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DLD Circular 2023

September 6, 2023 • Amerikahaus, Munich

We explored the vision of a circular economy to find out how the latest technological advances can foster innovative business concepts and societal transformation – shaping a sustainable world.

Watch the videos to gain insights into the latest trends, challenges, and best practices in circular economy across various industries and sectors, including circular design, circular supply chains, circular cities, circular marketplaces, and more.

Speakers

  • Portrait image of Efrat Friedland, founder of consultancy materialscout
    Efrat Friedland
    materialscout

    Efrat Friedland

    Efrat Friedland is the founder of materialscout, which helps companies create value through the creative and sustainable implementation of materials and technologies. She is also the co-founder of Positive Plastics, a platform that presents information about polymers with a lower environmental impact. (Photo: ©Daniel Schvarcz)

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  • Profile image of Fabio Volkmann, project manager at Climate Farmers in Berlin
    Fabio Volkmann
    Climate Farmers

    Fabio Volkmann

    Fabio Volkmann is a Research Project Manager responsible for partnerships and project development at Climate Farmers, a non-profit that aims to scale regenerative agriculture in Europe. Volkmann is Climate Farmers’ coordinator for the EU-funded Benchmarks project.

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  • Profile image of Francesco Sciortino, Co-Founder & CEO of cleantech startup Proxima Fusion
    Francesco Sciortino
    Proxima Fusion

    Francesco Sciortino

    Francesco Sciortino is a co-founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion, which aims to deliver fusion energy as a viable energy source. Proxima Fusion is the first-ever spin-out company from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.

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  • Profile image of Dr. Frauke Fischer, university professor and co-founder of PERÚ PURO
    Frauke Fischer
    University of Würzburg / PERÚ PURO

    Frauke Fischer

    Dr. Frauke Fischer heads the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the university of Würzburg. In 2015, she co-founded PERÚ PURO to provide smallholder farmers in Peru with fair market access for their high-quality, organic Chuncho cacao.

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  • Profile image of Greg Ameyugo, Head of the AI and Interactive Systems Division at CEA, the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission in France
    Greg Ameyugo
    CEA

    Greg Ameyugo

    Greg Ameyugo is Head of AI and Interactive Systems at CEA, the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission in France. In 2023, his team set a new benchmark for human-robot task automation in the international Robothon challenge, focused on circular economy applications.

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  • Profile image of Gudrun Messias, Director Sustainability Direction at sportswear brand adidas
    Gudrun Messias
    adidas

    Gudrun Messias

    As Director Sustainability Direction at sportswear maker adidas, Gudrun Messias is responsible for creating the company’s long- term sustainability strategy and for guiding key topics like climate change, biodiversity and circularity throughout the organization.

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  • Profile image of Hannes Schoenegger, CEO of QWSTION
    Hannes Schoenegger
    QWSTION/Bananatex

    Hannes Schoenegger

    Hannes Schoenegger is co-founder and CEO of QWSTION and its award-winning Bananatex brand. QWSTION has been manufacturing bags from plants since 2008, combining functionality and timeless design with the smallest ecological and biggest social footprint possible.

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  • Portrait image of Hermann Hauser, Co-founder and Venture Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners
    Hermann Hauser
    Amadeus Capital Partners

    Hermann Hauser

    Hermann co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, he has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors.

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Videos

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Where Is Wall-E? How Robotics and AI Can Change the Face of Recycling

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Rewiring Industry for a New Era

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Literature for a Changing Planet

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Integrating Circularity with Regenerative Business and Its Human Dimenson

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A New Challenge: Circular Biomanufacturing

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Shifting towards Circularity with New Materials

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The Impact of LLMs on the Circular Economy and Beyond

Circular Briefing

Would you like to explore this topic further? You’ll find select articles and DLD Circular 2021 talks below. For more, please take a look at our previous sustainability and circular economy coverage.

