute for Paper Science and Technology and Mechanical Process Engineering at TU Darmstadt, Germany. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of paper technology in industrial and academic environment. His expertise comprises paper recycling, recycling process technology, recyclability of paper based products, paper technology and characterization, and industrial water treatment.
Jussi Sainiemi
Jussi Sainiemi työskentelee osakkaana Voima Ventures -pääomasijoitusrahastossa, joka sijoittaa tiedelähtöisiin varhaisen vaiheen syväteknologiayhtiöhin. Kymmenen vuoden Venture Capital -työuran aikana hän on ollut mukana n. 20 start-upin ja kasvuvaiheen yrityksen toiminnassa sijoittajana ja hallituksessa. Tätä ennen hän toimi yhteensä n. yhdeksän vuotta liikkeenjohdon konsultoinnissa Pöyryllä (nyk. AFRY). Koulutukseltaan hän on puunjalostustekniikan DI ja CEFA.
Anni Lähdetie
Anni Lähdetie is a Patent Examiner at the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH). As an examiner she helps inventors and innovative businesses to protect their innovations, and she performs the patentability evaluation for new patent applications, especially in the field of bioproducts technology (including pulp and paper manufacturing). Anni has experience from different areas of chemical process technology, and she has previously been working in the industry as well as in academic research. She received her D.Sc. (Tech.) degree in wood chemistry from Aalto University in 2013.
Sami Selkälä
Sami Selkälä on kasvuyritys Innomost Oy:n perustaja ja toimitusjohtaja. Selkälällä on orgaanisen kemian tohtorin pohjakoulutus ja 12 vuoden kokemus hienokemian teollisuudesta tuote- ja prosessikehitystehtävissä. Viime vuodet Selkälä on keskittynyt biomateriaalien ja etenkin puuperäisten materiaalien arvojalostamiseen. Selkälän perustama Innomost Oy valmistaa metsäteollisuuden sivuvirroista kuten koivunkuoresta kosmetiikkateollisuuden raaka-aineita. Innomostin tuotteilla on tavoitteena korvata raakaöljyyn ja palmuöljyyn perustuvia raaka-aineita. Kasvumahdollisuudet ovat merkittävät ja teknologia on laajennettavissa muihinkin puulajeihin.
ForestBioPitch competition
The final of the ForestBioPitch competition is facilitated by Magret Jokela, Program and Operations, Kiuas and the presentations are commented by Alina Ruonala-Lindgren, Co-creation Manager, VTT; Katariina Kemppainen, Vice President, Group R&D, Metsä Spring; Mari Taipale, Chief Operating Officer, CH-Bioforce and Mikael Hannus, SVP, Group Research and Innovation, Stora Enso.
