Circular Week 2024: European Sustainability Congress 2024

The ESC is one of the biggest and most prestigious conference in Poland regarding circular economy topic. Panel discussions will focus on managing the circular transition and overcoming challenges, ESG regulations, sustainable transformation of companies, concept of wellbeing economy, and new technologies supporting sustainable development. Venue: Warsaw, Poland

 

 

 

Master of Ceremony: Ron van Bloois

Opening speech by Agata Kotkowska, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission's DG Environment

9.15 – 10.15 | Encouraging Circular Transition: Managing The Change

Moderator: dr Agnieszka Sznyk Panel discussion:

1. Agata Kotkowska, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission's DG Environment

2. Joan Prummel – International Circular Economy Advisor, Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat

3. Karin Huber-Heim - Executive Director of the Circular Economy Forum Austria

4. Malgorzata Jakimow - Project officer – Political scientist, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate S, Innovation in Science and Policymaking

5. Representative of Ministry of Climate

6. Representative of Ministry of Economic Development

7. Member of Polish Parliament

8. Representant of CSO Georgian Society of Nature Explorers Orchis

10.15 – 10.30 | KEY NOTE SPEECH – Arno Behrens - Senior Environmental Economist in World Bank

10.30 – 10.50 | KEY NOTE SPEECH - Thomas Rau - entrepreneur, architect, innovator, inspirator and visionary

10:50 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE SPEECH – Speech about urbanisation and smart cities, representative of French Embassy

 

1. Yves-Laurent Sapoval – State Architect and General Planne, advisor to the Director General of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition

 

11.30 - 11.40 | COFFEE BREAK

 

10 min - Presentation on results from Poland’s individual carbon footprint calculator.

20 min – Panel discussion with panelists: Agata Czachórska – IKEA, representative of SITRA, eco-influencer.

 

Topics: Regenerative agriculture, Bioremediation

• Dr. Abraham Esteve - Chief Science Officer, Medfilter

• Małgorzata Bojańczyk - Director at the Association of Sustainable Agriculture and Food in Poland

• Representative of Ministry in Netherlands

• Representative of organization Healthcare without Harm

 

12.55 – 13.30 | LUNCH

 

• Almudena Mu?oz Puche, International Projects, Technology Centre of Furniture and Wood of the Region of Murcia (CETEM)

• Patricia Foscolo, Cluster coordinator BU Clustering

• Representative of Polish Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

 

Keynote speech by Michael Kuhndt - Founder and Executive Director of the the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH (CSCP)

 

Panelists:

• Representative of ProKarton

• Representative of Tomra

• Representative of Rekopol

 

15.20 – 16.00 - INNOVATIVE COMPANIES ON A QUEST FOR CIRCULAR TRANSFORMATION: Elevator pitches of sustainable companies

All innovative companies that are developing circular, sustainable solutions are invited to send an application with the description of thei action, positive imapct on circular transformation and social wellbeing.

Among all application the organizers will choose eight the most inspiring companies that are significantly supporting circular economy transformation.

Each company-the winner will be invited to give a 5-min elevator pitch in this session.