For this year’s edition, we asked these pioneering thinkers, stakeholders and academics in the field of circular plastics to speak and formulate the next steps in closing the plastics loop.
Geoffrey Schouten
Moderator
Sascha Kersten
Professor at University of Twente
Ronald Korstanje
Moderator
Jean-Paul Lange
Professor in Chemical Biorefining, University of Twente
Kim Ragaert
Professor Circular Plastics, Maastricht University
Rob Verhagen
Sustainability Director at the OPACKGROUP
Mark Schmets
Team lead Sustainable Industry, Circular Economy and International Collaboration, Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth
Chris Bruijnes
Director of KIDV, part of Verpact
Homer Genuino
Senior Researcher at NTCP
Jasper Martin
Moderator
Frans Beckers
Moderator
René Eijsbouts
Strategic Advisor at OPEN Foundation (WeCycle)
Lein Tange
Sustainability Director at ICL
Christian Franke
Dipl. Eng. Christian Franke
Thor Tummers
External Affairs at Unilever
Oscar van den Brink
Moderator
Harry Philipsen
Senior Scientist polymer analytics at Envalior
Thorsten Friedrich
Coordinator Innovation at Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN)
Peter Koppert
Manager circular textiles at Modint and Stichting UPV textiel
Husam Taha
Principal Analyst at Wood Mackenzie
Thomas Buss
Sustainability Manager at Indorama
Carlos Kuhlmann
Associate Professor Functional Textiles at Saxion
Mark-Olof Dirksen
Colors, Materials, Finishing & DfR Project Leader at Philips Innovation Engineering
Venetia Spencer
Head of Public Affairs Europe at Borealis