Circular City Week - Opening Ceremony

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Kick start your week with exploring how circular economy can lead to wholly new ways of creating economic value, as well as opportunities to deliver against key public priorities. 

Join us and all our partners, for what will be an insightful opening of Circular City Week New York. Interactive and inspirational talks from our Pioneer Partners will showcase the various routes corporates can take to contribute to a circular future. There is no time to waste and corporates are finding original ways to be positive forces of change in their respective sector.

In this opening session we are going to discuss the innovative strategies and initiatives corporates are taking in order to be part of the movement towards circularity. For some that means taking a new look at internal process and product design, for others this entails being an accelerator for other corporates to make chances, and in other cases this entails being an enabler and information partner.

Speakers include:

• Ashima Sukhdev, North America Programs Lead, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• David Rachelson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Rubicon
• Oliver Dudok van Heel, Head of Client Sustainability and Environment, Freshfields
• Nicole Spina, Senior Project Manager & Circular Economy Lead, New York City Economy Development Corporation
• Scott O’Connell, Director of Environmental Affairs, Dell Technologies
• Stephen Roberts, Sustainable Marketing Manager, Dell Technologies
• Tone Søndergaard, Founding Director, Circular City Week & Director of Danish Cleantech Hub New York

Speaker bios avaliblere here.

Program:

10.30am - Welcome

                 - Scene setter: Convening and Shared Problem Solving

10.45am - Fireside Chat: Public Programs to Build Corporate Engagement

11.00am - Keynote: Making Circularity a Value Driver for Product Innovation

                 - Keynote: Accelerating Change Through Partnerships

11.20am - Interactive Panel Session and Q&A

11.45am - Thank You and Audience Involvement

This week there is only a 5 hour time difference between EST and CET. 10:30am in New York = 3:30pm in Copenhagen