



Speakers
Circular City Week is an opportunity to meet and learn from circular pioneer, international frontrunners, local champions and innovative business professionals.
Below overview is a guide to which event they will be speaking at. More than 150 speakers till contribute to making this the biggest circular economy festival in the US. More speakers will be publicized as the different event host are ready with their full lineup.




Speakers
from A-K
Adam Friedberg
Principal
Buro Happold NY
Event: Prosumer Energy Network for New York and Beyond
Alessio Franconi
Research Fellow
CERC & CEA
Event: Upskilling and Reskilling: Building a Foundation for the Circular Economy
Alice Henry
Senior Project Coordinator
Share Reuse Repair Initiative
Event: Sharing, Reuse, and Repair
Anastasia Plakias
Co-Founder
Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farms
Event: A Conscious Kitchen
Anoop Nannra
Chair
Open Sustainability Collaborative
Event: Launch of the OSC
Amy Musanti
Director of Sustainability
ASSA ABLOY
Event: Powering Circularity through Product Transparency
Anna Sherman
Donations Coordinator
Remix Market NYC
Event: Creative Reuse & Public-Private Partnerships
Antto Kauhanen
Business Development Manager
Stora Enso
Event: Skyscraper of Wood?
Ash Richards
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Event: Municipal Parks & Composting
Barent Roth
Circular Economy Manufacturing
Event: Get Started Composting: Supporting the Biological Cycle
Benjamin Rodney
NY President Elect
ASHRAE
Event: Prosumer Energy Network for NY
Circular Sys & Built Environment
Bob Guarnaccia
Vice President
Major Accounts, Royal Waste Services
Event: Waste & Energy
Camilla Haustrup Hermansen
Director and co-owner
Plus Pack
Event: The Big Circular Ambition
Cassia Patel
Program Director
Oceanic Global's SUPR
Event: The Power of Sport for a Circular Economy: A Philly Special
Celeste Rose
Circular Economy Manufacturing
Event: Get Started Composting: Supporting the Biological Cycle
Chizoba Nwobodo
- Pioneer Speaker
Senior Engineer
Arup
Event: Inspiring Circularity Through Different Lenses
Chris Voell
Head of Waste & Biogas
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Trade Council
Event: Food Waste & Biogas
Cody Irwin
Founder
ShareWares
Event: Launch of the OSC
Dan Bergsagel
Structural Engineer
Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Event: Accelerating The Circular Transition In The Built Environment
Daniel Lawson
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Event: Municipal Parks & Composting
David Rachelson
- Pioneer Speaker
Chief Sustainability Officer
Rubicon
Event: Opening Ceremony
Deb Singer
Cofounder
BRINGiT
Event: Circular Collaborations for Change
Dylan Beach
Sustainability Manager
GOJO
Event: Innovating Personal Care & Cleaning Products for Tomorrow
Elizabeth Balkan
Director, North America
Reloop Platform
Event: Maximizing Circularity in US Beverage Packaging
Using Policy to Enable Circularity
Enzo Favoino
Scientific Committee Chair
Zero Waste Europe
Event: Using Policy to Enable Circularity
Faith Legendre
Circular Economy Solutions Strategist
Event: Launch of the OSC
Francois Souchet
Lead of Make Fashion Circular
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation
Event: From Waste to Fashion
Gabriella Constantinou
Fashion & Textile Designer
Lifestyle & Design Cluster
Event: Internationalization Strategies for Sustainable Fashion & Textile
Gavin White
Director
Ramboll UK
Event: Accelerating The Circular Transition In The Built Environment
Ginger Spencer
Director, Public Works
City of Phoenix
Event: Using Policy to Enable Circularity
Hossein Rezai Jorabi
Director
Web Structures
Event: Accelerating The Circular Transition In The Built Environment
Henrik Grand Petersen
CEO
Stena Recycling
Event: The Big Circular Ambition
Igor Bronz
Co-Founder of Leaf Island, Geotechnical Engineer of Hydrologist
Event: Ecological Infrastructure: Key to Carbon Capture in The Evolution of Cities
Jaclyn Hochreiter
Director of Client Services
Foodprint Group
Event: Lessons from a Resilient Restaurant During Covid
Jasmine Johnson
Horticulturist & Zero Waste Team Leader, Battery Park City Authority
Event: Tour of Battery Parks Zero Waste Facility
James Souder
Circular Economy Consultant
Metabolic
Event: Maximizing Circularity in US Beverage Packaging
Jennifer June
Founder of Loose Parts, Part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design
Event: Full Circle Furniture
Jessica Becker
Project Coordinator Architect
Föreningen Trästad Sverige
Event: Skyscrapers of Wood?
