4th Circular Change Conference 2019 | Circular Change | 16 May 2019 | TBA, Slovenia

The international Circular Change Conference has grown into one of the key European events dedicated to circular economy. It provides participants, speakers and sponsors with an opportunity to connect, become engaged, inspired, and up-to-date with the latest developments in the global push towards circularity.

The ambition of the 4th Circular Change Conference is to move towards “less talk, more action”. The organisers invite participants to explore what is actually happening “on the ground”. Excellent reports and scientific data, as well as guidelines for much needed solutions are now available. It has been agreed to follow the sustainable development approach, based on the sustainable development goals, which takes into account environmental, economic and social dimensions. What is needed now? Concrete action, radical collaboration and scalable success stories.

This year the Circular Change conference is focusing on real business cases from the four priority sectors set out in the Roadmap Towards the Circular Economy in Slovenia: food system, manufacturing industries, mobility and forest-based value chains, while bringing in the key role of creative industries.

Supported by leading circular economy experts from all over the world, the Circular Change team will be joined by around 400 participants from over 20 countries who will help co-create sustainable solutions for the future. In addition to many other distinguished guests, the conference will be also attended by Mr Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee.

2019 Speakers

H.E. Masaharu Yoshida
Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Slovenia

Celine Pessers
Category Manager Circular Economy, ABN AMRO Bank

Hilde Haex
Community Manager Circular South Antwerp

Emmanuel Skarvelakis
Environmentalist, Department of Studies, Programming and Recycling, Municipality of Heraklion

Vikas Pandey
Chief Technology Officer, Excess Materials Exchange, Youth for Climate Justice Slovenia

Brina Lazar
Project Manager, Municipality of the City of Maribor

Saša Kek
Project Manager, Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia

Zala Strojin Božič
Circular Economy Manager, City of Ljubljana

Tim Caulfield
Director, Urban Innovative Actions

Dr. Rachel Lombardi
Director of Business Development, International Synergies Limited

Mitja Štoka
LNG Manager, Butan plin d.d.

Simon Zajc
Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Slovenia

Polona Tratnik
Director of Quality, Skaza

Jeff van Dijk
Owner, Design Strategist, OD designstudio

Marline Weber
Legal and European Affairs Officer, National Institute for Circular Economy

Urša Zgojznik
President, Ecologists Without Borders Association, MEP Candidate (Green/EFA), Slovenian of the year 2018

Kim Tjoa
Co-Founder, FLOOW2

Dr. Oriana Romano
Coordinator – Cities and Circular Economy Programme, OECD

Bilyana Spasova
Project Manager, ACR+ (Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management)

Cillian Lohan
Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform

Tomas Vucurevic
Managing Director, BRAIND Ingredient Brand Strategy Consulting

Jurij Kočar
Product Manager, AMZS d.d.

Maja Ambrož
Marketing Manager, AMZS d.d.

Gintaras Varnas
Managing Director, Užstato Sistemos Administratorius (USAD)

Igor Kos
Consultant, WCYCLE Institute Maribor

Tanja Subotič Levanič
Corporate Affairs Director, Pivovarna Laško Union (Heineken Int.)

Dejan Mitrovic
Director and Co-Founder, Department 22

Zooullis Mina
Managing Director, Pivovarna Laško Union (Heineken Int.)

Matej Feguš
Owner and CEO, Donar d.o.o.

Giulio Bonazzi
President and CEO, Aquafil

Aleksander Saša Arsenovič
Mayor of the Municipality of the City of Maribor

Guido Braam
Co-Founder, Powered by Meaning and Member of the Supervisory Board, Holland Circular Hotspot

Violeta Bulc
European Commissioner for Transport

Dr. Miro Cerar
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Matevž Čelik
Director, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana

Dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh
Director, DIH Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia

Luca Jahier
President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Ladeja Godina Košir
Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change, Chair of CG of ECESP

Maja Lalić
President, Mikser Association

Aleksandar Peković
Managing Director, Arteria Creative Network

Dr. Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair of UNEP International Resource Panel, Partner at SystemiQ, former Commissioner for the Environment

Mathy Stanislaus
Circular Economy Fellow, Lead, Circular Economy Working Group - Global Battery Alliance (GBA), World Resources Institute (WRI); World Economic Forum (WEF)

Marjan Šarec
Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia

H.E. Paolo Trichilo
Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to Slovenia

H.E. Bart Twaalfhoven
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Slovenia

Tadashi Yagi
Professor, Doshisha University, Kyoto

MODERATORS:

Karin Huber-Heim
Senior Research Lead Circular Economy Systems, Bartalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science

Igor E. Bergant
Journalist, Columnist, Late Evening News Host at TV Slovenia

Ladeja Godina Košir
Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change, Chair of CG of ECESP

Janez Rakušček
Executive Creative Director, Luna TBWA

2019 Partners

• Pivovarna Lasko Union
• Butan Plin
• Maribox
• Luna
• Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia
• Skaza
• Synthos
• International Synergies
• Reloop
• Oven
• Nomago
• AMZS
• AEEC
• OptiPrint
• Benedetti

CO-ORGANIZERS:
• Republic of Slovenia Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
• Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
• Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Holland
• Amblubiana
• ITA
• Municipality of Maribor
• Scrip Circular Economy
• Stajerska Gospodarska Zbornica
• European Union
• W Cycle
• UIA

COMMUNICATION PARTNERS:
• RMMR
• Institut National de l'Economie Circulaire
• CSCP
• Business Europe