Circular Valley® Forum I Nov. 18th, 2022
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Circular Valley® - Birthplace of the 5th industrial revolution
Top decision makers from Bonn and Münster, Berlin and Brussels, London and Munich, and beyond.


Politics, Industry, Science, Civil Society.
Friday, November 18th, 2022
10:00 - 17:00 CET Conference

18:00 CET Reception
19:00 CET Festive Dinner
Historical Townhall Wuppertal
Johannisberg 40,
42103 Wuppertal, Germany
Conference Program
09:30 CET
09:30 CET
Reception
10:00 - 11:30 CET
10:00 - 11:30 CET
Plenum
  • Welcome/Introduction, Overview of Main Emission Streams, Global Gap Report
  • Challenges from a business perspective
  • Current scientific/technological developments
  • Regulatory developments
11:45 - 13:00 CET
11:45 - 13:00 CET
Forums
Forum I: Science/Technology
  • Most relevant new scientific frameworks
  • Development towards perfect cycles - advances in different material categories
  • Technologies to remedy the environmental damage already caused by open cycles

Forum II: Regulatory developments
  • Implementation of the European Union Circular Economy Action Plan
  • (Financial) impact on a variety of industries, taxonomy: access to finance
  • International perspective - comparable action plans in non-European countries
13:00 - 14:00 CET
13:00 - 14:00 CET
Networking lunch
+ All day Circular Valley® Club for Founders, Sponsors and Circular Valley® members
14:00 - 15:15 CET
14:00 - 15:15 CET
Forums
Forum III: Customer acceptance and communication of circular economy
  • Customer willingness-to-pay for circular business models
  • Leaders in communication
  • Communication of the circular economy idea

Forum IV: Potentials for companies and cities
  • Circularity and local/regional business models
  • Role of local funding
  • New business models of the circular economy and cross-value chain collaboration
15:30 - 17:00 CET
15:30 - 17:00 CET
Closing panel, plenum
Opportunities of the circular economy nationally and internationally
17:00 CET
17:00 CET
End of conference program
Festive dinner
Musical accompaniment by
the Wuppertal Symphonic Orchestra
18:00 CET
18:00 CET
Reception
19:00 CET
19:00 CET
Dinner
  • Greeting
  • Circular Economy Icons
  • Business Best Practices
  • Panel of Circular Valley® Founders and Sponsors
  • Circular Economy Trailblazers
  • Arts and Circular Economy
  • Cross Country Collaboration
21:45 CET
21:45 CET
Dessert and entertainment program
in a relaxed atmosphere in the different halls of the Historical Town Hall, informal networking
24:00 CET
24:00 CET
Midnight Snacks
Registration start: September 13th, 2022