Grand Solutions committee for Green Research, Technology and Innovation

The innovation fund's board has set up five Grand Solutions committees, each with its own thematic focus, including the Grand Solutions committee for Green Research, Technology and Innovation, which consists of 11 members including a chairperson.

The committee is composed of six impact experts who have the skills to assess the commercial and strategic potential of Grand Solutions' applications for Denmark and five international established researchers who have the skills to assess the quality of the applications' research and innovation at an international level.

All members possess solid and extensive knowledge and recent experience in one or more specific professional areas that relate to the committee's theme, including the following domains:

  • Energy production
  • Energy efficiency improvement
  • Agriculture and food production
  • Transportation
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Circular economy
  • Nature and biodiversity
  • Sustainable behavior and social consequences.

The list is not exhaustive.

The subject areas reflect the political priorities under which Innovation Fund Denmark distributes funds, and which are decided annually in connection with the adoption of the annual Finance Act.

The overall committee has also been set up with a focus on ensuring diversity in both societal and professional terms.

Committee members:

Claus Hviid Christensen (chairperson)
CEO, Nexus and Affiliated Professor, AU

Eva Johansson (deputy chair)
Professor, Department of Plant Breeding, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Charles Brennan
Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AU

Christian Tillegreen
Director of Planetary Health, BII

Emmanuel Defay
Group Leader, University of Luxembourg, LU

Karine Salin
Chargé de recherche, Laboratoire des Sciences de L'environnement Marin, FR

Koen Kok
Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Lone Feifer
Director, Sustainable Buildings, VELUX

Morten Gjetting Stage
CEO, CUPAH

Pierre Pinson
Professor, Imperial College London

Preben Jørgensen
Expertise Director, MSc EE, PhD, HD/O, NIRAS

Ramteen Sioshansi
Professor & Associta Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Rolf Johnsen
Head of Climate and Energy, Aarhus Municipality

Ulla Sparre
CEO, Water Valley Denmark

Vittorio Bellani
Professor, University of Pavia, IT

 

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The detailed criteria for appointing the committee's members, chairman and deputy chairman appear in the committee's terms of reference.

 

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