Natural Capital and Circular Economy
Wednesday 10 March
Natural Capital
11.15 – 11.30 Natural Capital assessment – Marta Santamaria, Policy Director, Capitals Coalition
11.30 – 11.35 Live Q&A with Marta Santamaria, Policy Director, Capitals Coalition
Marta Santamaria – Capitals Coalition
Marta is responsible for innovation to foster the integration of people and nature’s values into decision making. Marta is leading the Coalition’s work on standardizing capital approaches, as well as boosting the transformation of the food, built environment, finance and forest sectors. She does this work through extensive engagement with business, finance and governments.
Marta has 20 years of experience promoting environmental economics and natural capital valuation, with special focus on the transformation of the energy sector. She has several advising positions and a large list of publications, with frequent public speaking interventions.
Circular Economy
11.35 – 11.50 Circular Economy – the Big Picture: Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
11.50 – 12.05 Circular Economy – Progress and Sticking Points: Dr David Greenfield, European External Affairs Spokesperson, Circular Economy Club & MD, SOENECS
12.05 – 12.10 Elvis & Kresse: Kresse Wesling, Co-Founder
12.10 – 12.20 Whitecroft Lighting: Matt Paskin, Design Director
12.20 – 12.30 MUD Jeans: Bert van Son, Founder
12.30 – 13.00 Live Panel session & Q&A with speakers from Resourceful session
Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
Dr David Greenfield, European Ext Affairs Spokesperson, Circular Economy Club & MD, SOENECS
Kresse Wesling, Co-Founder, Elvis & Kresse
Matt Paskin, Design Director, Whitecroft Lighting
Bert van Son, Founder, MUD Jeans
Main speakers
Julie Hill – WRAP
Julie Hill has a background in environmental policy and politics. She has been Executive Director of Green Alliance (a leading UK NGO), Deputy Chair of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (which led the public debate on GM crops), a board member of the Eden Project and of the Environment Agency for England and Wales. She is presently Chair of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), an Independent Board Member of the Consumer Council for Water, and the Vice Chair of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. She has written extensively on environmental issues, including a popular book, ‘The Secret Life of Stuff’.
Dr David Greenfield – Circular Economy Club
David has been working within the waste and resources industry in local government for over 20 years. He is the non-executive Chair of the board of directors for ADBA, Chair of the ICE Resource Management Panel, Board Member of Freegle, Delivery Director for the Diocese of Chichester Energy Stewardship Programme and advisor and past chair to the National Waste Network Coordinators (WNC). David is currently managing the Dept for Transport Funded research project “Pothole Spotter” and supporting churches to be energy efficient.
Below is the agenda and content from the 2020 Show Resourceful Conference:
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.
Chair: Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
10.15 Keynote: State of the UK Circular Economy Nation – Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 1 WRAP PART 1 and RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 1 WRAP PART 2
10.30 Keynote: David Warren, Head of Circular Economy Economic Policy, Welsh Government. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 1 WELSH GOVT
10.45 Audience Q&A
11.15 BREAK
11.35 Keynote: Circularity at HP: Mark Dempsey, UK Sustainability Manager & Global WEEE Programme Manager, HP
11.55 Company presentations:
Rype Office, Greg Lavery. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 2 RYPE OFFICE
Siemens, Ian Wilkinson. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 2 SIEMENS
Aceleron, Kunmi Williams. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 2 ACELERON
Aurelius Environmental, Athan Fox. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 2 AURELIUS ENV
Airex, Agnes Czako. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 2 AIREX
ALDStone, Susana Nuria Guerrero Lopez
Panel:
Emma Burlow, Head of Circular Economy, Resource Futures (Chair)
Natalia Agathou, Business Advice Manager Circular Economy, LWARB
Victoria Lawson, Lead on waste and resources at LEDNet and Executive Director of Environment, Culture and Customer Services, London Borough of Hounslow
David Fitzsimons, Managing Director, Oakdene Hollins
Jessica Stewart, Project Manager, Systemiq
Mercedes Bankston, CEO, Founders Institute
13.00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Dr David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club
14.15 Keynote: Dr David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club
14.30 Keynote: UK Circular Plastics – Paul Davidson, Challenge Director for Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging, UKRI. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 3 UKRI
14.45 Circularity in Chemicals – Tony Breton, Market Specialist, Novamont
15.05 Quality and longevity of consumer products – Tara Button, Founder, Buy Me Once
Panel Q&A:
Paul Davidson, Challenge Director for Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging, UKRI
Tara Button, Founder, Buy Me Once
15.35 BREAK
15.50 Steve Garbutt, Technical Manager, ReNew ELP. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 4 RENEW ELP
16.05 Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Technical Sales Manager, AMTE Power
16.20 Anthony Weil, Environment Services Manager, Pickfords. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 4 PICKFORDS
16.35 Marie Cudennec, CEO and Co-Founder, Goldfinger Factory. Presentation is RUSHLIGHT SHOW 2020 RESOURCEFUL 4 GOLDFINGER FACTORY
Panel Q&A:
Steve Garbutt, Technical Manager, ReNew ELP
Fergal Harrington-Beatty, Technical Sales Manager, AMTE Power
Anthony Weil, Environment Services Manager, Pickfords
Marie Cudennec, CEO and Co-Founder, Goldfinger Factory
17.15 Close