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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Elin Bergman

Chief Operating Officer/Vice chair/Circular Economy Expert and spokesperson
Cradlenet

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Natasha Chorlton

Circular Economy & Recyclability Manager
Ahlstrom

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Helena Boniatti Pavese

Head of Environment
Suzano

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Jorge Laguna-Celis

Head of the One Planet Network
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Sara Solis

Circular Economy Lead
Royal Schiphol Group

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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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Tim Parker

Founder
Circular City

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Neelam Melwani

Senior Manager
Deloitte

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Matt Manning

Head of Circular Economy
BT Group

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Lottie Macnair

Senior Consultant – Sustainability & Innovation
Useful Simple Trust

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Jordan Gerrard

Circular Economy Project Delivery Officer
West Midlands Combined Authority

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Sarah Foster

Chief Revenue Officer
Greyparrot

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Prof Linda Godfrey

Principal Scientist/ Extraordinary Professor
CSIR/ North-West University, South Africa

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Sophie De Salis

Sustainability Policy Adviser
British Retail Consortium

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Alex Cole

CEO
TIN Ventures

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Matthew Willis

Senior Incubation Manager
Carbon Trust

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Sophie Dembinski

Head of Public Policy & Climate Action
Ecosia

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Michael Groves

CEO
Topolytics

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Björn Bülow Appelqvis

Strategy & Development
Vestforbrænding

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Lucy Mortimer

Co-Founder
Archipelago Ventures

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Ben Withers

Associate Director Waste Management
WSP in the UK

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Claire Shrewsbury

Director Insights & Innovation
WRAP

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Livvy Drake

Sustainability and Behaviour Change Consultancy
Sustainable Sidekick

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Abi Heijgelaar

Climate Change and Circular Economy Lead
NHS National Services Scotland

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Patrick Brighty

Recycling Policy Advisor
Environmental Services Association

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Emma Piercy

Head of Climate Change and Energy Policy
FDF

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Jonathan Caesar

Senior Technical Plant Engineer
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

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Anouk Zeeuw van der Laan

Research & Design Consultant for the Circular Economy

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Valerie Lim

Head of Global Engagement
Net Zero Tech Alliance

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Ian Farrell

Editor
CPL One/ Circular

Let’s build a circular economy together.

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or be square.

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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.

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The world’s biggest challenges
demand the world’s biggest solutions…
and this is the start of something big.
Be there at the beginning.

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