World Circular Economy Forum 2019 | Sitra | 3 June 2019 | Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13e, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

The WCEF2019 will bring together around 2,000 key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world. This year the forum will have a strong emphasis on the next era of the circular economy and scaling up the transition.

2019 Speakers

Laura Tuck
Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank

Flemming Besenbacher
Chairman, Carlsberg Group and Carlsberg Foundation

Emma Navarro
Vice-president, European Investment Bank Eib

Torbjörn Lööf
CEO, Inter Ikea Group

Changhua Wu
Chief Executive Director , Beijing Future Innovation Center

Ligia Noronha
Director, Economy Division, Un Environment

Peter Bakker
President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Wbcsd)

Elliot Harris
Asistant Secretary General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, United Nations

Ilari Aho
Vice President, New Business Development and Csr, Uponor Group

Marleena Ahonen
Project Coordinator, Circular Economy , Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Tsukasa Akimoto
State Minister of the Environment, Japan

Eliza Anyangwe
Founder, Writer, Editor and Moderator, The Nzinga Effect

Jyri Arponen
Senior Lead, Business Development, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Jocelyn Blériot
Executive Officer, Head of International Institutions and Governments, Ellen Macarthur Foundation

Annica Bresky
Executive Vice President, Stora Enso Consumer Board Division

Hans Bruyninckx
Executive Director, European Environment Agency

Jamie Butterworth
Partner, Circularity Capital

Daniel Calleja
Director-general for Environment, European Comission

Tessa Clarke
CEO, Olio

Leah Canning
Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Nora Clinton
Higher Education Network Manager, Ellen Macarthur Foundation

Anthony Cox
Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Oecd)

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

Barbara Dewulf
Deputy Director General, Bruxelles Environnement

Kirsten Dunlop
Chief Executive Officer, Eit Climate-kic

Shiva Dustdar
Head of Division, Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

Edgar Edmund
Founder, Green Venture Recycles

Harald Friedl
CEO, Circle Economy

Arturo De La Fuente
Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Eurostat

Álvaro García
Director, Planning and Budget Office, Presidency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Jeremy Gibberd
Director, Gauge

Ladeja Godina Košir
Founder, Executive Director, Circular Change

Paavani
Wssc Student Ambassador for India, Student, St. George’s College, Mussoorie, India

Guillermo González
Head of the Circular Economy Office , Ministry of the Environment of Chile

Julien Guerrier
Director, Easme

Hanna Hagström
Director of Ai, Reaktor

Veera Heinonen
Director, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Hery Henry
Programme Director, Wipak

Kari Herlevi
Project Director, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Egil Hogna
Executive Vice President, Head of Extruded Solutions , Hydro

Jelmer Hoogzaad
Founder, Shifting Paradigms

Wayne Hubbard
CEO, London Waste and Recycling Board (Lwarb)

Markku Hämäläinen
CEO, Kotkamills Oy

Badr Ikken
Director General, Moroccan Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (Iresen)

Daniel Kaufmann
Leading Specialist, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Henrietta Kekäläinen
Entrepeneur, Carbo Culture

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

Monika Koncz-mackenzie
Learning Innovation Manager, Ellen Macarthur Foundation

Mikko Kosonen
President, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Tiina Kähö
Executive Director, Helsinki Metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation

Paula Lehtomäki
Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

Aik Hoe Lim
Director, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization

Pekka Lundmark
President and CEO, Fortum Corporation

Ditte Lysgaard Vind
Managing Partner, Lendager Tcw

Luca Meini
Head of Circular Economy, Enel Holding

Tomás Michel
President, Wsstp, the European Water Platform

Ashleigh Morris
CEO, Coreo

Siiri Mäkelä
President, Finnish Agenda 2030 Youth Group

Nanqing Jiang
Secretary-general, China Plastics Reuse and Recycling Association (Cprra)

Anthony Nyong
Director of Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank

Bruno Oberle
Professor and Chair of Green Economy and Resource Governance, Epfl

Alan Organschi
Principal and Partner, Gray Organschi Architecture

Miriam Otoo
Senior Economist, The International Water Management Institute (Iwmi)

Nani Pajunen
Leading Specialist, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Mari Pantsar
Director, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Martin Pei
Executive Vice President and Cto , Ssab Ab

Janne Peljo
Project Director, Climate Solutions, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Janez Potočnik
Co-chair, Unep International Resource Panel

Stefan Ranstrand
CEO, Tomra Systems Asa

Aaron Ratner
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure & Real Assets, Ultra Capital

Olli Rehn
Governor, Bank of Finland

Amanda Rejström
Co-founder and CEO, Spark Sustainability

Philippa Roberts
Managing Director, Low and Behold

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

Carolina Schmidt Zaldivar
Minister of the Environment, Chile

Vere Shaba
Founder and Director, Shaba Green Building Design & Engineering

Riitta Silvennoinen
Specialist, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Jaana Sinipuro
Project Director, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Suvi Sojamo
Post-doctoral Researcher and Project Co-ordinator, Aalto University

Kirsi Sormunen
Member on the Board of Directors, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Martin Stuchtey
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Systemiq

Massimiano Tellini
Global Head, Circular Economy, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

Markus Terho
Project Director, Resource-wise Citizen, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Vanessa Timmer
Executive Director, One Earth

Elisa Tonda
Head of the Consumption and Production Unit, Un Environment, Economy Division

Jaana Tuominen
President and CEO, Fiskars Group

Monica Umwari
Entrepeneur, Angaza

Riku Vahala
Professor, Head of the Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, School of Engineering

Jan Vapaavuori
Mayor of Helsinki, City of Helsinki

Antti Vasara
President and CEO, Vtt Ltd

Stientje Van Veldhoven
Minister for the Environment, the Netherlands

Ken Webster
Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy

Anders Wijkman
Chairman, Climate-kic

Peter Woodward
Director, Quest Associates

Joanna Yarrow
Head of Sustainable & Healthy Living, Ingka Group (Formerly Ikea Group)

2019 Sponsors

• Betolar Oy
• Easme
• Echa
• European Investment Bank
• EIT Climate-KIC
• Embassy of the Kingdon of the Netherlands
• Esbottle Oy
• Finland
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Government of Canada
• Infinited Fiber Company Oy
• ITRI
• Nordic Innovation
• RePack
• Sitra
• SmartUp Accelerator
• The European Environment Agency
• The Finish Network for Eco Industrial Park
• UN Environment
• Unilever
• University of Helsinki and Aalto University
• UPM Biofuels
• VTT
• Zero Waste Scotland