Resourceful Conference
Held in association with LCRN and the Circular Economy Club, this conference focuses on all aspects of resource flows, sharing and reuse, including the key participants in the circular economy sector and the development of the necessary resource efficiency infrastructure to expand the volumes and take-up by society. This conference is designed to be of real value to resource and sustainability managers within industry, commerce, the public sector and the community.
The full Conference programme will be set out here in due course. In the meantime, the following speakers and panellists have been confirmed for 2020:
Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
David Greenfield, London Coordinator, Circular Economy Club
David Warren, Head of Circular Economy Policy, Welsh Government
David Fitzsimons, Managing Director, Oakdene Hollins
Jessica Stewart, Project Manager, SYSTEMIQ
Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Programme Manager, HSSMI
Mark Dempsey, UK Sustainability Manager, HP
Tara Button, Founder, Buy Me Once
Anthony Weil, Environment Services Manager, Pickfords
Marie Cuddenac, CEO and Co-Founder, Goldfinger Factory
Susana Núria Guerrero López, CEO, ALDStone
James Close, Head of the Circular Economy Programme, London Waste and Recycling Board
The 2019 Conference Programme was as follows:
Chair: Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
10.30 Keynote: Sandy Martin, Shadow MInister for Waste & Recycling. His script is HERE
10.45 Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP in discussion with Sandy Martin, Shadow MInister for Waste & Recycling and Q&A
11.15 BREAK
11.30 Keynote: State of the UK Circular Economy Nation – Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP. Presentation is HERE
11.45 Keynote: Circular plastics – Sally Beken, Knowledge Transfer Manager – Polymers; Plastics & Elastomers, KTN. Presentation is not available
12.00 Panel
Chair: Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
Sally Beken, Knowledge Transfer Manager – Polymers; Plastics & Elastomers, KTN
David Warren, Head of Circular Economy Economic Policy, Welsh Government
Prof Edward Kosior, CEO, Nextek Ltd
13.00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Dr David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club
14.00 Dr Fiona Charnley, Senior Lecturer in circular innovation at the Cranfield Centre for Competitive Creative Design. Presentation is not available
14.15 The Clean Conscience Story – Gwen Powell, CEO Clean Conscience. Presentation is not available
14.30 The Watson & Wolfe Story – Helen Farr-Leander, CEO, Watson & Wolfe. Presentation is HERE
14.45 The Furniture Recycling Group Story – Nick Oettinger, Managing Director, TFR Group. Presentation is HERE
15.00 Panel Q&A:
Dr Fiona Charnley, Senior Lecturer in circular innovation at the Cranfield Centre for Competitive Creative Design
Gwen Powell, CEO Clean Conscience
Helen Farr-Leander, CEO, Watson & Wolfe
Nick Oettinger, Managing Director, TFR Group
15.30 BREAK
15.45 Keynote: Circular Economy Club – Dr David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club. Presentation is HERE and HERE
16.00 Company presentations
Petit Pli, Ryan Mario Yasin. Presentation is not available
Rype Office, Greg Lavery. Presentation is HERE
Newcastle University, Andy Smallbone. Presentation is HERE
Recycle Coach, Creighton Hooper. Presentation is HERE
Panel:
Mervyn Jones, Sustainable Global Resources
Jim Harvey, Circular Economy Lead, Opportunity Peterborough
Emma Burlow, Head of Circular Economy, Resource Futures
Chris Grantham, Executive Director Circular Economy, IDEO
16.45 Close