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We’re excited to have the world’s top business leaders, policymakers, researchers and innovators speaking at the World Circular Economy Forum 2018.

 

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WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Kimmo Tiilikainen
Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing, Finland
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Jyrki Katainen
Vice-President, European Commission
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Izabella Teixeira
Co-chair, UNEP International Resource Panel
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Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson, GEF
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Rintaro Tamaki
President, Japan Center for International Finance (JCIF)
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Noriko Ishizaka
President, Ishizaka Sangyo Ltd.
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Luc Gnacadja
Founder and President, “GPS-Dev” (Governance & Policies for Sustainable Development)
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Fumiaki Koizumi
Chief Operating Officer, Mercari, Inc.
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Helen Mets
President, Resins & Functional Materials, DSM
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Janez Potočnik
Co-chair, UNEP International Resource Panel
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Mari Pantsar
Director, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Julien Guerrier
Director, EASME
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Masamichi Kono
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
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Shardul Agrawala
Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD Environment Directorate
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Markus Terho
Project Director, Resource-Wise Citizen, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Kaisa Koistinen
Director, Me & MyCity, Economic Information Office TAT
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Verónica de la Cerda
Partner and CEO, TriCiclos Chile
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Hidetoshi Nishimura
President, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Michikazu Kojima
Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Mikko Kosonen
President, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Mika Pyykkö
Project Director (Impact Investing), Sitra
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Giorgos Demetriou
Professor, École des Ponts Business School and ENPC in Paris
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Kari Herlevi
Project Director, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Antonia Gawel
Head of Circular Economy Initiative, World Economic Forum
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Daniel Calleja
Director General for DG Environment, European Commission
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Bas de Leeuw
Managing Director, World Resources Forum (WRF)
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Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Senior Economist, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Kirsi Sormunen
Member on the Board of Directors, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Nabil Nasr
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Timo Mäkelä
Senior Advisor, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Leanne Kemp
Founder & CEO, Everledger
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Roald P. Lapperre
Director General for the Environment and International Affairs, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
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Karl Vrancken
Research manager, sustainable materials management , VITO
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Takayuki Kitajima
Representative Director & General Counsel, Unilever Japan Holdings KK
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Chris Grantham
Executive Director, Circular Economy, IDEO
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Scott Vaughan
CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Peter Woodward
Director, Quest Associates
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David Katz
Founder and CEO, Plastic Bank
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Lewis Akenji
Director for Sustainable Consumption and Production, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
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Kate E. Brandt
Sustainability Officer, Google
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Jocelyn Blériot
Executive Officer, Head of International Institutions and Governments, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Hideo Suzuki
Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
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Oriana Romano
Policy Analyst at the Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
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Shinichi Sakai
Professor, Environmental Preservation Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan
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Karl-H. Foerster
Executive Director, PlasticsEurope
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Ashok Khosla
Founder and Chairman, Development Alternatives
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Takashi Shimazu
Director, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (TCRDL)
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Takako Satoh
Executive Councilor / General Manager, Ricoh Group
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Lena Pripp-Kovac
Head of Sustainability, Inter IKEA Group
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Anu Mänty
SENIOR LEAD, RESOURCE-WISE CITIZEN, SITRA
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Aimee T. Gonzales
Executive Director, Partnerships on Environmental Management for the Seas in East Asia (PEMSEA)
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Dave Muenz
Senior Vice President, ESG Division, Kao Corporation
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Yuichi Moriguchi
Professor at the Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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Yvonne Yang
Programme Officer, ICLEI East Asia Secretariat
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Titoy Francisco
Executive Vice President, General Manager, Technical, Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Limited
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Hiroyuki Sato
CEO, AMITA CORPORATION
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Tim Kasten
Deputy Director, Economy Division, UN Environment
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Hannele Pokka
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment of Finland
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Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Director-General, Environmental Regeneration and Material Cycles Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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Tetsuro Sakuka
Executive Director of the International Environmental Economic Affairs Department, Environment Bureau, the City of Kitakyushu
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Tokutaro Nakai
Director-General for Environmental Policy, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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Hironori Hamanaka
Chair & Special Research Advisor, ICLEI Japan & Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
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Léon Wijnands
Global Head of Sustainability, ING
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Jyri Arponen
Senior Lead, Business Development, Circular Economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Krista Huhtala-Jenks
Head of Ecosystem & Sustainability, MaaS Global Oy
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Michiharu Kono
Director, office of Environmental Education, Ministry of the Environment Japan
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Takuya Kitatsuji
Osaka City Government, Japan
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Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty
Environment Programme Coordinator/Expert, UNCRD/UN DESA
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Sofie Bouteligier
Policy advisor, International Policy Unit, OVAM
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Megumi Muto
Director General, Global Environment Department, JICA
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Koichi Takahashi
CEO, Japan Food Ecology Center
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Keith Alverson
Director, International Environmental Technology Centre, United Nations Environment Programme
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Lisa Elfström
COO, SundaHus
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Jan Boström
CTO, SundaHus
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Stefan Caba
Project leader, EDAG Engineering GmbH
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Aleš Mihelič
Head of pre-development of R&D Laundry Care Competence Centre and Lead R&D engineer, Gorenje Group
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Jane Korinek
Economist and Trade Policy Analyst, the Policies in Trade and Agriculture Division, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Lu Dongsen
Director, the Division of Circular Economy Development, National Development and Reform Commission, the People's Republic of China
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Shizuo Abe
Executive General Manager, Toyota Motor Corporation
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Anders Wijkman
Chairman, Climate-KIC
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Hery Henry
Programme Director, Wipak
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Yoshiki Takeoka
Managing Executive Officer & General Manager, New Business Development Department, Kaneka Corporation
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Hiroshi Kuniyoshi
Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director, Directorate of External Relations and Policy Research, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
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Akmal Siddiq
Chief of Rural Development and Food Security, Thematic Group, Development Bank
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Wolfram Palitzsch
Chief technology officer (CTO), Loser Chemie GmbH
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Edoardo Peterlini
SOFTline s.r.l.
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Cesare Rapparini
Aroma System
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Tsukasa Akimoto
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
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Yoshiaki Harada
Minister of the Environment, Japan
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Regina Dube
Director General, Water Management and Resource Conservation, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
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Adeline Lee
DirectoR, Office of the Secretary-General of ASEAN
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Kazuo Fukuyama
Director General, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau, City of Yokohama
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Fumiko Hayashi
Mayor, City of Yokohama
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Ashima Sukhdev
Government & Cities Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Miriam Otoo
Senior Economist, The International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Jeanet van Antwerpen
CEO, Schiphol Area Development Company (SADC)
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Massimiano Tellini
Global Head, Circular Economy, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
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Ron Voglewede
Global Sustainability Director, Whirlpool Corporation
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Kazuhiko Takemoto
Director, UNU-IAS
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Sarah Chandler
Senior director of Operations Product Development and Environmental Initiatives, Apple
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Makiko Eda
Chief Representative Officer, World Economic Forum Japan , Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
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Markus Laubscher
Program manager Circular Economy, Philips
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Malena Sell
Trade and Environment Specialist, Trade policy unit, Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Novrizal Tahar
Director, Solid Waste Management
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Sumio Tanaka
Director, Mobility Service Promotion Office, Information Service Development Division, SoftBank Corp.
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Yoshie Munakata
Business Innovation Producer, B. Grove Inc.

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability transition

The life, well-being and economy of Finns fully depend on nature. How can we change the way we operate so that we build a good life, successful business and sustainable public finances within the limits of nature’s carrying capacity?

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