FACILITATORS

Meet the Team

  • Sam Goodall

    Head of International Projects at Cambridge Cleantech

  • Camila Vila-echague

    EU Projects Manager at Cambridge Cleantech and Desafia London Project Lead

  • Viola Jardon

    Senior Accelerator Programme Manager at Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership

  • Sam Laakkonen

    Senior Director Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership

  • Sylvie Russell

    Head of Operations at Cambridge Cleantech

  • Hannah Scott

    CEO at Oxfordshire Greentech

FAST TRACKING SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS

Cambridge Cleantech has been providing an in-depth understanding of the UK's cleantech and climate tech landscape for innovators since 2011. Working across the European climate tech supercluster and with global partners and programmes, Cambridge Cleantech creates significant advantage for climate changing solutions.

CISL is a globally recognised research and training organisation bringing cutting-edge executive training, policy and research insight to tailored programmes, workshops and seminars. Delivered by leading practitioners from CISL's unique pool of academic and professional leaders, CISL also has an unrivalled corporate, international and institutional links within the 'Golden Triangle' of London, Cambridge and Oxford, and across the UK, Europe and globally.

Oxfordshire Greentech is the climate tech ecosystem partner for the Oxford technology cluster. Founded in 2019 it has links across the region's public, private, academic and investment sectors.

ICEX and Red.es DESAFIA is a public initiative to help Spanish technology companies scale faster and globally. It is sponsored by ICEX (the Government of Spain’s agency for the internationalization of businesses) and Red.es (the Government of Spain’s agency responsible for executing and deploying Spain’s Digital Agenda). DESAFIA LONDON aims to introduce the participants to the UK’s tech ecosystem, so that they can benefit from lessons and networks that allow them to grow as successful entrepreneurs, and to help them to make global connections