The global energy system is in a state of simultaneous stress and transformation. Technological breakthroughs in storage, grid flexibility, low-carbon fuels, digital optimization, and system integration are critical to building an energy system that is not only cleaner, but also more resilient, adaptable, and secure in an increasingly uncertain world.
The role of 1st Mile is to catalyze such technological breakthroughs by securing the needed capital to develop and innovate.
We are inviting our clients, collaboration parters, and other stakeholders to this event, which will deliver three types of value for those who attend:
- A sneak peak into today’s energy system and technologies
- 8 concrete innovations, presented by the entrepreneurial spirits aiming to deliver the technologies for the future
- Networking – as any successful innovation is the result of people with complementary skills and competences meeting
The event is taking place next to 1st Miles offices at DTU Science Park, more precisely in the atrium of PowerLabDK:
Atrium at PowerLabDK
DTU Wind and Energy Systems
Elektrovej 329A
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Sign up by email to Søren Houmøller
(soren@1stmile.dk)
Your seat is not reserved before you have a written confirmation from Søren Houmøller or Beate Warberg!
Program for the day
(Last update April 10th, 2026)
13:00 – The bar opens, hosted by co-founder and CEO of Gamma Brewing Company, Jakob Houmøller
14:00 – Welcome and introduction, by Søren Houmøller, 1st Mile
14:05 – The energy system today, by Professor Jacob Østergaard, Head of Division, Power and Energy Systems, DTU
14:25 – Soft and hard funding for new green technologies, by Søren Houmøller, 1st Mile
14:45 – Pitches
15:30 – Networking
All accompanied by finger food from Be My Guest.
Confirmed pitches
- The entrepreneurial journey of Gamma Brewing Company from hobby project to large microbrewery and bar – Jakob Houmøller, co-founder and CEO of Gamma Brewing Company
- How graphite from the Amitsoq deposit in Greenland will disrupt the global value chain for lithium-ion batteries – Stefan Bernstein, ph.d., CEO at GreenRoc Strategic Materials
- Digging gold in Australia using Danish energy storage technology – Henrik Pranov, CEO of Heliac and Heliac Australia
- Change the fuel, not the engine: How to go from producing one drop to one million ton of biocrude – Anders Kristoffersen, COO, Kvasir Technologies
- How to produce ultra-pure Float Zone silicon for semiconductors for the green energy transition – Sune Bro Dunn, ph.d., CTO, Topsil GlobalWafers
- How to make a business on capturing carbon from small point sources while we wait impatiently for commercial large-scale carbon capture – Lia Khasanova, senior director, Welltec
- Preserving privacy while unlocking critical energy data – Lesia Mitridati, Assistant Professor, Department of Wind and Energy Systems
- What everyone else got wrong with small-scale wind turbines – Andreas Oxholm, founder and CEO, KiteX
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