2022 Speakers
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Dr. Timm Rössel
Managing Partner | Etanomics Service GmbH

Bob Robinson
Principal Consultant, energy and resource efficiency and carbon management | SLR Consulting

Inari Seppa
Technology Innovation Director | Eastman

Daniel Lopez
Director. Product and Innovation Management | CHEP

Irene Hofmeijer
Practice Lead Circular Economy | South Pole


Phil Brown
VP Strategy & Business Development | Circularise


Owain Griffiths
Head of Circular Economy | Volvo Cars


Cyril Klepek
CEO & Founder | Cyrkl
Cyril is a CEO and founder at Cyrkl.com – green-tech startup and trading platform with focus on circularity in waste management. In the European biggest recycling platform one waste could be a wealth for another and when using machine learning Cyrkl can manage the right match. Cyril has long been focused on meaningful innovations, especially in the circular economy. He received awards for a Global Digital Disruption by Globent and was selected among top innovators in Czechia for a year 2020. He stood behind three publications Circular Czech Republic 1,2 and 3. Previously Cyril worked as an innovation leader in the Direct People, leading Czech innovation agency and before as a manager responsible for the corporate part of innovation at Raiffeisenbank, where he co founded Raiffeisen Advisory. He is a graduate of the University of Economics, where he continued to his doctoral studies.


Luke Haverhals
Founder & CEO | Natural Fiber Weilding


Matthew Smyth
Director of Circular Services | Storaenso


Errit Bekkering
Business Developer | Chemport Europe


Amardeep Banerjee
Innovation Manager | EIT Manufacturing


Natalia Duque Ciceri
Head of Global Sustainability Services | TUV SUD


Fanny Groboz
Marketing Communication / Circular Economy | Eastman


Jenny Wassenaar
Chief Sustainability Officer | Trivium Packaging


Mellissa Braithwaite
Piñayarn Development Manager | ANANAS ANAM


Rowan Byrne
Technical Principal Marine Ecology & Group Marine Plastics Leader | Mott MacDonald


Nicole Bendsen
Prevent Waste Alliance Secretariat | Prevent Waste Alliance


Denis Maier
Research and Development | Carbonauten


Paul Kearns
Sustainable Development Manager | Milliken & Company


Efrat Friedland
Founder | Materialscout
Trained industrial designer with a great passion for materials, Efrat is the founder of materialscout, a Munich-based consultancy that helps market-leading companies generate value through creative, competitive and sustainable implementation of materials and technologies. Focusing on consumer tendencies, materials sourcing, processing, implementation, emotional attachment and end usage with a circular approach, materialscout connects the materials industry with the creative industry. Efrat is also the co-founder of Positive Plastics, a toolbox and platform for designers, introducing them to commercially available polymers with a lower environmental impact


Marcel van der Sluis
Business Manager Renewables | ChemCom


Michael Carus
Founder & Managing Director | Nova-Institute


Gerard Nijhoving
Managing Director | Senbis Polymer Innovations BV


Alessandro Pistillo
Director, Digital strategic projects | BASF


Stefan Unterhuber
Senior Director Decarbonization | Atos


Anabel Ternès
Co-founder and Chair of the Founding Board | Zukunftsrat Circular Economy Konsumgüterwirtschaft


Suki Kler Young
Scientific Supervisor - Research & Optimisation | EPEA – Part of Drees & Sommer


Peter Désilets
Managing Director | Pacoon Sustainability Concepts


Ermanno Camerinelli
Sustainability Specialist | Berbrand


Alexander Piontek
Research Associate | Fraunhofer UMISCHT


Jens Schumacher
Global Head of Climate Solutions and Managing Partner | STX Group


Mirka Sireni
Business Development Director, Textile Fibers | Valmet


Silke Hamm
Business Development Manager & Corporate Innovation | Port F – Feddersen Group


Dirk Wens
President & Managing Director | Belgian Bio Packaging Association


Marc Borghans
Director Sustainable Structured Finance | ING Bank


Katrin Zeiler
CHEP | Senior Director Zero Waste World


Verity Worthington
Senior Marketing Manager | Anthesis


Bettina Siggelkow
Head of Sustainability Affairs | Clariant


Frauke Haenel
Project Manager | iPoint-systems GmbH


Bart Nijsink
Business Development Manager | Waste2Wear


Judit Guerra-Falcon
Product Sustainability and Compliance Manager | Waddington Europe, a Novolex brand


Michael Schmidt
Investment & Technology Promotion Expert | UNIDO


Christiane Grünewald
Product Development Manager | TÜV SÜD


Sarmenio Saliba
Global Sustainability Business Leader | Trinseo


Milica Folic
Business Development Director | Topsoe Ventures


Hendré Vos
Managing Partner & Founder | REFRESH Plastics


Marco Macoratti
Group Sales Director | Mondi Group


Jochen Schlegel
Managing Director | JOS Consulting GmbH


Marius Siebler
Business Development Manager | Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co.


Dominik Sperzel
Global Head of Sales – Heterogenous Catalysis, VP | Heraeus Precious Metals


Carolien van de Bijl
Circular Business Developer | Auping


Inga Arling
Circular Business Development Manager | Niaga


Raoul Dees
Business Developer | Cosun Beet Company - Biobased Experts


Joas van den Berg
Underwriter Environmental Liability | AIG Europe S.A.


Elodie Bugnicourt
Sustainability Manager, EMEA | Graphic Packaging International


Rick Passenier
Co-founder & Board Member | GO!PHA - Global Organization for PHA


Joachim Quoden
Managing Director | EXPRA - Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance


Björn Hannappel
Head of Sustainability | EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems


Alexander Leo Bardenstein
Business Manager | Danish Technological Institute


Frank Jirjis
Lead of Sustainability | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH


Rahul Bansal
AVP, Global Business Development Head – Nonwoven | Birla Cellulose


Annett Kaeding-Koppers
Circular Packaging Expert & Sustainability Consultant | AKK Innovation


Bruna Moura
R&D Manager | CeNTI - Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials


Pieter Imhof
Senior Business Developer Circular Plastics | TNO


Jonathan Demierre
Team Section Lead - Circular and Sustainable Product Engineering | Helbling