Speaker
Circular Valley Convention
Our top speakers
The Circular Valley Convention brings together over 100 renowned speakers who share their expertise and experiences. These thought leaders from business, science, politics and society offer valuable insights and inspire with their visions and innovative projects. Get to know the top speakers here.
Laurent Auguste
CEO
Der Grüne Punkt Holding GmbH & Co. KG – A member company of the Green Dot Group
Liam Condon
CEO
Johnson Matthey plc
Dr. Christine Lemaitre
CEO
DGNB GmbH German Sustainable Building Council
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka
President
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Dr. Thomas Stoffmehl
Speaker of the Executive Board
Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Lecture info to follow
Katja Busch
CCO
DHL
Sean Jones
Chief Sustainability Officer
Microsoft Germany
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Carla Seidel
Senior Vice President
BASF SE
Dr. Ralf Düssel
Chairman of the Board
Plastics Europe e. V.
Lecture info to follow
Prof. Dr. André Bardow
Professor
ETH Zürich
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Martin Sonnenschein
Chairman
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Lecture info to follow
Christian Hülsewig
CEO
Schüttflix Group
Lecture info to follow
Rebecca Tauer
Program Lead Circular Economy
WWF Deutschland
Lecture info to follow
Karin Huber-Heim
City of Vienna
Endowed Professorship for Circular Economy & transformative business models
Joe Murphy
Executive Lead – Business Network
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Carsten Gerhardt
Chairman
Circular Valley Foundation
Lecture info to follow
Prof. Manfred Renner
Head of Institute
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Daniel Schwaab
SVP Strategy
TOMRA
Prof. Dr. Philip Leistner
Head of Institute
Fraunhofer-IBP
Thomas Nyhsen
Member of the Board
STRABAG AG
Dr. Jan Sültemeyer
Global Sustainability Leader
Avient Corporation
Dr. Christoph Steger
Executive I Chief Sales Officer
delfort
Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner
Executive Director
Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung IVV
Dr. Markus Seidel
Head of Research Circular Economy
BMW Group
Markus Bangen
CEO
Duisburger Hafen AG
Benno Weißner
Project Manager
ZENIT – Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in NRW / NRW.EUROPA
Dr. Albrecht Haase
CEO
GEFA BANK GmbH
André Rolfes
Head of Sustainable Finance & CSR
GEFA BANK GmbH
Dr. Armgard Wippler
Deputy Director General
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Lecture info to follow
Prof. Dr. Uwe Clausen
Director
Fraunhofer IML
Jochen Grönegräs
CEO
Bundesverband Flachglas e.V.
Lecture info to follow
Michael Elstner
Technical Advisory Service Manager
AGC Glass Europe
and Executive Board
Bundesverband Flachglas e.V.
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Patrick Bergmann
Managing Director
Madaster Germany
Hanna Steffen
Project Engineer
Kunststoff-Institut für die mittelständische Wirtschaft NRW GmbH (K.I.M.W.)
Christian Schiller
Founder and CEO
Cirplus
Jasper Steinhausen
Founder
Business With Impact
Gert Callaerts
Packaging Innovation Coordinator
Bayer Crop Science
Dominik Campanella
Co-Founder
Concular
Lecture info to follow
Pradeep Pinakatt
Commercial Director of the airport and Labor Director
Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH
Frederik Verhelst
Head of Materials – Business Innovation Center
Lhoist Europe
Dr. Rudy Rulkens
Principal Scientist
Envalior
Dr. Caroline Cassignol
Cluster Lead Circularity
Siemens AG
Nicola Lelli
Senior Advisor
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Linda Dierke
Head of Development & Collaborations
Effizienz-Agentur NRW
Martin Weber
Founder & CEO
one • fıve
Alexandra Kick
Co-founder
Thinkubator
Henning Reuter
Managing Director
Siegfried Jacob Metallwerke
Lecture info to follow
Prof. Dr. Boris Otto
Director
Fraunhofer ISST
Dr. Nicole Freiberger
Project coordinator
Effizienz-Agentur NRW
Jana Rödiger
Project coordinator
Effizienz-Agentur NRW
Dr. Florian Geistmann
Managing Director
Shimadzu Deutschland GmbH
Sarah Osterholt
Sustainability Officer
Hoermann KG
Lecture info to follow
Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum
Chief Scientist
Circular Valley
Matthias Lesch
Managing Director
Pöppelmann Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Georg Pescher
Managing Director DBNL
Alpla
Gunda Rachut
Executive Board
ZSVR – Central Agency Packaging Register
Christian Eigen
Deputy CEO
Medion AG (Lenovo)
Volker Weßels
Head of Sustainability
IBA
Elliana Jensen-Abieva
CEO
CircularTech-Global Digital Product Passport Community
Jens Stadter
CEO
Jokey SE
Ralph Hopfensitz
Executive Senior Vice President Global Technology / CTO
LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
Dr. Simone Mosca
CEO
Mosca GmbH
Fridolin Pflüger
Managing Director
HolyPoly GmbH
Lecture info to follow
Dr. Peter Schniering
Founder
Future Cleantech Architects
Lecture info to follow
Philip Bittermann
Editor-in-chief
Hüthig Medien
Andreas Vogt
CEO
Vogt-Plasic GmbH
Dr. Andreas Leitner
Senior Vice President Innovation & Technology
OMV AG
Claudia Wegener
CIO
Interzero Circular Solutions Germany GmbH
Jochen Bechtold
Managing Director
Capgemini Engineering
Dr. Dorothea Pohlmann
CTO Sustainability
Capgemini Engineering
Dr. Jan Wenker
Group Director Sustainability & Innovation
Brüninghoff GmbH & Co. KG
Lecture info to follow
Dietmar Focke
CEO
Lufthansa Innovation
Lecture info to follow
Further speakers will be announced soon.
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