John Holm
VP of Strategic Initiatives
PYXERA Global
Event: Inclusive Circular City Design
John Mascari
Co-Founder & COO
Blueland
Event: Innovating Personal Care & Cleaning Products for Tomorrow
Jonathan T. Scott
Senior Research Fellow
CERC & CEA
Event: Upskilling and Reskilling: Building a Foundation for the Circular Economy
Joyce Halloun
Project Coordinator
CERC & CEA
Event: Upskilling and Reskilling: Building a Foundation for the Circular Economy
Joshua Singer
DC Parks and Recreation
Event: Municipal Parks & Composting
Kara Napolitano
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Sims Municipal Recycling
Event: Tour of Sims Municipal Recycling
Kate Daly
Managing Director, Center for the Circular Economy
Closed Loop Partners
Event: The Future of Furniture?
Kathrine Overgaard Warberg
Head of Program, Circular Economy Copenhagen
City of Copenhagen
Event: Making public-private innovation work
Kellan Stanner
Compost Operations Coordinator
The Lower East Side Ecology Center
Event: LES Ecology Center Tour
Keri Browder
Cities Project Director
Ocean Conservancy
Event: Circularity for Clean Healthy Cities & Seas
Kristy Caylor
CEO & Co-Founder
For Days
Event: Insights Into Financing the Circular Economy
Kyle Jeremiah
Comm. and Community Engagement
Energy Vision
Event: 3rd Annual EGE
Alan Cohn
Managing Director of New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Event: Water In The City: Bringing Circularity To Urban Water Management
Alejandra Arce-Gomez
Material Repurposing Program Lead
Madrone/GCI General
Event: Activating Building Material Reuse
Alissa Baier-Lentz
Co-Founder and COO
Kintra Fibers
Event: The Future of Fashion is Bio-Based and Compostable
Anders Lendager
Founder and CEO
Lendager Group
Event: Challenge: Carbon & Circularity
Amanda Parkes
Chief Innovation Officer
PANGAIA
Event: The Future of Fashion is Bio-Based and Compostable
Anna Dengler
Senior Sustainability Advisor
Great Forest
Event: Commercial Properties and CE
Anthony Abbotts
Director Group Sustainability
ROCKWOOL International
Event: Closing Celebration
Amanda Kaminsky
Founder + Principal
Building Product Ecosystems
Event: Activating Building Material Reuse
Recycling Glass to Improve Concrete
Ashima Sukhdev
North America Programs Lead
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Event: Opening Ceremony
Bella LaMartina
Circular Economy Manufacturing
Event: Get Started Composting: Supporting the Biological Cycle
Beth Zonis
Director
Cleantech Open Northeast
Event: Cleantech Open Kickoff Webinar
Bridget Croke
Managing Director
Closed Loop Partners
Event: Inclusive Circular City Design
Caroline Brown
Managing Director
Closed Loop Partners
Event: From Waste to Fashion
Cecelia Mercer
Sustainability Coordinator
Chipotle
Event: Creating Resilient Food Systems
Cheryl Smyre
Director of Advanced Materials
Parkdale Mills
Event: Textile-to-Textile Circularity
Christine Facella
Founder of Modest, Product Designer and Landscape Architect
Event: Full Circle Furniture
Clare Miflin
Founder
Center for Zero Waste Design
Event: #SaveOurCompost
How Can ESG Help in Buildings?
