Whilst we get the full agenda ready we have put together a compact teaser agenda to show you what's in store over the 2 day festival
20 April - Festival Day 1
Keynote Plenary Session
- Opening address: why the circular economy matters
- How circular economy systems can boost biodiversity and speed up progress to net zero carbon
- The role of resource efficiency in environmental policy
- Reimagining business models to create circular systems
- Where does the circular economy fit in the esg investment scorecard?
- How can manufacturers, designers and recyclers work together to create circular systems on a larger scale?
Dr Walter Stahel, Founder and Director, The Product-Life Institute
Niall Walker, Sustainability Manager Packaging, Global Procurement, Diageo
Adam Read, External Affairs Director, SUEZ
INNOVATION HUB - Hear rapid -fire presentations and discussions from circular economy projects around the world
Fashion Track
- Balancing design for reuse and recycling with creative freedom
- Case study: switching to rental sales models to support circularity
- Reconfiguring manufacturing to use recycled materials
- Addressing the challenges of creating new sustainable fibres with equivalent functionality
Bert Van Son, Founder & CEO, Mud Jeans
Packaging Track
- Designing packaging and materials for recyclability
- Creating functioning markets for recycled plastics
- Addressing the challenges of circularity in food contact materials
- Waste collection and management to support recycling
Edward Kosior, Managing Director, NextTek
David Newman, Managing Director, Bio-Based and Biodegradeable Industries Association
21 April - Festival Day 2
Opening Plenary Session
- Creating circular cities
- Developing procurement structures which enable a circular economy
- Measuring and certifying circularity
- How waste management systems can support circularity
- Creating linkages: eBay case study
Wayne Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer, The London Waste and Recycling Board
Bjorn Appelqvist, Department Manager, Waste & Resources, Ramboll / Chair, ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee
Georgia Elliot-Smith, Managing Director, Element4
Duncan Baker-Brown, Climate Literacy Champion, School of Architecture & Design, University of Brighton
Dr. Jane Gilbert, Founder, Carbon Clarity
Laura Richards, Senior Business Development Manager, eBay
Adam Murray, Motor Technical Manager, Aviva
Chris Daglis, Founder & Managing Director, Auto Partnered Solutions Australia
INNOVATION HUB - Hear rapid -fire presentations and discussions from circular economy projects around the world
Food Track
- Recovering value from food waste
- Recovering value from agricultural residues
- Soil fertility: overcoming the challenges of recycling nutrients
- Creating circular food production systems in cities
Helena Appleton, Project Officer Regional Food Economy (NW), Feedback Global
Electronics Track
- Designing products to support refurbishment and recycling
- Creating business models for service delivery instead of unit sales
- Creating collection and sorting systems to enable better Material recovery
- developing materials which support longer recycling chains
Dr Sebastien Farnaud, Professor, Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences – Coventry University
David Spillane, Head of Mobile Strategy, Pocketworks
Ellen Wilson, Sustainability and Smart Cities Lead, Microsoft