Welcome to our webinar "Boosting Circular Economy" on the 30th of September to hear about the latest results of circular economy research projects and the advancements in strategic research. The event will open to an international audience of experts in the circular economy. The program of the day includes the promotion of the circular economy and new winds of research supporting it from Finland and the rest of the world. During the day we have presentations for example from Greece, Denmark and Australia. This event is part of a two-day webinar organized by the Circwaste project and is also a side event of World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF 2021). The event is open to everyone and free of charge and is implemented through the Teams app. Times refer to local time in Finland (EEST/UTC +03:00). Welcome to boost and share your experiences! Programme
Boosting Circular Economy – Circular economy advancements from Finland and around the World 30th September 2021
Session 1: Where is Finland in Circular Economy?Chair in the morning: Petrus Kautto, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) 10:00 EEST/UTC +03:00 Opening of the event Jyri Seppälä
Finnish Environment Institute
10:20 Circular economy of Finland Sari Tasa
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 10:40 Circular economy as a global winning strategy Malena Sell
The Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra 11:00 Main results from the Circwaste project Kati Pitkänen, Hanna Salmenperä, Tiina Karppinen and Jaakko Karvonen
Finnish Environment Institute Session 2: On the road again – The most inspiring circular examples from abroadChair in the afternoon: Sari Piippo & Tiina Karppinen, Finnish Environment Institute 12:30 Welcome words and brief introduction Sari Piippo
Finnish Environment Institute 12:35 The LIFE-IP Circular Economy Implementation in Greece project: Key actions towards a circular transformation Dimitris Homatidis
Green Fund, Greece 12:55 Circular challenges in Denmark – and examples of how we aim to address them Ditte Vesterager Christensen
The Capital Region of Denmark’s Department for Environment and Resources 13:15 An Australian perspective on circular economy: catching up with Europe or carving our own path to circular? Jodie Bricout
University of Adelaide and Lifecycles, Australia
13:35 Working together for better Barents - cooperation between Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia Helena Dahlbo and Tatiana Guseva
Finnish Environment Institute and Environmental Industrial Policy Centre (EIPC) Session 3: Modelling and Monitoring to Boost the Transition14:10 Modelling recycling and waste incineration in life cycle assessment Tomas Ekvall
Chalmers University of Technology 14:30 Impacts of circular economy transition – modeling results from TransCirc Hannu Savolainen
Finnish Environment Institute 14:50 Results from Cicat2025 Johanna Alakerttula
Tampere University 15:10 Measuring and circular economy in the Netherlands Aldert Hanemaaijer
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 15:30 Household Waste Measuring in Central Finland Tanja Oksa
City of Jyväskylä 16:00 End of day Full programme
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