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9:05 am Keynote
True drivers of the circular economy – what we can learn from international best practices
Harald Friedl, Board Member, Circular Economy Forum Austria
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9:40 am Deep dive #1 Regulatory instruments as enablers
Strategic impetus for planning and investment certainty
- What are the framework conditions for the circular economy?
Andreas Tschulik, Head of Operational Environmental Protection Department, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- What is the benefit of the EU regulation on taxonomy for the circular economy?
Karin Fuhrmann, Partner, TPA Austria
- What benchmarks do standards such as the ISO 59000 series for sustainability assessment and for life cycle assessments set?
Axel Dick, General Manager, Head of Business Development, Environment and Energy, ESG, Quality Austria
- How are circular economy business models, circular supply chains and the reduction of waste & emissions reconciled?
Raphael Schranz, Circular Economy Specialist, Circular Economy Consulting
- Helping to shape standards – the scope of the newly planned working group on the circular economy
Alena Rabitz, Committee Manager, Austrian Standards
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11:00 am Deep dive #2 Green standards as a driver for growth
Innovative solutions along the value chain
- Waste & recycling
Tristan Tallafuss, Managing Director, BRV – Austrian Construction Materials Recycling Association
Sabrina Seebacher, Team Leader for Sustainable Construction, Waste Management & the Environment, PORR Umwelttechnik GmbH
- Structures & spatial planning
Anna Hagen, Architect, nonconform zt gmbh
- Bio-economy & consumption
Michaela Theurl, Senior Expert – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Environmental Footprinting (EF), Environment Agency Austria
- Digitalisation & product passport
Gert Breitfuss, Senior Researcher Data Driven Business, Know-Center GmbH
Verena Halmschlager, Senior Project Manager, Verein Industrie 4.0 Österreich – die Plattform für intelligente Produktion
- Business models & innovation
Gregor Gluttig, Member of the Board, Circular Economy Forum Austria
- Energy & raw materials
Christine Bertl, Circular Bioeconomy Scientist & Project Manager, alchemia-nova GmbH
- Packaging & plastics
Gerald Schneikart, Senior Researcher, FH Wien der WKW
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12:45 pm Round table: Becoming a reuse society through co-opetition
How can the circular economy unleash its full potential across different industries and sectors?
- In which industries and sectors is cooperation and competition working?
- What framework conditions are needed for cooperative business models?
- How can standards support co-opetition?
- How do standards act as a translation aid between industries and sectors?
- Cradle to cradle, supply chains, product designs, production processes, urban mining – in what area does the circular economy offer the greatest potential?
Sophia Kratz, Textiles | International Development, Circular Futures – Circular Economy Platform Austria
Thomas Glanzer, Head of Business Development & Sustainability, ALUKÖNIGSTAHL GmbH
Dr. Julia Schmitt, Deputy Institute Head, Institute for Integrated Quality Design (IQD), Johannes Kepler University Linz
Rainer Pamminger, Senior Researcher, TU Wien
Kilian Kaminski, Founder, refurbed
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1:30 pm End and get-togehter
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