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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

  • Ian Goldin, Oxford, DLD Speaker
    Ian Goldin
    University of Oxford

    Ian Goldin

    Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and was the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading center for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges. Ian is the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change and the Future of Work.

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  • Profile image of BMW board member Ilka Horstmeier
    Ilka Horstmeier
    BMW Group

    Ilka Horstmeier

    Ilka Horstmeier is a Member of the Board of Management of BMW Group, responsible for Human Resources, and the company’s Labor Relations Director. She actively shapes the transformation and stands for social responsibility due to her firm conviction that “the employees guarantee the success of the BMW Group”.

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  • Jan-Gisbert Schultze, Managing Partner, Acton Capital Partners
    Jan-Gisbert Schultze
    Acton Capital

    Jan-Gisbert Schultze

    Jan-Gisbert Schultze is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Acton Capital. He leads a team that has been successfully investing in digital businesses across Europe and North America for more than 20 years.

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  • Profile image of Jano Costard, Head of the Challenge program at Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, SPRIND
    Jano Costard
    Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND

    Jano Costard

    As head of the Challenge program at Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation Jano Costard creates international innovation competitions to identify and fund breakthrough technologies. Previously he consulted the German government in questions of science and innovation policies.

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  • Portrait image of Jaqueline Illy, co-founder of Italian natural cosmetics brands Amarey
    Jaqueline Illy
    Amarey

    Jaqueline Illy

    Jaqueline Illy is a science communicator and co-founder of Amarey – a bioscience company that extracts active ingredients from coffee to produce the world’s first functional skincare made from regenerated coffee extracts.

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  • Jennifer Schenker, The Information
    Jennifer Schenker
    The Innovator

    Jennifer Schenker

    Jennifer L. Schenker has been covering the technology sector from Europe since 1985. She worked in various positions for the Wall Street Journal, TIME, and BusinessWeek. In 2016, she launched The Innovator, a website and subscription newsletter about digital transformation and sustainability that is read by the people responsible for innovation at some of the world’s largest companies. 

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  • Profile image of Jessie Storey, Director Design, EMEA, at Steelcase
    Jessie Storey
    Steelcase

    Jessie Storey

    Jessie Storey leads the EMEA design team of Steelcase, a global leader in office solutions. She is particularly interested in exploring the future of work and integrating more impactful circular economy principles earlier into design and product development processes.

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  • Profile image of Joe Iles, Circular Design Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
    Joe Iles
    Ellen MacArthur Foundation

    Joe Iles

    Joe Iles is Circular Design Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. His role is to inspire and empower the world’s designers to create products, services, and systems for the circular economy. He is frequently involved in the Foundation’s events, including the Circular Economy Show and Summit.

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Articles

Hand holding a lens ball, upside down, symbolizing economic change towards sustainability and a circular economy

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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Location

Map of Amerikahaus, Munich, DLD event location

Amerikahaus Munich
Karolinenplatz 3
80333 Munich
Germany

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