Colin Rose
Architect, Researcher
UCL
Event: Accelerating The Circular Transition In The Built Environment
Cisco Pinedo
Co-Founder & CEO
ReFoundry
Event: The Future of Furniture?
Darryl Young
Director, Sustainable Cities Program
Summit Foundation
Event: Using Policy to Enable Circularity
Daniela Pigosso
Associate Professor
Technical University of Denmark
Event: Making the Transition to a Circular Economy (MATChE)
Denis Hayes
CEO
Bullitt Foundation
Event:The Big Interview: Denis Hayes
Eleanor Ansell
Data Analyst, Metrics Team
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Event: Circulytics - How Measurement Can Empower Companies
Emily Bachman
Compost Program Manager
GrowNYC
Event: #SaveOurCompost; Visions for composting in NYC
Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO
Metabolic
Event: Inclusive Circular City Design
Fernando Ramirez
Managing Director
Hydraloop Systems
Event: Water In The City: Bringing Circularity To Urban Water Management
Frederic Clerc
Director, Carbon to Value Program
Urban Future Lab
Event: Challenge: Carbon & Circularity
Garr Punnett
Chief of Staff & Circular Economist
Rheaply
Event: Making public-private innovation work
Georg Spindler
Business Development Manager
Lenzing
Event: Circular Collaborations for Change
Harry Etra
CEO
HXE Partners
Event: How Can ESG Goals Help the Zero Waste Operations in Buildings?
Helena Glantz
Partner
Urban Design
Event: Prosumer Energy Network for New York and Beyond
Henrik Marstrand
Founder and CEO
Mater
Event: Design for Life – The Danish Way to Circular Design
Jacob Kjeldsen
Director
Confederation of Danish Industry
Event: The Big Circular Ambition
Jason Phillips
Vice President
Phillips Collection
Event: The State of Circular Practices
Jasper Steinhausen
Fulfilment Director & Co-founder
Ouroboros
Event: Understand the Business Side of Circular Economy
Jane S. Wu
Waste Management Expert
Arcadis New York
Event: Measuring the Circular Economy in Cities: Learning from Best Practices
Jennifer McDonnell
Resource Recovery Program Manager
NYC Environmental Protection
Event: Waste & Energy
Jessica Schreiber
Founder
FABSCRAP
Event: Textile Waste with FABSCRAP
John Elkington
Founder and Chief Pollinator
Volans
Event: Inclusive Circular City Design
John Mongello
Vice President of Buidling Service
The Durst Organisation
Event: Commercial Properties and CE
Joost van Dun
Sustainable Finance & Circular Economy Lead
ING Wholesale Banking
Event: Are We at a Turning Point?
Justin Green
Executive Director + Founder
BIG Reuse
Event: Activating Building Material Reuse
Visions for composting in NYC
Jørgen Therkelsen
Houe
Event: Design for Life – The Danish Way to Circular Design
Karin Calvinho
CTO
RenewCO2
Event: Cleantech Open Kickoff Webinar
Kate Kitchener
Chief of Staff Bureau of Recycling
NYC Department of Sanitation
Event: Textile-to-Textile Circularity
Kathy Pazakis
Executive VP, Commercial, TerraCycle
Event: Sustainable Beauty Circle
Kendall Christiansen
Principal
Gaia Strategies
Event: Recycling Glass to Improve Concrete
Kim Berg Jacobsen
CCO
Kvist Industries
Event: Design for Life – The Danish Way to Circular Design
Kristen Fulmer
Founder
Recipric
Event: The Power of Sport for a Circular Economy: A Philly Special
Aguinaldo Dos Santos
Professor of Design
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Event: Making Circles
Alice Tedesco
Founder
MACTE STUDIOS
Event: Making Circles
Ana Carolina Oliveira
Director
Head of Sustainable Finance Americas
ING Capital LLC
Event: Are We at a Turning Point
Ann-Sofi Gaverstedt
Managing Director
Urbs Urban Systems
Event: Prosumer Energy Network for New York and Beyond