Dr. Mischa Bechberger is a political scientist with around 20 years of professional experience in the field of sustainable transport, renewable energies, climate protection, sustainable agriculture and development cooperation at German, European and international level. Since 2018, he has been working as a senior consultant at the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) of the VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, focusing on themes like innovative sustainable transport, electric mobility, raw materials, circular economy and cluster policies. Mr. Bechberger currently supports the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection especially regarding the scientific support for the development of a sustainable German and European battery cell production.