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Circularity: “The Biggest Obstacle Is Managing Radical Change”

Joe Iles, Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, explains how the circular economy can gain traction – in business and our personal lives.
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Image of a disassembled smartphone with all its pieces lying next to each other – ready for recycling

How AI and Robots Help with E-Waste Recycling

Technology is coming to solve a problem it has created itself: AI expert Greg Ameyugo explains how robots can automate many steps of a tricky process.
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Sustainable fashion: pullover on a coat hanger with Fashion for Good label

Rethinking Fashion: “We Need to Make Sustainability the Norm”

Dressing up is fun, but garment production often harms the planet. Fashion expert Katrin Ley explains what you can do to stay stylish and help reshape the apparel industry –…
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DLD Circular 23: Speakers & Topics

Find out who will be on stage, and what to expect, at our second circular economy conference on September 6 in Munich.
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Portrait of Harvad university professor Martin Puchner, author of the book “Literature for a Changing Planet”

“We Need Stories that Show Human Capacity for Action”

Harvard professor Martin Puchner describes how ancient links between literature and environmentalism offer insights for a better future.
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Photo illustrating sustainability, shows a beach and a wooden sign, shaped like a foot, that says, “Only leave your footprints”

Sustainability: “Recycling Should Only Be a Last Resort”

Circular economy expert Ramona Liberoff explains how companies and consumers can make the biggest impact in reducing their environmental footprint.
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circular economy, sustainability, society, consumption, business

Why the Circular Economy Is the Future

Wasting resources is expensive and unsustainable. The circular economy promises progress by preserving natural resources and offers many new business opportunities…
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McKinsey, carbon neutrality, net zero, Europe, analysis, talk, video, presentation

How to Reach Climate Neutrality in Europe

In their DLD Circular presentation, McKinsey analysts Solveigh Hieronimus and Stefan Helmcke analyze in detail how Europe can reach its stated goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. There are…
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Ilka Horstmeier, BMW, Anne Kawalerski, Bloomberg Media, DLD Circular, sustainability, brands, leadership, management, talk, video

Leading a Circular Transformation

Increasingly, customers and investors expect companies to act in socially responsible ways and shift to sustainable business models. BMW Group board member Ilka Horstmeier and Bloomberg Media’s Anne Kawalerski discuss…
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Es Devlin, Hans Zimmer, circularity, circular economy, sustainability, art, artists, creativity, DLD Circular, Obrist, video, talk

An Artistic View of Circularity

World-famous artists Es Devlin and Hans Zimmer come together in this DLD session to share their perspectives on sustainability and a circular economy with moderator Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries).…
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Gabriela Hearst, sustainability, fashion, circular economy, DLD Circular, Hans Ulrich Obrist, video

Making Fashion Sustainable And Circular

Growing up on a farm in Uruguay, fashion designer Gabriela Hearst learned to value nature’s resources and make the most of them. “A farm, overall, is the highest example of…
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Francis Kere, Francis Kéré, architecture, innovation, sustainability, DLD Circular, video, talk, presentation

Architecture for the Future

Renowned architect Francis Kéré is known for his daring, innovative designs and for pioneering sustainable modes of construction. In this engaging DLD Circular presentation, Kéré combines personal observations with the…
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food waste, electronic waste, discussion, startups, Oddbox, SPRK, Refurbed, DLD Circular

Tech-Enabled Circular Marketplaces

There are many new ways to prevent food waste and electronic waste, as this DLD Circular session shows. Moderated by Fritz Oidtmann (Acton Capital), three entrepreneurs from the U.K. and…
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Chris Grantham, IDEO, Jens Thiemer, BMW, circular economy, automobile industry, sustainability, DLD, talk

The Circular Mindset

What business strategies does a circular economy require? How does “sustainability first” differ from the current way of doing business? Where’s the urgency in making this shift – and what…
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Kate Raworth, economist, Hans Ulrich Obrist, DLD Sync

Doughnut Economics: Turning a Radical Idea Into Action

What does it take to create economies in service of making both people and our planet thrive? That’s the starting point of Doughnut Economics, a concept that began on the…
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Amerikahaus Munich
Karolinenplatz 3
80333 Munich
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