Program
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Zero Waste Forum
Keynote Voices
Our opening and closing sessions will be graced by prominent figures who have been instrumental in shaping the global zero-waste movement.
17 October | 08:00 – 09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Floor: Lobby
17 October | 10:30 – 11:00
1.0 Opening Plenary: Zero Waste as Global Duty
Floor: M4
17 October | 11:00 – 11:30
2.0 Keynote Speeches: Voices of Global Stewardship
Floor: M4
17 October | 11:30 – 13:15
Opening of the exibition
17 October | 13:15 – 14:00
Lunch Break
17 October | 14:00 – 15:00
3.0 Defining Zero Waste: What Does Zero Waste Really Mean
Moderator : Saleem Ali
(UN, University of Deleware)
(UN, University of Deleware)
Speaker : Shri Pushyamitra Bhargav
(Mayor Indore, India)
(Mayor Indore, India)
Speaker : Ambily Adithyan (GAIA)
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Speaker : Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
Speaker : Tim Breker
(Vytal)
(Vytal)
Floor: M1
Defining Zero Waste
17 October | 15:00 – 16:00
4.0 Policy for the Planet: Regulating for Zero Waste
Keynote Speaker : Mays Lloyd Mouissi
(Ministry of Environment, Ecology and Climate of the Republic of Gabon)
(Ministry of Environment, Ecology and Climate of the Republic of Gabon)
Keynote Speaker : Halit Yerebakan
(Deputy Chairman of the AK Party)
(Deputy Chairman of the AK Party)
Moderator : Aswathi Asok (University of Portsmouth)
Speaker : Boris Palmer
(Mayor Tübingen, Germany)
(Mayor Tübingen, Germany)
Speaker : Andrés Del Castillo (CIEL)
Speaker : Rolph Payet
(BRS)
(BRS)
Speaker : Erfan Ali
(UN-Habitat)
(UN-Habitat)
Speaker : Natavan Ahmadova
(Azerbaijan Investment Holding)
(Azerbaijan Investment Holding)
Floor: M1
Policy for the Planet
17 October | 16:00 - 16:30
Break / Networking
17 October | 16:30 - 17:45
5.0 Cities Leading the Circular Shift
Moderator : Magash Naidoo (ICLEI)
Speaker : Alhassan Kalokoh (Freetown City Council)
Speaker : Gabriel Andrés Vannelli
(Vicente López, Buenos Aires)
(Vicente López, Buenos Aires)
Speaker : André Dzikus
(UN-Habitat)
(UN-Habitat)
Floor: M1
Cities Leading
17 October | 17:45- 19:00
6.0 Financing the Circular Economy
Moderator : Hakima El Haite
(UN, EauGlobe)
(UN, EauGlobe)
Speaker : Marcelo Mena
(Global Methane Hub)
(Global Methane Hub)
Speaker : María José Valdivia (CO_capital)
Speaker : Destana Herring (Regeneration.VC)
Floor: M1
Circular Economy
17 October | 19:00 - 20:30
Evening Networking Reception / Press Briefings / Media Room
18 October | 08:00 – 09:00
Arrival & Coffee
Floor: Lobby
18 October | 09:00 – 09:45
7.0 Keynote: Redefining Value - Beyond Waste: Rethinking What We Value
Moderator : José Manuel Moller (UN, Algramo)
Speaker : Mette Lykke
(Too Good To Go)
(Too Good To Go)
Floor: M1
Beyond Waste
18 October | 09:45 – 10:45
8.0 Food Waste: Feeding People, Not Landfills
Keynote Speaker:
Ahmet BAĞCI
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye
Ahmet BAĞCI
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye
Moderator : Carlos Silva Filho (UN, CECC/LAC)
Speaker : Mette Lykke
(Too Good To Go)
(Too Good To Go)
Speaker : Sergio Villava Gómez (Yenxa)
Speaker : Shobhita Soor (Legendary Foods)
Floor: M1
Food Waste
18 October | 10:45 – 11:45
9.A Textiles: The Future of Fashion is Circular
Keynote Speaker :
Shina Ansari (DoE)
Shina Ansari (DoE)
Moderator : Tom Domen (Kringwinkel)
Speaker : Pedro Bulnes (Rembre)
Speaker : Adam Baruchowitz (Return To Vendor - RTV)
Speaker : Arnold Kreilhuber (UNEP)
Floor: M1
Textiles
18 October | 10:45 – 11:45
9.B Inclusive Pathways to a Zero Waste Future
Keynote Speaker : Burcu Özsoy
(Tübitak)
(Tübitak)
Moderator : Hanna Dijkstra
(IAGPT)
(IAGPT)
Speaker : Florence Bauer (UNFPA)
