Circular Economy & Sustainability Theatre

DAY 1 Circular Economy & Sustainability Theatre

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10:00 Latest Developments on a Circular Economy for Wales

Speaker 1 Dr Andy Rees OBE, Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government 10:45 AI Tackling the Waste Data Drought

Speaker 1 Mikela Druckman, CEO and Co-founder, Greyparrot Speaker 2 Owen George, Strategic Development Manager, Grundon Speaker 3 Simone Aplin, Technical Director, Anthesis 11:45 The Circular Economy is Vital for the Energy Transition

Chair Simon Gandy, Technical Director, Waste & Resource Management, SLR Consulting Speaker 1 James Pennington, Circular Economy Lead, Deloitte

12:30 Reuse & Recycle – Helping Promote the Waste Hierarchy

Chair James Kay, Director, Resource Efficiency Wales Speaker 1 Daniel Carolan, Regional Operations Manager, SUEZ R&R UK Speaker 2 Elizabeth Green, Development Manager, Community Wood Recycling

Speaker 3 Christer Henriksson, President, Juno 1:45 Climate Change Resilience - How Can the Waste Sector Adapt

Speaker 1 Claire Petricca-Riding, National Planning Partner and Head of Environment, Irwin Mitchell LLP

Speaker 2 Jill Crawford, Senior Associate, Irwin Mitchell LLP 2:30 Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging - A Focus on Flexibles

Chair Paul Davidson, Challenge Director Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging, Innovate UK UKRI Speaker 1 Gareth Morton, Discovery Manager, Ecosurety / Flexible Plastic Fund Speaker 2 David Walsh, CEO, Impact Recycling – Impact Demonstrator Project Speaker 3 Nick Cliffe, Deputy Challenge Director, UKRI – Future Plastics Packaging Solutions and the ‘CaddyFlex’ iX ichallenge

3:45 IT RECYCLING: Why Buy New When Refurbished Is Just as Good

Speaker 1 Andrew Beveridge, ITAD Director, Secure Data Recycling

DAY 2 Circular Economy & Sustainability Theatre

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9:30 Women in Resource & Sustainability

The route to the boardroom – Learning from Leaders

Speaker 1 Sarah Foster, Managing Director, Comply Direct Ltd

Networking for Career Success

Speaker 1 Vicki Hughes, WINS Leader (Staffs & Shropshire) Speaker 2 Rhian Sherrington, Founder of the International Women in Sustainability Network 11:00 Circular Economy Initiatives in Ghana - The Zoomlion Story

Speaker 1 Betty Brown Nyadu, Zoomlion 11.45 What Makes a Modern Deposit Return Scheme Truly Circular?

Speaker 1 Mark Brill, VP Sales and Marketing, TOMRA Collection UK & Ireland 12:45 The Role of Second Life Batteries Within Energy Storage Applications

Speaker 1 Nigel Dent, Head of Sales, Connected Energy Ltd 2:00 What to do with Compostable Packaging?

Speaker 1 Eilidh O’Connor MCIWM, Senior Waste Management Consultant, Vegware