2021 Speakers
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Kristin Hughes
Director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership and Member of the Executive Committee | World Economic Forum
Kristin Hughes
Director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership and Member of the Executive Committee | World Economic Forum
Siân Sutherland
Co-Founder | A Plastic Planet
Siân Sutherland
Co-Founder | A Plastic Planet
Rolph Payet
Secretariat | Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Rolph Payet
Secretariat | Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Mauro Scalia
Director Sustainable Businesses | The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX)
Mauro Scalia
Director Sustainable Businesses | The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX)
Rebecca Johansson
Sustainability and R&D Manager | Helly Hansen
Rebecca Johansson
Sustainability and R&D Manager | Helly Hansen
Kathleen Rademan
Director Innovation Platform | Fashion for Good
Kathleen Rademan
Director Innovation Platform | Fashion for Good
Kathleen Rademan is the Director of the Innovation Platform at Fashion for Good. Fashion for Good is the global platform for collaborative innovation in the fashion Industry. Together, we harness the power of innovation, practical action & collaboration towards a circular textile industry.
Kathleen is responsible for leading Fashion for Good’s Accelerator Programme and for sourcing and implementing innovation within the plastics, end of use, CMT and traceability space. She leads the implementation effort through developing collaborative, global, multi-brand pilot projects with the most recent being the polybag to polybag project launched in December 2019.
Kathleen brings both financial and sustainable start up experience to the table having spent six years in investment banking financing the retail sector and two years as Strategy Lead for Dutch sustainability start up Fastned. Under her direction, Fastned launched in four new markets across Europe. Kathleen has a background in financial mathematics and holds a MBA from INSEAD
Marco Scialpi
Food Contact Material Global Business Development Manager & FCM Senior Expert | TÜV International GmbH
Marco Scialpi
Food Contact Material Global Business Development Manager & FCM Senior Expert | TÜV International GmbH
Martin Ekenbark
Project Manager - Circular Innovation LAB | H&M Group
Martin Ekenbark
Project Manager - Circular Innovation LAB | H&M Group
Martin started his innovation journey at the royal school of technology in Stockholm and has since then worked with mechanical engineering and material development for both IKEA and H&M. After building up and heading the engineering department within global expansion he joined the H&M group global sustainability department last year to help build up the Circular Innovation Lab.
Werner Bosmans
Directorate General Environment | European Commission
Werner Bosmans
Directorate General Environment | European Commission
Betül Türel Erbay
Sustainability & Business Development Director | Elif Packaging
Betül Türel Erbay
Sustainability & Business Development Director | Elif Packaging
Thomas Marinelli
Head of Sustainable Design & Products | Signify
Thomas Marinelli
Head of Sustainable Design & Products | Signify
David Harding-Brown
CEO | EcoVeritas
David Harding-Brown
CEO | EcoVeritas
Lorenz von Seherr
Geschäftsführer | PlantBase GmbH
Lorenz von Seherr
Geschäftsführer | PlantBase GmbH
Berry Wiersum
CEO | Sappi Europe
Berry Wiersum
CEO | Sappi Europe
Graeme Smith
Head of Product Sustainability for Flexible Packaging and Engineered Materials | Mondi
Graeme Smith
Head of Product Sustainability for Flexible Packaging and Engineered Materials | Mondi
Jo Rowan
Associate Director - Strategy | PriestmanGoode
Jo Rowan
Associate Director - Strategy | PriestmanGoode
Michael Pooley
CEO | IFCO SYSTEMS GmbH
Michael Pooley
CEO | IFCO SYSTEMS GmbH
Joachim Quoden
Managing Director / Lawyer | EXPRA - Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance
Joachim Quoden
Managing Director / Lawyer | EXPRA - Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance
Peggy Sung
Global Marketing Communications & Business Intelligence | Trinseo (Hong Kong) Ltd
Peggy Sung
Global Marketing Communications & Business Intelligence | Trinseo (Hong Kong) Ltd
David MacDonald
Business Owner | Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging
David MacDonald
Business Owner | Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging
Jürgen Eizinger
