EUROPEAN
SUSTAINABILITY
CONGRESS
2024
Get ready for a day full of disruptive ideas and ground-breaking insights as we bring together the most revolutionary minds and reflect on what our world will look like fifty years from now.
October 23, 2024 | 8:30 AM - 5:30PM CEST
Warsaw, Poland / Online
European Sustainability Congress 2024
European Sustainability Congress is one of the biggest international events about circular economy and sustainabile development. Its goal is to promote the idea of a circular economy, support sustainable business models and establish cooperation between interested stakeholders.
The Congress is the focal point of Circular Week 2024 and will take place on 23th of October 2024. We will meet in the historical building of National Library of Poland (al. Niepodległości 213, Warsaw).
We want to make an event available for everyone, therefore tickets are free of charge.
The event will involve the participation of small and large firms, start-ups, investors, representatives of public administration, local governments, enterprises, managers dealing with sustainable development and CSR and the media.
The Congress will feature lectures and discussion panels among international experts representing areas such as macroeconomics, bio-economy, urban infrastructure, waste management and plastics. There will be also networking area with expo booths, where circular projects and start-ups will promote themselves. It will be an excellent opportunity for international networking, promoting your activities internationally and exchanging ideas during networking sessions.
The event will have a hybrid format. You are encouraged to attend in person, however, if you are unable to come, you are welcome to participate in the interactive online version. Each session will be streamed 'live' and you will be able to ask questions of the experts in real-time. We also plan online workshops exclusively for 'online' participants and attendees.
The organizer is INNOWO - Institute for Innovation and Responsible Development, Polish Circular Hotspot in cooperation with the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.
Find more info about Circular Week at https://circularweek.org
Towards wellbeing economy!
Agenda
Stage
Oct 23 06:30AM–07:00AM UTC
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Oct 23 07:00AM–07:10AM UTC
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Master of Ceremony: Ron van Bloois
Opening speech by Agnieszka Sznyk PhD, CEO of the Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development
Stage
Oct 23 07:10AM–08:30AM UTC
https://events.ringcentral.com/cal/5NPGZ6vbXkJ3nRs4ywipv5tInUTCschedule.hosted-virtually-on-events2024-10-23T07:10Z2024-10-23T08:30ZSession 1. | ENCOURAGING CIRCULAR TRANSITION: MANAGING THE CHANGEarcVMTbPfzDtviwEomMj51030Session 1. | ENCOURAGING CIRCULAR TRANSITION: MANAGING THE CHANGE
15 min | Introductory presentation "Circular economy in green tenchnology value chains – China and EU compared”
by Małgorzata Jakimów - Project officer – Political scientist, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate S, Innovation in Science and Policymaking
Moderator: Agnieszka Sznyk PhD.
Panel discussion:
- Agata Kotkowska, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission's DG Environment
- Joan Prummel – International Circular Economy Advisor, Rijkswaterstaat – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in Netherlands
- Karin Huber-Heim - Executive Director of the Circular Economy Forum Austria
- Dariusz Prasek, PhD - Circular economy advisor for Georgian government, former director of Operations at Environment and Sustainability Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Marine Courmont Lelieur - Head of European and International Affairs at the National Institute for Circular Economy (INEC)
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Oct 23 08:30AM–09:15AM UTC
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30 min | Keynote speech „The Next Chapter”
Thomas Rau - entrepreneur, architect, innovator, inspirator and visionary
15 min | Keynote speech "The role of digitalization on circular economy"
Michael Kuhndt - Founder and Executive Director of the the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production GmbH (CSCP)
Stage
Oct 23 09:15AM–09:30AM UTC
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Stage
Oct 23 09:30AM–10:30AM UTC
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15 min | Presentation on results from Poland’s individual carbon footprint calculator
Dushyant Manchandia - Specialist, Nature and daily life & PSLifestyle from The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
Panel discussion
Moderator: Szilvia Szabó - Journalist and Editor, Changing the climate narrative
Panelists:
- Dushyant Manchandia - Specialist, Nature and daily life & PSLifestyle from The Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Agata Czachórska – Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA Group
- Agnieszka Wiśniewska PhD - Assistant professor at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw
- Tamara Bińczak - Service Designer and ESG Expert at ING Bank Śląski S.A.
