Speeches and Presentations










    • 15 January 2013; Gas and renewables: Friends or Foes?; European Energy Forum, Strassbourg.
    • 20 January 2013; Pattern shift – Warming Workd, Rising Risks; Digital Life Design 13, Munich.
    • 23 May 2013; The public discourse on the new energy system – the viewpoint of the ECF; ESMT, Erftstadt.
    • 9 August 2013; The end of business as usual; Lecture University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
    • 9 September 2013; How to promote a more efficient dialogue between science, innovation, technology and society?; JRC Roundtable, Brussels.
    • 26 September 2013; The end of BAU; Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche, Baden-Baden.
    • 13 November 2013; The end of BAU; Österreichische Internationale Gesellschaft, Wien.
    • 25 November 2013; Interview; Can Europe Manage the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?; European Energy Review.
    • 13 December 2013; The end of BAU; Lecture Tufts University, Boston.

    • 6 February 2014; Keynote: Energy and Competitiveness – The dilemmas of transition to a low-carbon economy; Premier Circle Conference, Brussels.
    • 24 April 2014; Resolving the trilemma of competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply; Chair Europe Conference, Brussels.
    • 8 May 2014; Fundamental Dilemmas of Europe’s Energy Transition; Clingendael, The Hague
    • 12 June 2014; Keynote: A framework for cooperation; BSR Spring Forum 2014, Paris.
    • 25 June 2014; To invest or not to invest in the low-carbon transition; Acton Partners Meeting, Munich.
    • 24 October 2014; Resolving the dilemma between sustainability and competitiveness; Polytalk 2014, Brussels.
    • 12 November 2014; Weltweit operierende Stiftungen und die Klimadebatte; GermanWatch Forum, Bonn.
    • 2 December 2014; The road to Lima; Conference on chances and challenges for EU Climate and Energy Policy, Brussels.

    • 11 February 2015; Europe and UK leadership on climate action; Carbon Reduction 2015 Conference, London.
    • 6 March 2015; Transformative change and philanthropy; Strategic Philanthropy Conference, Stanford.
    • 7 May 2015; Weltweit operierende Stiftungen und die internationale Klimadebatte; Deutscher Stiftungstag, Karlsruhe.
    • 12 May 2015; Five observations on Germany’s and Europe’s Energiewende; McKinsey Sustainability Summit, Kitzbühel.
    • 14 June 2015; How to overcome logjams in strategic philanthropy; Swiss Philanthropy Circle, Geneva.
    • 19 August 2015; post-Paris pivot: considerations for philanthropy, Foundation Roundtable hosted by IKEA Foundation, Leiden.
    • 1 September 2015; What will it take to create transformative change in the EU?, Foundation Roundtable, Copenhagen.
    • 7 October 2015; How to achieve transformative change; Keynote at Shell gas manager meeting, The Hague.
    • 10 November 2015; What are the stakes of the EU towards COP21?, HLG conference on EU stakes post-COP21, Brussels.

    • 23 February 2016; The road through Paris; Lecture Tufts University, Boston.
    • 10 March 2016; Cooperation, innovation, reputation; Keynote at Shell senior manager meeting, The Hague.
    • 19 May 2016; Transformation, innovation, reputation – Navigating the complexities of the low carbon transition; McKinsey Future Energy Leader Summit, Amsterdam.
    • 22 June 2016; The road through Paris – Perspectives for US-EU cooperation; US EU-Mission, Brussels.
    • 10 August 2016; Transformative change and innovation in the low-carbon transition; Keynote at Opening of The Villum Center for the Science of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals, Copenhagen.

    • 25 September 2017; Working effectively with intermediaries; Oak Foundation, Geneva.
    • 17 November 2017; The geopolitical framework for climate protection – The role of corporations, governments, science and civil society; ALDI-SUED Global Sustainability Manager Meeting, Mühlheim.

    • 13 March 2018; Fostering resonance in a complex stakeholder ecology; Climate and Land Use Alliance, San Francisco.
    • 7 Oktober 2018; Klimawandel und Verantwortung – Welche Optionen hat der Handel?; Trendwoche ALDI-SÜD/HOFER, Sattledt.
    • 4 Juli 2019; Beyond Neoliberalism; Doctoral Summer School on Growth vs. Sustainability; HHL, Leipzig.