Vice President of Global Business Management Nonwovens | Lenzing
Jürgen Eizinger
Vice President of Global Business Management Nonwovens | Lenzing
Georg Raffael Spindler
Manager Speciality Applications & Analytics | Lenzing AG
Georg Raffael Spindler
Manager Speciality Applications & Analytics | Lenzing AG
Fabrizio Di Gregorio
Technical Director | Recyclass & Plastic Recyclers Europe
Fabrizio Di Gregorio
Technical Director | Recyclass & Plastic Recyclers Europe
Timo Porsch
CEO | Periplast
Timo Porsch
CEO | Periplast
Tahsin Dag
CEO | Papacks
Tahsin Dag
CEO | Papacks
Michael Laermann
Managing Director | Reason & Rhyme
Michael Laermann
Managing Director | Reason & Rhyme
Dr Katharina Eissing
CEO | Digimind
Dr Katharina Eissing
CEO | Digimind
Tania Montesi
Global E-Commerce Manager | HB Fuller
Tania Montesi
Global E-Commerce Manager | HB Fuller
Claudia Rivinius
Marketing Director | STI Group
Claudia Rivinius
Marketing Director | STI Group
Volker Maier
Global Luxury Engineering Leader and Engineering Director | COTY,
Volker Maier
Global Luxury Engineering Leader and Engineering Director | COTY,
Jürgen Dornheim
Section Head Packaging Capability | Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
Jürgen Dornheim
Section Head Packaging Capability | Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
Daniela Albuquerque
Marketing Coordinator | BVRio
Daniela Albuquerque
Marketing Coordinator | BVRio
Tara Nitz
Global Positioning & Advocacy Circular Economy | Covestro
Tara Nitz
Global Positioning & Advocacy Circular Economy | Covestro
Malou van der Vegt
Researcher and lecturer circular economy | University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Malou van der Vegt
Researcher and lecturer circular economy | University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Daria Frączak
R&D Manager | Clariter
Daria Frączak
R&D Manager | Clariter
Shaun Frankson
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | Plastic Bank
Shaun Frankson
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | Plastic Bank
Christina Jäger
Co-founder & Managing Director | Yunus Environment Hub
Christina Jäger
Co-founder & Managing Director | Yunus Environment Hub
Hanna Buck
Program Manager & Sustainability Expert | Control Union
Hanna Buck
Program Manager & Sustainability Expert | Control Union
Caterina Camerani
Vice President Sustainability | PACCOR Group
Caterina Camerani
Vice President Sustainability | PACCOR Group
Lucie Porcelli
Sustainability Leader | Dow Europe GmbH
Lucie Porcelli
Sustainability Leader | Dow Europe GmbH
Dr Miriam Weber
Managing director | HYDRA Marine Sciences GmbH
Dr Miriam Weber
Managing director | HYDRA Marine Sciences GmbH
Omri Mazar
Product Manager | Tosaf Group
Omri Mazar
Product Manager | Tosaf Group
Ilka Kaczmarek
Innovation Manager | Kelheim Fibres GmbH
Ilka Kaczmarek
Innovation Manager | Kelheim Fibres GmbH
Jonathan Demierre
Team Section Lead - Circular and Sustainable Product Engineering | Helbling
Jonathan Demierre
Team Section Lead - Circular and Sustainable Product Engineering | Helbling
Victor Bell
US Managing Director | Lorax EPI
Victor Bell
US Managing Director | Lorax EPI
Jeroen Bulk
CFO | Ioniqa Technologies
Jeroen Bulk
CFO | Ioniqa Technologies
Eduardo Garza
Director, Research & Development | Waste2Wear
Eduardo Garza
Director, Research & Development | Waste2Wear
Jeanne Meillier
Chargé de développement | Euramaterials
Jeanne Meillier
Chargé de développement | Euramaterials
Dr Katrin Schuhen
Inventor and CEO | Wasser 3.0 gGmbH
Dr Katrin Schuhen
Inventor and CEO | Wasser 3.0 gGmbH
Maike Rabe
Professor | Hochschule Niederrhein
Maike Rabe
Professor | Hochschule Niederrhein
René Bethmann
Innovation Manager, | VAUDE Sport GmbH & Co. KG
René Bethmann
Innovation Manager, | VAUDE Sport GmbH & Co. KG
Lotta Kopra
CCO | Spinnova
Lotta Kopra
CCO | Spinnova
Tuomas Mustonen
Founder, CEO | Paptic Oy
Tuomas Mustonen
Founder, CEO | Paptic Oy
Amrei Becker
Reseracher, Institut für Textiltechnik | RWTH Aachen University
Amrei Becker
Reseracher, Institut für Textiltechnik | RWTH Aachen University
Keith Charlton
Chief Operations Officer | Mainetti
Keith Charlton
Chief Operations Officer | Mainetti
Sophie Tuviahu
VP Business Development and Sales | UBQ Materials
Sophie Tuviahu
VP Business Development and Sales | UBQ Materials
Carlos Monreal
CEO | Plastic Energy
Carlos Monreal
CEO | Plastic Energy
Amanda Johnston
Curator & Education Consultant | Sustainable Angle
Amanda Johnston
Curator & Education Consultant | Sustainable Angle
Christian Crépet