Speaker : Sarah Nandudu
(SDI)
(SDI)
Speaker : Pål Mårtensson
(ZWIA)
(ZWIA)
Speaker : Al Reem Abdullah Al Falasi
(Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood)
(Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood)
Floor:
(M2 MEETING ROOM 23)
Inclusive Pathways
18 October | 11:45 - 12:45
10.0 Use, Reuse, Repeat; The Return of Refill
Keynote Speaker : Nail Olpak
(Deik)
(Deik)
Moderator : José Manuel Moller (UN, Algramo)
Speaker : Eben de Jongh (Sonke)
Speaker : Tim Breker
(Vytal)
(Vytal)
Speaker : Rajneesh Kumar Patel (iRefill)
Speaker : Célia Rennesson (Réseau Vrac et Réemploi)
Floor: M1
Use, Reuse, Repeat
18 October | 12:45 – 13:30
Lunch Break
18 October | 13:30 – 14:30
11.0 Keynote : Academia and Zero Waste: The Science of a Waste-Free Future
Keynote Speaker:
Erol Özvar
(President of the Council of Higher Education)
Erol Özvar
(President of the Council of Higher Education)
Moderator : Simran Talwar
(UTS)
(UTS)
Speaker : Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
Floor: M1
18 October | 14:30 – 15:30
12.A Smarter Waste:How AI is Driving Impact
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Keynote Speaker:
Mehmet Fatih Kacır
Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye
Mehmet Fatih Kacır
Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye
Moderator : Elena Mateo
(Zero Waste Costa Rica)
(Zero Waste Costa Rica)
Speaker : David Jackson (Winnow)
Speaker : Ambarish Mitra
(Grey Parrot)
(Grey Parrot)
Speaker : Cristián Bustos Salas (Beeok)
Floor: M1
Smarter Waste
18 October | 14:30 – 15:30
12.B Reflections From UN Türkiye:Zero Waste Initiatives
and Sustainable Development
Moderator : Tom Delrue
(UN RCO)
(UN RCO)
Speaker : Ayşegül Selışık
(FAO)
(FAO)
Speaker : Angela Li Rosi (UNHCR)
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Speaker : Mariam A. Khan (UNFPA)
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Speaker : Süleyman Yılmaz (UNIDO)
Speaker : Stephen Cahill
(WFP)
(WFP)
Speaker :
Miodrag Dragisic
(UNDP)
Miodrag Dragisic
(UNDP)
Floor:
(M2 MEETING ROOM 23)
Reflections From UN Türkiye
18 October | 15:30 -16:00
Break / Networking
18 October | 16:00 -17:15
13.A Closing the Loop: Compostable Packaging and Organic Waste
Keynote Speaker : Ahmet Akyol (Aselsan, CEO)
Keynote Speaker : Ömer Kocaman
(OTS)
(OTS)
Moderator : Corinne Jeuch Trommsdorff
(ISWA)
(ISWA)
Speaker : Sebastian Arango Urimbe
(Conecta Ambiental)
(Conecta Ambiental)
Speaker : Hoa Doan
(Notpla)
(Notpla)
Speaker : Miguel Angel Sánchez (Renfraw)
Floor: M1
Closing the Loop
18 October | 16:00 -17:15
13.B Strategy From Policy To Practice
Moderator :
Lara Van Druten
(UN-Habitat)
Lara Van Druten
(UN-Habitat)
Speaker : Francisco Cerda (Common House, GudCompany)
Speaker : Iara Beekma Reis (New ERA)
Speaker : Babatunde A. Ahonsi (UN)
Floor:
(M2 MEETING ROOM 23)
Strategy From Policy To Practice
18 October | 17:15- 18:30
14.0 Fix the System:Repair as Resistance
Moderator : Ana Almeida (Circular Economy Portugal)
Speaker : Josephine Philips (Sojo UK Textile)
Speaker : Daniel Büchle
(AfB social & green IT)
(AfB social & green IT)
Speaker : Teofilo Del Toro
(Full Circle Electronics)
(Full Circle Electronics)
Floor: M1
Fix the System
18 October | 18:30 - 20:00
Evening Marketplace / Networking
19 October | 08:00 – 09:00
Arrival & Coffee
Floor: Lobby
19 October | 09:00 – 9:45
15.0 Keynote: Behaviour Change, Changing Minds, Changing Systems
Moderator : Monica D. Ellis (GETF)
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Speaker : Tessa Clarke
(Olio)
(Olio)
Floor: M1
Behaviour Change
19 October | 09:45 – 10:45
16.0 Retail: Reimagining Retail in a Zero Waste World
Moderator : David Rogers (WRAP)
Speaker : Tessa Clarke
(Olio)
(Olio)
Speaker : Pablo Kraus
(Ecostore)
(Ecostore)
