Sven Parkel

General Manager at Estonian Hydrogen Cluster

Speaker

Sven Parkel is the General Manager of the Estonian Hydrogen Cluster.

The cluster supports developing green hydrogen value chains in Estonia and seeks for opportunities abroad for Estonian companies. Cluster works mainly with private companies and public sector to establish local hydrogen production and consumption, including know-how from academia and acts as an information exchange platform providing connections and knowledge in the field.

Sven has background in chemistry and earned PhD degree in 2010 from Tartu University. After post-doc he started as a tech transfer officer and later developed relations between private sector and academia.

In addition to green hydrogen, Sven has previous experience in supporting other early deeptech sectors (biotech, healthtech, food/agritech) through a range of activities such as export support, networking, best practice exchange, technology audit, stakeholder integration.