Executive Director | PETCORE Europe
Christian Crépet
Executive Director | PETCORE Europe
Pilar Tejada Lopez
Head of Brand & Communication | PYRATES smart fabrics
Pilar Tejada Lopez
Head of Brand & Communication | PYRATES smart fabrics
Joanna Dupont Inglis
Head of EU Affairs | European Bioplastics
Joanna Dupont Inglis
Head of EU Affairs | European Bioplastics
Linus Mueller
IP/R&D Coordinator | Circular Systems
Linus Mueller
IP/R&D Coordinator | Circular Systems
Arthur ten Wolde
Executive Director | Ecopreneur.eu
Arthur ten Wolde
Executive Director | Ecopreneur.eu
Efrat Friedland
Founder | Materialscout
Efrat Friedland
Founder | Materialscout
With training and experience in industrial design and a great passion for materials, Efrat
founded Materialscout, a Munich-based consultancy that helps market-leading
companies generate value through creative, competitive and sustainable
implementation of materials and technologies. It’s all about enthusiastically stirring
materials-driven processes, leading to products, spaces and services that have a
positive footprint; processes that take into account consumer tendencies, materials
sourcing, processing, implementation, emotional attachment and end usage with a
circular approach. Materialscout connects the materials industry with the creative
industry, linking suppliers, engineers, product managers, recyclers and designers to
solve materials challenges together.
Branson Richie
Director, Technology Development & Implementation | New Materials Institute, University of Georgia
Branson Richie
Director, Technology Development & Implementation | New Materials Institute, University of Georgia
Kristy-Barbara Lange
Head of Public Affairs | APK AG
Kristy-Barbara Lange
Head of Public Affairs | APK AG
Kristy-Barbara Lange is Head of Public Affairs at APK AG an innovative recycling company from Merseburg, Germany. Kristy is responsible for stakeholder management, communications and strategic cooperations. Before joining APK in March 2020 she worked nearly 10 years for European Bioplastics as Head of Regulatory Affairs and Deputy Managing Director. Prior to her engagement in the bioplastics sector, she managed PA and PR projects in international agencies with a focus on infrastructure and (renewable) energy. Kristy holds a Master of Political Sciences from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Dr Christian Haessler
SVP & Head of Circular Economy Program | Covestro
Dr Christian Haessler
SVP & Head of Circular Economy Program | Covestro
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen
Founder & CEO | Circulor
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen
Founder & CEO | Circulor
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen is co-founder and CEO of Circulor (www.circulor.com)
Circulor is using blockchain, IoT and AI to bring transparency to raw materials supply chains and is a recent graduate of the PnP programme in Silicon Valley. Now three years old, the business has customers like Daimler, Volvo, Boeing, LG Chem and CATL.
Doug has 25 years international experience working both in MD roles for large corporates (Barclays, BT) as well as starting and growing companies (Snapdragon, ISD, Cadence). He started his career as a bomb disposal officer.
Outside work he is a keen cyclist, oenophile and over-enthusiastic early adopter of gadgets.
Miriam Gallur
Materials and Packaging Area Manager at ITENE | ITENE
Miriam Gallur
Materials and Packaging Area Manager at ITENE | ITENE
Paul Bjacek
Principal Director, Global Resources Research Lead | Accenture
Paul Bjacek
Principal Director, Global Resources Research Lead | Accenture
Ruth Farrell
Global Marketing Director, Textiles | Eastman
Ruth Farrell
Global Marketing Director, Textiles | Eastman
Karla Magruder
CEO | Accelerating Circularity
Karla Magruder
CEO | Accelerating Circularity
Robbie Staniforth
Head of Policy | Ecosurety
Robbie Staniforth
Head of Policy | Ecosurety
Dr. Ashley Holding
Principal Consultant and Scientist | Circular Material Solutions Ltd
Dr. Ashley Holding
Principal Consultant and Scientist | Circular Material Solutions Ltd
Marko Kärkkäinen
Chief Commercial Officer - Global | Clewat Inc.
Marko Kärkkäinen
Chief Commercial Officer - Global | Clewat Inc.
Sascha Schriever
Head of Chemical Technologies for Textile and Fibre Innovations | ITA Technologietransfer GmbH - ITA Institute of RWTH Aachen
Sascha Schriever
Head of Chemical Technologies for Textile and Fibre Innovations | ITA Technologietransfer GmbH - ITA Institute of RWTH Aachen