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Women in Sustainable MOVE
Building It. Moving It. Leading It.

Co-organized by: 

“Women in Sustainable MOVE” Open Programme

Slogan: Women Accelerating SAF — Building It. Moving It. Leading It.

Date: 13 April 2027

Time: 14:00-17:00

Venue: Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam​​

Women in Sustainable MOVE is the open-floor programme of SAF Europe Summit 2027 — a dedicated space for women across sustainable aviation and SAF to connect, share and accelerate the industry together.
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Procurement leads, airport sustainability directors, production operators, project developers and investment managers in one open space — talking as the industry, not about it. 

Open to all SAF Europe Summit 2027 delegates. In partnership with the Women in Renewables Alliance. Outstanding contributors will be honoured at the SheShines! Gala Dinner that evening.
 

2027 Programme

14:00 - 14:10
10 mins 

[Welcome Address] Taking the Floor: A Welcome to the Women Moving SAF Forward

  • WiRA and host organisation

14:10 - 14:50

40 mins

[Opening Panel] By Us, Not About Us: How Women Are Building SAF From the Inside Out

  • Acknowledging women behind the decisions, projects and partnerships

  • Where the momentum is building across airlines, airports, production and finance

  • What the next chapter of SAF looks like from inside the people building it

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren
Chief Executive Officer
LanzaTech

Annika Tibbe
Global Vice President, Commercial Operations and Business Processes
Neste

14:50 - 15:00

10 mins

​[HER Voices] — She Moved First: The One Decision the Market Came Around To 

  • One woman. One decision. The pressure in the room, the voices that said wait, and why she didn't.

15:00 - 15:40
40 mins

[Pioneers' Panel] Make the Pledge, Sign the Deal: Women Moving SAF Adoption Across Airlines and Airports

  • How sustainability ambitions become signed procurement agreements

  • How airlines, airports and fuel suppliers are making SAF physically available at scale

  • What the next wave of SAF infrastructure investment needs from the demand side to move forward

Charlotte Hardenbol
Vice President Commercial
SkyNRG

Maria Skotte
Chief Sustainability Officer
Copenhagen Airports A/S

Tarja Koski
Senior Sustainability Manager
Finnair

Coffee Break and Networking

16:00 - 16:10

10 mins

[HER Voices] — What I Know Now: The Clarity Only the Journey Could Give

  • One woman. Ten minutes. What she knows now that she could not have known at the start.

16:10 - 16:50
40 mins

[Panel] Where Capital Meets Capacity: The Women Making SAF Buildable, Investable and Real in 2027

  • What it takes to get a SAF project from development to delivery

  • Where capital is flowing in SAF right now and what makes a project investable in 2027

  • How production, technology and finance work together to close the gap between SAF ambition and SAF supply

Maria del Mar Whittaker
Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer
Abra Group

Bettina Petzold
Head of Corporate Responsibility
Lufthansa Cargo

Dr. Julia Behrend
Director Business Development and New Energies
Air France-KLM

Karen Farías
Head of Sustainability & ESG
Aeromexico

Julia Silvis
Managing Director of Research and Intelligence
Greater MSP

Milica Folic
Product Line Director, Clean Fuels & Chemicals
Topsoe

16:50 - 17:00
10 mins

Closing Remark & SheShines! Preview
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