GreenTech South West - Launch

Launch event of GreenTech South West!

6pm - Arrive
6.15pm - Introduction
6.20pm - Matt Thurling
6.35pm - Chris Wallace
6.50pm - Katherine Piper
6.55pm - Qs for Matt & Chris
7.05pm - Pizza, beers, wine, soft drinks
7.15pm - 60 Second Pitches!
7.20pm - Tim Kindberg
7.35pm - Hannah Smith
7.50pm - Qs for Tim & Hannah
8.05pm - Round-up, networking, drinks
8.45pm - Close

Our speakers -

Matt Thurling - Founder of Sapling Technologies.
'Tackling Decarbonisation with Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense'

Matt is an entrepreneur and developer who likes to use his diverse skills to tackle problems worth solving. He has led ground breaking projects for EMI, Deloitte, EA Games and Greenpeace, to name a few, has launched and exited education companies, and has been CTO of tech startups. Matt's latest venture, Sapling, is using machine intelligence to tackle the challenge of decarbonisation.

Chris Wallace - Bristol Tree Forum
'bristoltrees.space : Mapping the Trees of Bristol'

Chris is a member of the volunteer group Bristol Tree Forum which campaigns for urban trees in Bristol. Founded by a councillor to act as an interface between citizens and the Bristol City Council, BTF aims to agitate for retention and planning of urban trees, to work towards the target to double tree canopy by 2046 and via https:bristoltrees.space, provide a public knowledge-base of urban trees. Chris is a retired UWE computing lecturer and a member of Bristol Hackspace and Bristol Open Data.

Katherine Piper - Director of Future Economy Network
'Brief Introduction to Future Economy Network and Upcoming Events'

Katherine is Director of The Future Economy Network (part of The Future Economy Group). FEN is an Events & Communications service, delivering sustainability events & networking opportunities whilst providing an invaluable mechanism for strategic communication to help the growth of your sustainable business. Katherine is also a Director of Bedminster Energy Group.

Tim Kindberg - Digital Technologist and Founder
'I Didn't Buy: an online tool for empowering consumers to act against environmental collapse'

Tim Kindberg is a digital technologist and founder of matter II media (https://matter2media.com), based in Bristol's Pervasive Media Studio, which specialises in software for people to act collectively. Products include social video platforms Vorb (http://vorb.me) and Nth Screen (http://nthscreen.tv). Nowadays he concentrates on projects to tackle the climate emergency such as I Didn't Buy (https://ididntbuy.org), and projects to foster social justice and inclusion. He is co-founder of Grapevine (https://grapevine.ink) which links print to audio stories for inclusive sharing via WhatsApp.

Hannah Smith - Freelance Web Developer, Consultant, Speaker & Writer
'Tools I use to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of websites I build'

Hannah is a freelance WordPress developer from Bristol with a BSc in Computer Science. Before freelance life she honed her management skills at the Environment Agency, where she managed large organisational business change projects. Currently, she’s part of the Extinction Rebellion websites team and also an active member of Climate Action Tech.

60 second intro's! - A chance for anyone working on a GreenTech project to share with the group.

Our good friends at Zone have very kindly agreed to host and provide pizza and beers.

Venue - Zone Digital, The Brewhouse, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0EQ