In 2023 we asked these pioneering thinkers, stakeholders and academics from the field of circular plastics to speak and formulate the next steps in closing the plastics loop.

Rosa Scholtens
Moderator

Marcel van Eijk
R&D Manager at NTCP

Irdanto Saputra Lase
Researcher at Ghent University

Rein Hintzen
Co-founder of the Circular Plastics Academy

Jaap den Doelder
Professor of Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Ronald Korstanje
Moderator

Dirk Groot
Zwerfinator

Ivo Vankelecom
Prof. Dr. Ir. at KU Leuven

Jean-Emile Potaufeux
Technical Manager at Plastics Recyclers Europe

Marc Spekreijse
Managing Director Circular Plastics NL

Jörg Kriescher
Area sales manager STEINERT GmbH

Prof. Erik Heeres
Professor Chemical Technology

Sanjeev Das
R&D Head Packaging & Systems for Ice Cream business

Ton van Rooij
Project Director at FIligrade

Jan Jager
Professor NHL Stenden

Bouwe van Neerbos
Co-founder of Impackt

Wouter van Neerbos
Co-founder of OBBOTEC

Henk Kras
Co-founder and Director of the Circular Plastics Alliance

Edgar Schwandt
Principal consultant at NewForesight

François Essers
Innovation manager at QCP

Martijn Broeren
LCA researcher at CE Delft

Niels Schenk
CTO at BioBTX

Stefano Radice
Senior Scientist at Solvay Specialty Polymers

Ernst Worrell
Professor Energy, Resources & Technological Changeat Utrecht University

Edward Kosior
Professor, and CEO and Founder at Nextek

Floris Gerritsen
Co-founder and CTO of Veridis

Jesper van Berkel
Technical and Business Manager
Technical Advisory Team
This year we are working with a Technical Advisory Team (TAT), consisting of leading experts from universities and industry in the field of circular plastics. The TAT will play a crucial role in organizing the parallel sessions related to their expertise and providing updates on technological and system developments during the start plenary program.