Frans Nauta

Frans speaks Dutch, English

Topics: Innovation, Sustainability

Services: Keynote, Presentation

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Frans Nauta

Frans Nauta

Frans Nauta

Frans Nauta is an innovation expert with a passion for clean tech. He was the forerunner for the Climate-KIC Accelerator, a startup programme hat has served over 500 startups in 10 European cities. Frans is also the founder of Climate Launchpad, a competition for sustainable business ideas which will take place in 28 countries this year.

Frans is a frequent advisor to corporations, governments and universities on how to create innovation eco-systems. As a board member of the Dutchbasecamp foundation, he’s involved in promoting The Netherlands as a startup hub.

Frans likes to write about his work. In 2008 he published ‘Het Innovatieplatform‘ about his experiences as secretary of the National Innovation platform led by then Prime Minister JP Balkenende. In 2012 he published ‘Agents of Change: Strategy and tactics for social innovation’, describing eight different succesfull examples of innovation in the public sector. He is currently working on a new book that will be published in 2016, with the work title: ‘Surfing the Green Wave: How startups will tackle climate change’.

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