Theme: The Moment is Now

The present is a defining moment for the future; let's make this present a moment to go down in history as a time when humanity turned the corner in respect to climate change with bold and courageous steps - starting from today, starting from NOW - #TheMomentIsNow

We're focusing on the work of the people who are striving to make a difference on both a local community scale and on an international spectrum, those who are working towards developing a more balanced, inclusive and regenerative world.

Our speakers seek to try and answer six fundamental, interconnected questions that help inform a blueprint for a cleaner future:

Energy / Built Environment / Transport / Food / Nature / Ourselves

Theater Junushoff
Plantsoen 3
Wageningen, Gelderland, 6701 AS
Netherlands

Birgit Heidsiek

Independent Newspaper Professional

Birgit is the founder of the European Center for Sustainability in the Media World which organizes international events on environmentally-friendly film production. Aside from that, she publishes Green Film Shooting Magazine as well as its digital online platform. As the Green Cinema Consultant of the Federal Film Board in Germany, she is the author of The Green Cinema Handbook and is a two-time recipient of the German Sustainability Award.

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson

Expert moderator

As a Swedish journalist, Catarina has devoted her career to writing and speaking about sustainability, primarily climate action. She is a program host for We Don't Have Times online TV-programs about climate solutions, Content Director for A Sustainable Tomorrow, moderator, and public speaker. Catarina has written 12 books and is co-founder of the international organization Our Kids’ Climate.

Edward Huijbens

Professor of Cultural Geography

Edward has focused his cultural geography research on tourism, landscape perceptions, and transport, particularly in peripheral regions of the world. With a particular focus on tourism’s role in climate change, Edward has gained international recognition as a scholar in that field, promoting alternative tourism futures.

Geert Wiegertjes

Professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries

With a personal interest in fish nutrition and health, Geert is the professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and President of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Partnering with WorldFish, his organization leads the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-food Systems. Geert argues for an urgent and worldwide need for sustainable production of fish in a world where demands for seafood are increasing rapidly.

Jos Cozijnsen

Carbon Specialist

With a Master’s degree in Law, Jos is a Carbon Specialist at the Climate Neutral Group in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is helping firms lower their impact on the climate by using the carbon market. He has unique expertise in carbon pricing and in linking tradable commodities with transparency and climate policy.

Nils Joyeux

Entrepreneur and merchant navy officer

Nils Joyeux is a merchant navy officer and co-founder of Zéphyr & Borée, a company developing sail propelled cargo ships with low carbon emissions and is presently building the first 121 meters long modern sailing cargo ship. Nils served as an officer in the merchant navy and is the co-founder of Zéphyr & Borée, a company developing sail propelled cargo ships and is presently building the first 121 meters long modern sailing cargo ship. Zéphyr & Borée promotes the development of low-carbon maritime transport to reduce polluting emissions of the transport industry.

Patrick van der Meulen

Entrepreneur

Patrick is an entrepreneur with the mission to accelerate the global transition to sustainable, cheaper, and decentralized energy. He is the founder of solar energy supplier enie.nl and Regional Coordinator of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project in the Benelux. Enie.nl is one of the fastest-growing companies in the Netherlands and Patrick has been named several times as one of the top 100 sustainable young entrepreneurs in the Netherlands.

Tim van Hattum

Water management and climate change scientist

With background experience as a consultant, policy advisor, and researcher in the field of water management and climate change, Tim is now the Program Leader Green Climate Solutions at Wageningen University & Research. Together with his team, the program has a mission to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life and aims to contribute to climate action by creating an evidence base for nature-based climate solutions.

Wessel van Eeden

Global Marketing Officer

As a purpose marketeer and rebel cause, Wessel, part of Justdiggit, believes now is the time that we must together restore and protect ecosystems at large in order to mitigate global warming, secure food, and water, and protect biodiversity.