Speaker : John Atcheson (Circular Way)
Floor: M1
Reimagining Retail
19 October | 10:45 – 11:45
17.A Electronics: From Disposable to Durable Tech
Moderator : Carlos Silva Filho (UN, CECC/LAC)
Speaker : Abdul Basit Bashir (Revnics Energy)
Speaker : Laura Reyes
(UN, CEMPRE)
(UN, CEMPRE)
Speaker : Hernán Hochschild (Kyklos)
Electronics
Floor: M1
19 October | 10:45 – 11:45
17.B The Zero Waste Conversation
Moderator : Irene Hofmeijer (LOOP)
Speaker : Esra Tat
(Zero Waste Europe)
(Zero Waste Europe)
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Speaker : Valentin Fournel
(Citeo)
(Citeo)
Speaker : Takehiro Nakamura
(IETC)
(IETC)
Floor:
(M2 MEETING ROOM 23)
Zero Waste Conversation
19 October | 11:45 - 12:45
18.0 Women Leading the Zero Waste Movement
Moderator : Laura Reyes
(UN, CEMPRE)
(UN, CEMPRE)
Speaker : Mette Lykke
(Too Good To Go)
(Too Good To Go)
Speaker : Tessa Clarke
(Olio)
(Olio)
Speaker : Esra Tat
(Zero Waste Europe)
(Zero Waste Europe)
Floor: M1
Zero Waste Movement
19 October | 12:45 – 13:30
Lunch Break
19 October | 13:30 – 14:30
19.0 Keynote: Zero Waste Living - Living Without Waste: Personal as Social
Speaker : Janna Radi
(CYMG UNEP )
(CYMG UNEP )
Floor: M1
Living Without Waste
19 October | 14:30 – 15:30
20.0 Grassroot Solutions: Frontline Solutions from the Ground Up
Keynote Speaker :
Samed Ağırbaş
(President of Zero Waste Foundation)
Samed Ağırbaş
(President of Zero Waste Foundation)
Keynote Speaker :
Mahmut Özdil
(Maarif Foundation)
Mahmut Özdil
(Maarif Foundation)
Moderator : Christina Jäger (Yunus Environment Hub)
Speaker : Madhvi Dalal
(Padmad Kenya)
(Padmad Kenya)
Speaker : Amorpol Huvanandana
(Moreloop)
(Moreloop)
Speaker :
Victor Boyle-Komolafe
(Founder & CEO GIVO Africa)
Victor Boyle-Komolafe
(Founder & CEO GIVO Africa)
Floor: M1
Grassroot Solutions
19 October | 15:30 -16:00
Break / Networking
19 October | 17:00 - 18:15
21.0 Awards Ceremony - Celebrating Circular Champions
Floor: M4
19 October | 18:15 - 18:18
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Forum Recap Video
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 18:18 - 18:25
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Global Zero Waste Awards Caremony
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 18:25- 18:30
22.0 Closing Remarks - Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Samed Ağırbaş
(President of Zero Waste Foundation)
(President of Zero Waste Foundation)
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 18:30- 18:40
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
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Jean Todt
(United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety)
(United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety)
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 18:40- 18:50
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Nga Kor Ming
(Minister Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia)
(Minister Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia)
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 18:50-19:00
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Alparslan Bayraktar
(Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources)
(Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources)
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 19:00-19:10
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
İbrahim Yumaklı
(Minister of Agriculture and ForestryRepublic of Türkiye)
(Minister of Agriculture and ForestryRepublic of Türkiye)
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
19 October | 19:10-19:30
Closing Plenary: A Call to Action
Group Photo & Closing Announcement
Floor: M4
Closing Plenary
Zero Waste in Action:
People. Places. Progress.
