We are proud to announce our second keynote speaker Stephanie E. Trpkov from Agrodox Ltd. with her lecture “Value chain redesign as a means of decarbonising the transport sector”

Comprehensive policies like the European Green Deal, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, and the Fit for 55 package have laid the groundwork for decarbonising the transport sector. The targets set by the policies such as reducing GHG emissions from transport by 90% by 2050and achieving a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions for new cars and vans by 2035 are ambitious.

Businesses and investors are called upon to work with policy makers, academia and civil society to implement the needed changes. Are the stakeholders on the same page? The keynote will examine the issue of sectoral decarbonisation from a business perspective. It would highlight challenges and opportunities as well as present specific ways by which redesigning the value chain could significantly accelerate the green transition and support the achievement of the overarching climate goals, while maintaining or enhancing industry competitiveness.

Stephanie E. Trpkov is a serial entrepreneur and business strategist with 18 years industry experience driving decarbonisation and Smart City projects across the CEE region. She has founded several companies, the latest being Agrodox® Ltd. with partner, the climate-smart trading platform for green commodities that integrates data analytics, carbon offsetting, smart contracts and AI.

Stephanie E. Trpkov is an Executive MBA holder and currently researching the ways decarbonisation can be accelerated to create value in heavy industries as part of her doctorate. She is an alumnus of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a longstanding member of the UNECE team of specialists on innovation and competitiveness policies, and also served as an expert contributor to the Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Cluster of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities, fostered by DG-MOVE.