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
10.30am Keynote: State of the UK Circular Economy Nation – Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP. Presentation is HERE
10.45am Keynote: BS8001 – David Fatscher, Head of Market Development, BSI. Presentation is HERE
11.00am Keynote: Circular Economy Club – David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club. Presentation is HERE
11.15am BREAK
11.30am Panel:
Chair: Julie Hill, Chair, WRAP
David Fatscher, Head of Market Development, BSI
David Greenfield, London Organiser, Circular Economy Club
Nick Cliffe, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK
11.50am Changing the Design/ Business Model to effect Circularity
Case studies:
Wienerberger UK – Stephanie Palmer, Sustainability Manager. Presentation is HERE
Blume Labs – Gerry Conlon, CEO. Presentation is HERE
Jointechnix – Cedric Vanhoeck, Founder. Presentation is HERE
Panel:
Jamie Butterworth, Partner, Circularity Capital (Chair)
Peter Calliafas, Adviser, Accelerating Growth Fund (WRAP)
Rob Maslin, Director, We All Design
Katie Thomas, Circular Economy Project Officer, Opportunity Peterborough
Natalia Agathou, Business Advice Manager, Advance London
12.45pm LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Ken Webster, Head of Innovation, Ellen Macarthur Foundation
2.15pm Changing the Product Flows/ Remanufacturing to effect Circularity
Company Shop – Elin de Zoete, External Relations. Presentation is HERE
Circular Computing – Steve Haskew, Commercial Manager. Presentation is HERE
MDF Recovery – Rob Elias, Director of the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University. Presentation is HERE
Fiberight – Dhivya Puri, Senior Technical Lead, R&D. Presentation is HERE
ReusefulUK – Nikki DiGiovanni, CEO. Presentation is HERE
Rype Office – Greg Lavery, Managing Director. Presentation is HERE
Act & Sorb – Kenny Vanreppelen, Managing Director. Presentation is HERE
RAISE Global Services – Tom VanZeeland, President & CTO. His presentation is HERE and HERE
Panel:
Jamie Butterworth, Partner, Circularity Capital (Chair)
Peter Calliafas, Adviser, Accelerating Growth Fund (WRAP) and
Rob Maslin, Director, We All Design
Katie Thomas, Circular Economy Project Officer, Opportunity Peterborough
Natalia Agathou, Business Advice Manager, Advance London
3.30pm BREAK
3.45pm Getting the Circular Economy to happen
Keynote: The new solutions that exist and those that need to be found – Ken Webster, Head of Innovation, Ellen Macarthur Foundation. Presentation is not available.
4.00pm Panel:
Philippa Roberts, Head of Circular Economy, Low & Behold
Natasha Epstein, Contracts Manager, South London Waste Partnership
Rosi Fieldson, Sustainability Manager, Simons Design
Richard Boyd, Consultant, Arup
4.45pm Close
The 2017 agenda was as follows:
Chair: Dustin Benton, Deputy Director Green Alliance.
10.15am Keynote: State of the UK Circular Economy Nation – Dustin Benton, Deputy Director Green Alliance. Presentation is HERE
10.30am Keynote: Biffa and the Circular Economy – Jeremy Barker, Senior Contracts Manager, Integrated Waste Management, Biffa. Presentation is HERE
10.45am Keynote: Programmes to Develop Circular Economy Innovation – Nick Cliffe, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK. Presentation is HERE
11.00am Keynote: How to Engage with the Circular Economy – Debbie Hitchen, Anthesis Group. Presentation is HERE
11.15am BREAK
11.30am Keynote: Circularity in Paint – David Cornish, Global Sustainability Manager – Resource Efficiency, Akzo Nobel. Presentation is HERE
11.50am Case studies:
BioVale – Maggie Smallwood. Presentation is HERE
helpfulpeeps – Simon Hills. Presentation is HERE
Globechain – May Al-Karooni. Presentation is HERE
Ostara – Piers Clark. Presentation is HERE
Vrumi – Roddy Campbell. He did not use slides.
