festival of circular economy.
May 20th to 22nd 2025 | ONLINE AND IN PERSON
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.
Brought to you by
23
countries participating.
60+
inspiring speakers.
01
unique
event.
Three DAYS TO RESHAPE THE WORLD.
It’s a bold claim. But we’re bold people, aren’t we? We have to be. We’re the revolutionaries taking the circular revolution forward, accelerating the move towards sustainability and net zero.
A world beyond waste.
FEEL THE POWER
of human interaction.
Join our interactive workshops
and speaker meet-ups,
and turn your connections
into action.
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.
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 event of the year, The Festival of Circular Economy.
It’s a unique, ground-breaking platform for us to share ideas, innovations and inspirations, network and bond, challenge, collaborate, co-ordinate.
Circular economy (noun): An economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources, characterised by a cycle of make, use, return, and reuse. It involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible to extend their lifecycle and minimise waste generation.
Three days
of inspiration.
Short, sharp, incisive and absolutely invaluable sessions. Circular insights and changemaker case studies. Interactive discovery workshops. Speaker meet-ups. Networking, group discussions and the chance for virtual and in person conversation. A dynamic programme you can dig deep into or dip in and out of. Wherever you are.
FAST TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
with insights from companies who are embracing the Circular Economy in innovative ways.
Delve into the role of design for circularity, next-gen business models and adaptability to foster change.
20TH MAY
Explore the design lifecycle for CE, including materials, products, infrastructure constraints and supply chains.
21ST MAY
Our first in-person day brings practicality as we workshop product and system design to support CE.
22ND MAY
Where circularity comes to life.
COLLABORATE
with the biggest thinkers and doers from around the world in daily co-lab sessions.
Big ideas from bright minds.
3 days, 60 speakers. Corporate mould-breakers and mindset changers. Trailblazers. You. Me. Us. We’re determined to find solutions and, together, we’re doing it.
Where experts meet.
Mark Shayler
Author & Circular Economy Expert
Youma Wally-Ndong
Creative Designer, GamPlus Clothing
Dr David Greenfield
Vice President – External Affairs, Circular Economy Institute (CEI)
Let’s build a circular economy together.
Be there
or be square.
You’re contributing by being there and sharing with us.
We’re in this together. Invest some time and energy in being part of the Festival. In the future, for ourselves,
our companies, our children and our planet. You’ll find it an amazing use of your resources. We can promise that.
BE A PART OF IT.
The world’s biggest challenges
demand the world’s biggest solutions…
and this is the start of something big.
Be there at the beginning.
If you’re interested in becoming a partner or supporter,
we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at
sales@ciwm.co.uk and we can set up a conversation.
1 incredible planet. 1 unique event. Join the celebration!
A HUGE
THANK YOU.
OUR COLLABORATORS
HEADLINE SPONSORS
SPONSORS
We’re immensely grateful to our sponsors 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
Support Associates
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.
SUPPORTERS
CONTRIBUTORS
WHO’S
BEHIND IT?
The Festival is brought to you by the Circular Economy Institute in collaboration with other organisations in the Circular Economy including the Design Council, CIWM and WRAP.
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.
