15th NOV – 16TH NOV online
FESTIVAL Speakers.
Meet our 2023 A-Listers. All of them pioneers, game-changers and trailblazers in their field. These people don’t just say, they do! Amazing people achieving amazing things, who we can all learn something new from as we work together to bring circularity to life.
Meet our inspirational speakers
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Walter R. Stahel
Member of the Strategic Foresight Board
circulareconomyalliance.com
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Yayra Agbofah
Founder
The Revival
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Elin Bergman
Chief Operating Officer/Vice chair/Circular Economy Expert and spokesperson
Cradlenet
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Philip Mossop
Chief Operating Officer
Pentatonic
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Natasha Chorlton
Circular Economy & Recyclability Manager
Ahlstrom
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Feliks Bezati
Global Circular Packaging Director
Mars
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Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Global Leader of Climate & Energy
WWF
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Michelle Wilson
Programme Director
WasteAid
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Maya De Souza
Independent Consultant
previously at BITC (Director, Circular Economy) and Defra (Head of Resource Efficiency & Waste Prevention)
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Amy Peace
Innovation Lead, Circular Economy
Innovate UK
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Prof Mark Miodownik
Materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster and writer/ Professor of Materials & Society
UCL
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Bert Van Son
Founder & Spokesman
MUD Jeans
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Mark Shayler
Author/ Circular Economy Expert
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Wayne Hubbard
CEO
ReLondon
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Santiago Navarro
CEO & Founder
Packamama
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Joe Rodgers
Programme Manager - Finance Initiative
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Brian Matuszewski
Chief Partnerships Officer
Again
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Dr. David Greenfield
Vice President – External Affairs
Circular Economy Institute (CEI)
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Sarah Foster
Chief Revenue Officer
Greyparrot
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Tessa Clarke
Co Founder & CEO
Olio
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Prof Linda Godfrey
Principal Scientist/ Extraordinary Professor
CSIR/ North-West University, South Africa
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Lucia McDermott
Chartered Resource and Waste Manager
Mott MacDonald
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Traci Lewis
Green Career Coach & Social Enterprise Consultant/ Co-Founder & Director
Catalyse Change CIC
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Jane Martin
Head of Development
City to Sea
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Gary Miciunas
Director of Strategy
Cuningham Group Architecture Inc.
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Lee Marshall
Policy & External Affairs Director
CIWM
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Dr. Andy Rees OBE
Head of Waste Strategy
Welsh Government
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Dr. Stephen Wise
Chief Strategic Development Officer
Advetec
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Peter C. Evans, PhD
Chief Strategy Officer
McFadyen Digital
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Peter Ramsey
Campaign Manager - Circular Economy
Business in the Community
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Sophie Rippinger
Innovation Manager
Edinburgh Innovations
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Claire Shrewsbury
Director Insights & Innovation
WRAP
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Sam Jackson
Head of Impact
Ecologi
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Agnes Chruszcz
Circular Economy Manager
University of Bristol
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Livvy Drake
Sustainability and Behaviour Change Consultancy
Sustainable Sidekick
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Mark Enzer OBE FREng
Strategic Advisor
Mott MacDonald
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Emma Piercy
Head of Climate Change and Energy Policy
FDF
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John Twitchen
Founder/ Consultant
Stuff4Life
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Chukwumaobi Ibe
Doctoral Student & Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sheffield Hallam University
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Tom Williams
Sustainability & Circular Economy Lead
National Bed Federation
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Lamia Sbiti
Business Transformation Manager
ReLondon
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Ray Parmenter
Head of Technical and Policy
CIWM
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Anouk Zeeuw van der Laan
Research & Design Consultant for the Circular Economy
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Katie Cockburn
Professional Services Director
CIWM
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