Event info World Circular Economy Forum 2019

World Circular Economy Forum 2019

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Published December 18, 2018

WCEF2019 Speakers

We’re excited to have the world’s top business leaders, policymakers, researchers and innovators speaking at the World Circular Economy Forum 2019. More speaker contributions will be confirmed in the upcoming months.

Vice President, Sustainable Development,
The World Bank

Flemming Besenbacher

Chairman,
Carlsberg Group and Carlsberg Foundation

Vice-President,
European Investment Bank EIB

Torbjörn Lööf

CEO,
Inter IKEA Group

Vice President, New Business Development and CSR ,
Uponor Group

Permanent State Secretary,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

President & CEO ,
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Jocelyn Blériot

Executive Officer, Head of International Institutions and Governments,
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Hans Bruyninckx

Executive Director,
European Environment Agency

Jamie Butterworth

Partner,
Circularity Capital

Chief Executive Director ,
Beijing Future Innovation Center

Executive Director,
Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners

Chief Executive Officer,
EIT Climate-KIC

CEO,
Circle Economy

Hanna Hagström

Director of AI,
Reaktor

Director,
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Project Director, Circular Economy,
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Jelmer Hoogzaad

Founder,
Shifting Paradigms

CEO,
London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB)

Markku Hämäläinen

CEO,
Kotkamills Oy

Vice-President,
European Commission

Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice,
The World Bank

Ladeja Godina Košir

Founder, Executive Director,
Circular change

President,
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Executive Director,
Helsinki metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation

Paula Lehtomäki

Secretary General,
Nordic Council of Ministers

President and CEO,
Fortum Corporation

Director, Economy Division,
UN Environment

Director of Climate Change and Green Growth,
African Development Bank

Head of Circular Economy,
Enel Holding

President,
WssTP, the European Water Platform

Ashleigh Morris

Director,
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Janez Potočnik

CO-CHAIR,
UNEP INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE PANEL

Stefan Ranstrand

CEO,
TOMRA Systems ASA

Governor,
Bank of Finland

Director of Environmental Services and Technologies,
Department of Science and Technology, South Africa

Member on the Board of Directors,
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Martin Stuchtey

Co-founder and managing partner,
SYSTEMIQ

Project Director, Resource-Wise Citizen,
Sitra

President and CEO,
Fiskars Group

Mayor of Helsinki,
City of Helsinki

Head of Sustainable & Healthy Living,
IKEA Group

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What's this about?

WCEF2019

The World Circular Economy Forum 2019 in Helsinki, Finland on 3-5 June 2019 will be building the next era of the circular economy.

A circular economy

How do we move to a circular economy, in which consumption is based on using services – sharing, renting and recycling – instead of owning things?

A carbon-neutral circular economy

The way we live, travel, eat and do business is undergoing a radical change. The new everyday life will be based on using services instead of owning things.