12.45pm LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Jamie Butterworth, Partner, Circularity Capital
2.00pm Keynote: Circularity in ceilings – Jeremy Sumeray, EMEA Sustainability Manager, Armstrong Group. Presentation is HERE
2.15pm Panel: Collaborative working in the social/ green industries
Chair: Mia Jafari, Head of Community & Programmes, Hub Westminster
Elena Dieckmann, Co-Founder, Aeropowder
Sophie Andre, Founder, Elysia
Woon Tan, Community Manager, Cleanweb
Emma Shaw, Founder, Library of Things
3.15pm BREAK
3.30pm Presentations of circular economy businesses and solutions by:
Groundwork London, Rebekah Phillips. Presentation is HERE
Clearance Solutions Ltd, Rufus Hirsch. Presentation is HERE
The Recycled Assets Company Ltd, Jason Bentley. Presentation is HERE
Geoscience Ireland, Sean Finlay. Presentation is HERE
Black Bear Carbon, Clara Song. Presentation is HERE
Ecosurety, Robbie Staniforth. Presentation is HERE
London Re-use Ltd, Pyarali Jamal. Presentation is HERE
to a panel:
Philippa Roberts, Low & Behold and Head of Circular Economy, WRc plc
Catarina Midby, Sustainability Manager H&M
Stuart Donaldson, Waste Strategy Manager, Merseyside Waste
Chris Hunter, Investment Manager, LGT Impact Ventures
Emma Fadlon, Early Stage Investment Archangel, KTN
Charlotte Palmer, Environment, Transport and Future City Manager, Peterborough City Council
4.30pm Close
The 2016 agenda was as follows:
Agenda
Chair: Julie Hill, Chair WRAP; Associate Green Alliance. Her presentation is HERE
10.15am Keynote: Reuse and Big Waste: Inder Poonaji, Head of Sustainability, Viridor. His presentation is HERE
10.30am Panel: Reuse infrastructure development
Chair: Adrian Collins, Chair, Surrey Reuse Network
Dickon Leigh-Wood, Managing Director, The Good Rubbish Company
Cat Fletcher, Reuse Manager, Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton Waste House; Director, Freegle
Marcus Pheasant, Finance & Operations Director, Cambridgeshire Community Reuse & Recycling Network
Daniel O’Connor, Founder, Warp-It
11.15am BREAK
11.30am Panel: Remanufacturing, upcycling and recycling
Chair: David Fitzsimons, Director, Oakdene Hollins
Greg Lavery, Founder, Rype Office
Lucy Chamberlin, Head of Programme, RSA Great Recovery Project
Greg Clementson, Managing Director, G&P Batteries
Cyndi Rhoades, Chief Executive Officer, Worn Again
12.10 Panel: Company/ charity/ social entrepreneur relationships
Chair: Richard Featherstone, LCRN
David Cornish, Global Sustainability Manager – Resource Efficiency, Akzo Nobel
Mark Varney, Director of Food, FareShare
Martin Pearse, Network Manager, Community RePaint
Jim Collingham, Reuse Programme Manager, Braiform
12.45pm LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Anne-Marie Benoy, Manager, All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group
2.00pm Keynote: Crowdfunding your social enterprise – Theresa Burton, CEO Trillion Fund. Her presentation is HERE
2.15pm Keynote: Elena Giroli, Ouishare UK Connector. Her presentation is HERE
2.30pm Panel: Sharing and idle capacity utilisation
Chair: Elena Giroli, Ouishare UK Connector
Fiona Disegni, CEO, Rentez-Vous
Helen Williams, Chief Executive, Empty Homes Agency
Drummond Gilbert, Founder/ CEO, GoCarShare & Chair UKShareCo
Marius Roestad, Head of Product, Nimber
3.15pm BREAK
3.30pm Keynote: Nick Cliffe, Lead Technologist Resource Efficiency, Innovate UK. His presentation is HERE
3.45pm Panel: Rent & return, not buy and dump
Chair: Catherine Joce, Circular Economy Lead, KTN
Julian Thomas, CEO, Innoverne
Syed Ahmed, Director at SAVORTEX Ltd, a founding committee member at The Manufacturers Servitization Thought Leadership Network
Rob Kragt, CSR Manager, Desso
Martin Ruston, Risk & Compliance Manager, Stone Computers
4.30pm Close