- Katarzyna Bronowska - ESG Risk Analysis Expert, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
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Oct 23 10:30AM–11:00AM UTC
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Moderation: Karolina Adamska-Woźniak, dr n. med. - Managing Director of the Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu
Panelists:
- Abraham Esteve-Núñez PhD. - professor in Chemical Engineering, principal investigator of the Bioe Group, founder of METfilter and Nanoelectra
- Anna Bazan-Korona - ESG Specialist at Adamed Pharma
- Almudena Muñoz Puche, International Projects, Technology Centre of Furniture and Wood of the Region of Murcia (CETEM)
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Oct 23 11:00AM–11:45AM UTC
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Stage
Oct 23 11:45AM–11:55AM UTC
https://events.ringcentral.com/cal/4PYHSQmwtJFcxTPSYndAcv5PlUTCschedule.hosted-virtually-on-events2024-10-23T11:45Z2024-10-23T11:55ZINTERACTIVE QUIZ about circular economyarcVMTbPfzDtviwEomMj51030INTERACTIVE QUIZ about circular economy
Interactive quiz about circular economy and sustainable development.
Awards included
Stage
Oct 23 11:55AM–01:00PM UTC
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15 min | Keynote speeches by:
- Marcin Markowicz PhD – regenerative agriculture expert TerraNostra.
- Wouter Jan Schouten - Program Director ReGeNL
50 min | Panel discussion
Moderator: Małgorzata Bojańczyk - Director at the Association of Sustainable Agriculture and Food in Poland
Panelists:
- Wouter Jan Schouten - Program Director ReGeNL
- Łukasz Karmowski - Karmowski’s Farm w Radziczu, TerraNostra’s partner farm
- Mikołaj Potocki - Expert ESG, Altemis
Stage
Oct 23 01:00PM–01:15PM UTC
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5 min | Presentation of the Finalists of the Student Competition „Circular transformation of the economy. Developing an industrial symbiosis strategy”. More details here
10 min | Elevator pitches by companies from Austrian Economic Mission: ILF, Next2Sun Austria.
Sessions
Oct 23 01:00PM–02:30PM UTC
https://events.ringcentral.com/cal/aDiu2LzXz36NWsqc7EukPujfIUTCschedule.hosted-virtually-on-events2024-10-23T13:00Z2024-10-23T14:30ZWARSZTATY | „Get into the Loop” – Wkręć się w obieg z mapą cyrkularnych szans!arcVMTbPfzDtviwEomMj51030WARSZTATY | „Get into the Loop” – Wkręć się w obieg z mapą cyrkularnych szans!
[side event in Polish] Wydarzenie poboczne w sali nr 2.
OSOBNA REJESTRACJA: zapisz się przez ten formularz
Warsztaty stacjonarne:
Odkryj Gospodarkę Obiegu Zamkniętego (GOZ): zagraj, zaplanuj i otwórz biznes na zamknięty obieg z mapą cyrkularnych szans!
Na warsztacie stworzysz własną mapę propozycji działań, wykorzystując interaktywną grę planszową oraz karty edukacyjne. To okazja do praktycznego zgłębienia zasad zrównoważonego rozwoju w atmosferze współpracy i kreatywności.
Prowadzące: Agnieszka Brejdak Fundacja Ecoloop i Marta Mikiewicz 2Bsustain
Stage
Oct 23 01:15PM–02:15PM UTC
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10 min | Intruductory presentation by Bilyana Ignatova, VP Public Affairs - Head of EU Policy at TOMRA
Panel discussion
Moderator: Anna Sapota - Vice President at Governmental Affairs Eastern Europe North, TOMRA Systems
Panelists:
- Łukasz Sosnowski - President of the ProKarton Foundation
- Piotr Kryszewski - Managing Director of Green Gdańsk, Gdansk City Hall
- Wiktoria Płocha - Sustainability Business Partner at IKEA
- Anna Kozera-Szałkowska - Managing Director at PlasticsEurope Polska
- Piotr Popa - Expert in Public Affairs, Grupa Żywiec
- Michał Mikołajczyk - Director of sales and external relations at Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A.
