Program WRF 2017
Tentative Program
Version July 2017
Tuesday, October 24
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Opening
Valentin Zellweger (Permanent representative of Switzerland to the United Nations)
Xaver Edelmann (President, WRF)
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Introducing the WRF 2017
Bas de Leeuw (Managing Director, WRF)
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Resource Revolution – Shaping the Future
Cornis van der Lugt (Senior Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University)
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Value of Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue – Businesses & Societies
Giulia Carbone (Deputy Director Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, IUCN)
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Special Keynote
Jørgen Randers (Professor Emeritus, Climate strategy, BI Norwegian Business School)
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Networking time!
| WS 1 | The e-waste Challenge by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations University – UNU (for Step Initiative) and World Resources Forum – WRF (for Sustainable Recycling Industries, SRI) |
| WS 2 | Sustainable Sourcing of Construction Materials by Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) |
| WS 3 | Risk&Race: The game of Entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy by VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) |
| WS 4 | Strategic Raw Materials and Sustainable Development by ESM Foundation, EIT Raw Materials and UNECE |
Networking time!
| Marc Chardonnens (Director, FOEN) |
| Bernard Mathieu (Head Sustainable Development, LafargeHolcim) |
| Erik Solheim (Executive Director, UN Environment, tbc) |
| Elsa Galarza (Minister of Environment of Peru, tbc) |
| John Atherton (Director – Health, Safety and Product Stewardship, ICMM) |
| Victoire de Margerie (Vice President, World Materials Forum) |
| Chair: Anders Wijkman (Co-president, Club of Rome) |
Networking time!
| WS 1 | The e-waste Challenge by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations University – UNU (for Step Initiative) and World Resources Forum – WRF (for Sustainable Recycling Industries, SRI) |
| WS 4 | Strategic Raw Materials and Sustainable Development by ESM Foundation, EIT Raw Materials and UNECE |
| WS 5 | ICT and sustainability: In Need of a Disruptive Research Agenda by Innaxis Research Institute and Texelia AG |
| WS 6 | Modelling the Transition Toward a Low Carbon Emissions Energy System: the MEDEAS EU Project by Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
| WS 7 | Green Product Certification in India by UNIDO and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) |
| Meeting by invitation only | President’s Meeting of Resource Organisations |
Networking time!
Networking time!
Wednesday, October 25
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| Mathis Wackernagel (President, Global Footprint Network) |
| Janez Potočnik (Co-Chair, UN Environment IRP, former EC) |
| Solitaire Townsend (Founder, Futerra) |
| Harry Lehmann (Head of Division I, German Environment Agency) |
Networking time!
| WS 8 | International Cooperation on Raw Materials by European Union Horizon 2020 Program by WRF and European Geological Surveys (EGS) |
| WS 9 | Rural Urban Nexus: Governance for Sustainable Land Use through City Region Food Strategies by German Federal Environment Agency and Ecologic Institute |
| WS 10 | ODS Banks Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Collection, Recycling and Destruction of ODS and e-waste Containing ODS by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| WS 11 | Creating Credible Metrics for the Impacts of Circular Business Models by World Resources Institute |
Networking time!
| WS 12 | Market Systems Development & Environmental Management in Developing Countries: Swisscontact’s Experiences in Sustainable Waste Management, Energy-Efficient Brick Production and other Areas of Environmental Management by Swisscontact |
| WS 13 | Resource Efficient Production of Rare-Earth Magnets – the EU Project REProMag by OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgärtner GmbH & Co. KG and Steinbeis 2i GmbH on behalf of all REProMag consortium partners |
| WS 14 | Power Watch – Open Power Plant Platform to Drive Transparency in the Global Power Sector by World Resources Institute |
| WS 15 | Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) – Potential for resource efficiency in construction sector by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Development Alternatives Group |
| WS 16 | How to Transition from Linear to Circular by the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), The Carbon Trust and Business Models Inc. – Consortium partners of the EU Horizon 2020 Project – R2Pi |
Networking time!
| Sonia Valdivia (Program Manager, WRF) and Christian Ludwig (Group Head, Paul Scherrer Institute and EPFL) |
| Chair: Mathias Schluep (Program Director, WRF) |
Thursday, October 26
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World Forum on Raw Materials (FORAM)
Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI): Recycling Initiatives and Guidance Principles for Sustainable Recycling