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

Marc Spekreijse
Managing Director Circular Plastics NL

Dirk Groot
Zwerfinator

Ivo Vankelecom
Prof. Dr. Ir. at KU Leuven

Jaap den Doelder
Professor of Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Rein Hintzen
Co-founder of the Circular Plastics Academy

Marcel van Eijk
R&D Manager at NTCP

Jean-Emile Potaufeux
Technical Manager at Plastics Recyclers Europe

Irdanto Saputra Lase
Researcher at Ghent University

Jörg Kriescher
Area sales manager STEINERT GmbH

David Carroll
Director of External Affairs at PlasticsEurope

Prof. Erik Heeres
Professor Chemical Technology

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

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

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

Ton van Rooij
Project Director at FIligrade
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.

Sascha Kersten
Chairman Technical Advisory Team

Ronald Korstanje
Director of the CPI

Jan Harm Urbanus
Lead Scientist at TNO

Kim Ragaert
Professor at Maastricht University

Ton Vries
CEO of BioBTX

Michael Villet
Senior Scientist at Covestro

Gijs Langeveld
Director of Polymer Science Park

Marco Brons
CTO of CuRe Technology

Martin Bender
Managing partner of HTP GmbH & Co. KG