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the festival of circular economy.

May 20th to 22nd 2025

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The world’s biggest challenges demand the world’s biggest solutions.

Join changemakers and thought leaders from around the globe for three dynamic days of virtual live-streams and in-person connections. Dive into practical insights and inspiring use cases from the built environment and textiles sectors—two of the most resource-intensive industries. Gain strategies from sector trailblazers, explore innovative business models, and connect with circularity champions, policymakers, and innovators. Whether you’re here to network, learn, or lead, this festival is your gateway to shaping a sustainable future.

FOCE is organised by the Circular Economy Institute

1 planet. 1 unique event. be part of it.

A one-of-its-kind event dedicated to innovation, celebration, and paving the way for a sustainable and circular future – welcome to the Festival of Circular Economy!

Across industries and countries, the need for change has never been more pressing. Together we can make it happen.

23

countries participating.

60

inspiring speakers.

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unique
event.

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FEEL THE POWER

of human interaction.
Join our interactive workshops
and speaker meet-ups,
and turn your connections
into action.

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Make connections, join the dots and expand the circle. Translating theory into positive, practical action. Celebrating our successes, learning from our mistakes and helping others avoid them, and making a difference by thinking and doing things differently.

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INSPIRATIONAL, INFORMATIVE, INVALUABLE

Explore the
programme today

Big ideas from bright minds.

Hosted by the vibrant Mark Shayler, 2023’s Festival line-up saw big players such as Greyparrot, Mars, Innovate UK and Ahlstrom.

Yayra Agbofah / The Revival
Elin Bergman / Cradlenet
Dr. Ehab Sayed / Biohm
Jorge Laguna-Celis / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Prof Mark Miodownik / UCL
Helena Boniatti Pavese / Suzano
Walter R. Stahel
Prof Linda Godfrey / CSIR & North-West University, South Africa
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal / WWF
Izzie Eriksen / ApparelXchange
Traci Lewis / Green Career Coach & Social Enterprise Consultant
Feliks Bezati / Mars
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Mark Shayler / Author/ Circular Economy Expert

THE BIG ISSUES,
THE BIG QUESTIONS.

Challenging, questioning, seeking and sharing solutions together. Future-shaping topics like …

  • A different future – the circular vision for sustainable growth.
  • Business reimagined – celebrating the circular model.
  • Exploring circular models for competitive advantage.
  • Circularity in cities and regions – what does it look like on the local level?
  • Circular economy: reuse, repair, refurbish – how do we extract best value?
  • How can the circular economy move your business forward?
  • How does consumer behaviour affect the transition to a circular economy?
  • How do we use design to move beyond waste?
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NEW!

Fireside chat with
Rich Loretto

Director, EU Circular Economy

Amazon

Where circularity comes to life.

BRILLIANT CONTENT.
BITE SIZE SESSIONS.

Keynotes and discussions. Insights and case studies. Colabs. Head-to-heads. Networking. Learning from each other, making connections across the whole sector, exploring problems and solutions in new ways.

Whether you’re a start-up or a multinational, a sustainability manager or an entrepreneur, this event could change your world.

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Be there live online or catch up with your 30-day access pass.

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28TH NOV

Designing for a circular economy

Innovating the circular economy

The future is different – a circular vision for sustainable growth

Why the Circular Economy is the future of business

Let’s build a circular economy together.

Be there
or be square.

SUPPORT THE MOVE TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Interested in becoming a sponsor for FOCE 2025?
It’s an invaluable investment in the future – for you, for the Festival, and for our world. Why not find out more today?

IT’S TIME FOR A RETHINK

We’re the pioneers, the movers and shakers, the gamechangers and trailblazers, the dreamers and the doers. Amazing people achieving amazing things.

Now, from all around the world and from every aspect of this global revolution we’re coming together – for the must-attend virtual event of the year, The Festival of Circular Economy.

It’s a unique, ground-breaking virtual platform for us to share ideas, innovations and inspirations, network and bond, challenge, collaborate, co-ordinate.

WHAT DOES
CIRCULARITY
MEAN TO YOU?

BE A PART OF IT.

The world’s biggest challenges
demand the world’s biggest solutions…
and this is something big.

If you’re interested in being part of the Festival of Circular Economy 2025,
we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at
events@ciwm.co.uk and we can set up a conversation.

1 incredible planet. 1 unique event. Join the celebration!

A HUGE
THANK YOU.

TO OUR 2023 COLLABORATORS

HEADLINE PARTNERS

We’re immensely grateful to our
Headline Partners
for their investment in the Festival:

PARTNERS

We’d like to thank our
Knowledge Partners
for contributing their extensive expertise to the Festival:

We’re deeply thankful to our
Community Partners
for their advocacy of the Festival:

We’d like to thank our
Media Partners
for contributing their support and coverage of the Festival:

We’d like to thank our
Production Partners
for hosting the live component
of the Festival:

SPONSORS

We’re immensely grateful to our
Headline Sponsors
for their investment in the Festival:

SESSION SUPPORTERS

FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS

Click to view the highlights from FOCE22

WHO’S
BEHIND IT?

The Festival is brought to you by the Circular Economy Institute in collaboration with other organisations.

Our role is to bring you together: to get things rolling. Then it’s over to you. Together, we can reshape the world with the Festival of Circular Economy.

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