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Oct 23 02:15PM–03:20PM UTC
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10 min | Introductory presentation about urbanisation and smart cities by Franck Boutté, urban Planner, awarded “French Urban Grand Prix 2022”
Panel discussion
Moderator: Marcin Milczarski
Panelists:
- Prof. SGH dr hab Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewicz - Head of the European Union Unit, Institute of International Economic Policy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
- Yves-Laurent Sapoval – Urban Envoy, French Ministry of Ecological Transition
- Patricia Foscolo - Cluster coordinator, circlemade.brussels, a service of hub.brussels
- Katarzyna Szymczak-Pomianowska - Director of the Department of Strategy and Sustainable Development, City Hall of Wrocław
- Prof. AGH dr hab. Joanna Kulczycka - Vice-dean at AGH; Head of the department - Polish Academy of Sciences.
- Mariusz Rukat - Plenipotentiary of the Marshall of the Mazovia Region for Investment & Economic Affairs - Mazovia Voivodeship
- Bartosz Silczak - ESG Risk Analysis Team Manager, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
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Speakers
Agnieszka Sznyk Ph.D.
INNOWO, European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
Agata Kotkowska
Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission's DG Environment
Joan Prummel
International Circular Economy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in Netherlands
Prof. AGH dr hab. Joanna Kulczycka
Vice-dean - AGH; Head of the department - Polish Academy of Sciences.
Arno Behrens
Senior Environmental Economist, World Bank
Karin Huber-Heim
Executive Director of the Circular Economy Forum Austria
Michael Kuhndt
Founder and Executive Director of the the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH (CSCP)
Karolina Adamska-Woźniak, PhD
Managing Director of the Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu
Thomas Rau
Architect, entrepreneur, innovator, inspirator and visionary.
Agnieszka Pomaska
Member of Polish Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on European Union Affairs
Abraham Esteve-Núñez PhD.
Professor in Chemical Engineering, principal investigator of the Bioe Group, founder of METfilter and Nanoelectr
Prof. SGH Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewicz, PhD
Head of the European Union Unit, Institute of International Economic Policy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Łukasz Sosnowski
President of the ProKarton Foundation
Małgorzata Jakimów, Ph.D
Official of the European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre
Katarzyna Szymczak-Pomianowska
Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development Department, Municipality of Wroclaw
Anna Kozera-Szałkowska Ph.D.
Managing Director at PlasticsEurope Polska
Ron van Bloois
Board member at Real Asset Media, Associate Professor at Amsterdam School of Real Estate, CEO atMI
Agata Czachórska
Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA Group
Dushyant Manchandia
Specialist, Nature and daily life & PSLifestyle from The Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
Wiktoria Płocha
Sustainability Business Partner IKEA Retail Poland
Almudena Muñoz Puche
Chair COST Action of Industrial Symbiosis (LIAISE)
Franck Boutté
the CEO and founder of Atelier Franck Boutté
Tamara Bińczak
Service Designer and ESG Expert at ING Bank Śląski S.A.
Szilvia Szabó
Journalist, managing editor of the Climate Journal
Dariusz Prasek PhD
Director of Sustainability Advisory Services Ltd., a consultancy company in environmental, social and governance areas.
Bartosz Silczak
ESG Risk Analysis Team Manager, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
Katarzyna Bronowska
ESG Risk Analysis Expert, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
Piotr Kryszewski
Managing Director of Green Gdańsk
Anna Bazan-Korona
ESG Specialist at Adamed Pharma
Michał Mikołajczyk
Proxy, director of sales&external relations at Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań SA.
Małgorzata Bojańczyk
Director at the Association of Sustainable Agriculture and Food in Poland
Marcin Milczarski
Senior Consultant and ESG Team Leader at VIVERNO
Patricia Foscolo
Cluster coordinator, circlemade.brussels, a service of hub.brussels (Brussels Agency for Entrepreneurship)
Yves-Laurent Sapoval
Ministerial delegate for sustainable cities-Urban envoy for the Ministry for ecological transition
Agnieszka Wiśniewska PhD
Assistant professor at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Head of studies in the Management program
Mariusz Rukat
Plenipotentiary of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship for Economic Affairs and Energy
Marine Courmont Lelieur
Head of European and International Affairs, National Institute for Circular Economy
Mikołaj Potocki
Experienced manager and advisor in the areas of ESG, climate change, management systems, and compliance
Agnieszka Bejdak
Co-founder & President of the Ecoloop Foundation
Marta Mikiewicz
Founder of 2Bsustain
Bilyana Ignatova
VP Public Affairs - Head of EU Policy at TOMRA
Honorary Patronage
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