Scaling Impact: Cleantech’s Path to Growth. Unlocking opportunities for cleantech companies to scale, innovate, and transform industries

The event will spotlight the technical, business, and financial opportunities enabling SMEs to scale their cleantech innovations from lab to pilot to market. Through expert insights, real-world success stories, and interactive dialogue, the session will discuss innovation journeys to growth—covering public-private funding strategies, such EIC smart money and industry-corporate partnerships. Following the short keynotes presentations on funding, policy, and proven scale-up journeys, the event will bring together a diverse panel—academia (Imperial College), regional innovation agencies (Emilia-Romagna), venture capital, corporate strategists, and SMEs that have successfully scaled—to analyze the practical challenges and solutions in cleantech growth.

Session Chairs

Evina Katsou, Imperial College London
Marina Silverii, Executive Director, ART-ER & National Expert, EIC Programme Committee
Francesco Matteucci, EIC Ambassador

Program

15.30 Greetings and introduction by the Session Chairs
Evina Katsou, Imperial College London
Marina Silverii, Executive Director, ART-ER & National Expert, EIC Programme Committee
Francesco Matteucci, EIC Ambassador

15.55 Presentations by companies that have successfully scaled up

16.15 Round Table Discussion
Moderator: Francesco Matteucci, EIC Ambassador

Panelists:
•    Marina Silverii, Executive Director, ART-ER & National Expert, EIC Programme Committee
•    Representative from a venture capital firm
•    Representative from a leading international brand
•    Representative from Imperial Enterprise (Technology Transfer Office)
•    Two founders from successful cleantech scale-up companies

17.00 Discussion and closure by the Chairs