Massimiliano Bellino discusses Next Industries and its role in develping smart devices and sensors that can change the way we work, live and connect. Next Industries attended Initiate! as a startup in 2016 and joined again in 2017.
Startup Adaptive Balancing Power was part of the Initiate! Hub during European Utility Week 2016 and returned in 2017 as part of the Initiate! Accelerator Hangout. In this interview, they talk to us about their company, their goals and their experience at EUW.
Sietske Jacobs, Project Manager of Initiate!
Sietske Jacobs manages Initiate!, which helps to support startups and young talent, bringing together all levels of the smart energy community. The program encourages discussion, challenges ideas and helps the industry visualise what the future could look like!
James Johnston won the Initiate! Startup Award in 2015 with Open Utility, a startup that is building digital services for a decentralised energy future.
Gunther talks to us about Tree Solutions, a startup that exhibited in the Initiate! Hub last year in Barcelona, and how they add a brain to regular HVAC systems, so as to reduce the complexity and the cost of energy efficiency actions and projects.
Scott Kessler was a speaker in the 2017 Initiate! Programme, helping us explore the Decentralised Power scenario of the Initiate! Manifesto. In this interview, he talks about the transactive energy market and how the discussion should focus mainly on 'what' is being transacted rather than 'how' (e.g. blockchain).
Gijs van der Velden is cofounder of MX3D, a company responsible for building a 3D steel bridge in Amsterdam, and was a speaker in the 2017 Initiate! programme. In this interview, he shares his views about the impact of such advanced technology in the Energy industry, predicting 'exciting times' for the sector!
Bob Hendrikx is an Architecture Student at TU Delft and also co-founder of The Motown Movement, an organisation which is working towards making sustainable housing accessible for everyone. He was part of the 2017 Initiate! Programme and talks to us in this interview about the challenges of the energy transition.
Jan-Peter Doomernik shares his vision of the future energy system with us, which includes self-driving cars that not only handle transportation, but also energy needs. Curious? Read on!
Plugsurfing was the winner of the Startup Award on the Initiate! Programme in 2016 and Jacob Zonneveld, co-founder of the startup that connects the car industry with the utility industry, let us know what inspires him to transform the industry!
Filippo Capizzi was Young Talent Programme alumnus during European Utility Week 2015 and he became Brand Ambassador for Initiate! during European Utility Week 2016, as he was the perfect example of this programme's goals: connecting bright and eager minds with the industry! While participating the Young Talent Programme of European Utility Week 2015, he connected to Engie and secured an internship with the French utility.
Jacob Van Zonneveld from PlugSurfing received the award on the Initiate! Stage.
James Johnston, CEO and co-founder of Open Utility, was the winner of the Startup Award in 2015.
The winner was Elias De Keyser, a student on EIT InnoEnergy’s MSc Energy for Smart Cities.