Speakers and panelists
The Circular Valley® Forum will bring together top-decision makers at board level from a large variety of industries. Besides the interaction in the conference format and over dinner, there will also be opportunities for bilateral talks.
  • Hendrik Wüst
    Prime Minister
    North-Rhine Westphalia
    Foto: Land NRW / Ralph Sondermann
  • Mona Neubaur
    Minister of the Economy and Climate
    North-Rhine Westphalia
    Foto: Land NRW / Ralph Sondermann
  • Oliver Krischer
    Minister of the Environment
    North-Rhine Westphalia
    Foto: Land NRW / Ralph Sondermann
  • Dr. Dorothee Becker
    CEO
    Gebr. Becker GmbH
  • Andre and Iris Bovenkamp
    Managing Partners
    Huehoco
  • Liam Condon
    CEO
    Johnson Matthey
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Doetsch
    Director
    Fraunhofer UMSICHT
  • Saori Dubourg
    Member of the Board

    BASF

    Foto: BASF SE
  • Dr. Ralf Düssel
    Chairman Plastics Europe Germany, Senior Vice President
    Evonik
  • Dr. Martin Eisenhut
    Managing Partner Dach
    Kearney
  • Dr. Andreas Eurich
    CEO
    Barmenia Insurance Group
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick
    President
    Wuppertal Institute
  • Eckhard Forst
    Chairman of the Board
    NRW Bank

    Foto: Christian Lord Otto
  • Dr. Dirk Gratzel
    CEO
    GreenZero
  • Markus Hilkenbach
    CEO
    Wuppertaler Stadtwerke
  • Jürgen Hingsen
    Olympic Games Medalist (Decathlon)
  • Jochen Jehmlich
    CEO
    Societé Générale Equipment Finance
  • Arndt G. Kirchhoff
    Chairman
    Unternehmer NRW
  • Dr. Johannes Kirchhoff
    CEO

    Kirchhoff Group
  • Lauren Kjeldsen
    Member of the Executive Board,
    President Smart Materials
    Evonik
  • Dr. Matthias Koehler
    Ministerial Director (SME and Start-up Financing)
    Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection
  • Philipp Krohn
    Journalist
    FAZ

    Foto: Frank Roeth
  • Dr. Michael Kuhndt
    Managing Director
    Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production
  • Joachim Lachmuth
    Editor
    WDR
    "Sendung mit der Maus"
  • Prof. Dr. Walter Leitner
    Director
    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
  • Lothar Leuschen
    Chefredakteur
    Westdeutsche Zeitung
  • Serena Lin
    Member of the Board
    Bayer AG
  • Natalie Mekelburger
    CEO

    Coroplast
  • Dr. Arnd Nenstiel
    Global Head Agricultural Policy & Stakeholder Affairs
    Bayer AG I Division Crop Science
  • Mattia Pellegrini
    Head of Unit "From Waste to Resources"

    DG Environment, European Commission

  • Ralf Putsch
    Managing Director
    Knipex

    Foto: Malte Reiter
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Renner
    Director
    Fraunhofer UMSICHT
  • Dr. Thomas Rodemann
    Managing Partner
    Vorwerk
  • Dr. Sven Schade
    Policy Officer
    Green Deal integration,
    European Commission
  • Thomas Schmidt
    CEO
    Haniel
  • Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind
    Lord Mayor, Wuppertal
  • HA Schult
    Artist
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
    Director IGB-2 Plant Sciences

    Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • Klaus Töpfer
    Former Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
  • Michael Wiener
    CEO
    Grüner Punkt/DSD
  • Dr. Henning Wilts
    Director of Division Circular Economy
    Wuppertal Institut
  • Gunther Wölfges
    CEO
    Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal