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