Programme overview
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Tuesday, 3 June 2014
10:30 - 16:00
16:30 - 18:00
Green Week Opening session - Making the world go round: turning the linear model into a circle
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
09:30 - 11:00
1.1 Creating the framework conditions for a circular economy
1.3 Monitoring the state of natural capital for a truly circular economy
1.4 Changing behaviour; people's green choices
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
2.1 The entrepreneurial opportunities of the circular economy
2.2 Gearing up cities for the circular economy
2.3 Resource efficiency: how to get investors on board?
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
3.1 Circular economy: scaling up best practices worldwide
3.2 Designing products for a circular economy
3.3 Resource efficiency challenge in the building sector
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00
4.1 The International dimension: resource efficiency in the Sustainable Development Goals
4.2 Innovating for sustainable food systems: how can less bring more?
4.3 Building the knowledge base for a greener economy
4.4 Making plastic fit for the circular economy
Side sessions
09:30 - 11:00:
EMAS as a resource efficiency tool: EU Institutions' success stories, EMAS
11:30 - 13:00:
Green infrastructure as a solution: sharing success stories, IUCN & Deltares
14:30 - 16:00:
Developing a system of indicators for a resource-efficient Europe (DESIRE), Wuppertal Institute
16:30 - 18:00:
Eco-industrial parks, UNIDO
Side events
13:15 – 14:00
Launch of the European Green Capital Award 2017
19:00 – 20:30:
Award ceremony for the best LIFE Environment and Information Projects 2013
18:30 – 20:00:
Green and Circular: Resource Efficient Economies for Sustainability - a SIDS Perspective, UNEP
Thursday, 5 June 2014
09:30 - 11:00
5.1 Setting the course and measuring progress
5.2 Let's Clean Up Europe 2014 - lessons learned and preparing the future
5.3 Transport in a circular economy
5.4 What is the business case? Circular economy and the European Semester
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
6.1 New business models for sustainable lifestyles
6.2 Reduce water! From waste water to "New Water"
6.3 Business and resource efficiency
6.4 Building a funding strategy for circular economy projects
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
7.1 Carbon dioxide – today's waste, tomorrow's raw material?
7.2 Using recycled materials – closing the loop
7.3 Circular economy: a systemic eco-innovation approach
7.4 Decoupling in practice: technologies and policies for improved resource productivity
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00
8.2 Extended Producer Responsibility in Europe: shortcuts to circular economy
8.3 Making the circular economy happen - the role of communication
8.4 Closing the phosphorus cycle
Side sessions:
09:30 - 11:00:
100% sustainably sourced – how to make it happen? WWF, ACE & Unilever
11:30 - 13:00:
Multi-actor engagement for the environment: where science, policy and society meet, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
14:30 - 16:00:
Circular economy – improving the management of natural resources, WRF
16:30 - 18:00:
4 Motors for Europe boosting the circular economy, Regione Lombardia & 4 Motors for Europe
18.15 – 19.30
Closing session - Where do we go from here? New visions for tomorrow's economy
