Mazovia Circular Congress 2023

International Mazovia Circular Congress. One of the biggest and most prestigious conference in Poland regarding circular economy topic. Conference will be accompanying with circular solution  exhibition.

Time: 8:30 - 17:30

Registration & details: Link

Venue: Narbutta 50a street, Cinema Iluzjon (Google maps), the closest metro station - Metro Pole Mokotowskie

International Mazovia Circular Congress. One of the biggest and most prestigious conference in Poland regarding circular economy topic. Conference will be accompanying with circular solution  exhibition.

8:30 - 9:00 | Registration & welcome coffee

9:00 – 10:30 | Opening session – pan-European dialogue for resource resilient Europe

Welcome speech - Adam Struzik, Marshal Office (online) 

9.15 - 9.30  | Introductory speech:

Patrick Child, DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and innovation (DG R&I) [online]

9.30 - 10.30   | Panel Discussion

Moderation: Agnieszka Sznyk INNOWO,

Panellists:

1. Ladeja Godina Košir, MSc - Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change, Co-Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP)
2. Antony Buchan - Head of Local Authority Support, ReLondon
3. Cathrine Barth - Co-founder of Nordic Circular Hotspot, the Head of Circular Economy at Natural State
4. Michael Kuhndt - Founder and Executive Director of the CSCP
5. Pavel Zedníček  - CEO of Institute of circular economy (INCIEN)
6. Marlena Tryka - Ministry of Economic Development representative (tbc)
7. Hanna Gill-Piątek - member of Polish Parliament (tbc)

10:30  - 11:00  | Session 2. “Circular cities” / "Regional Resilience: Strategies for Shortening Supply Chains in the EU" / "Local Sourcing Solutions: Examining EU Region Initiatives"

Moderator: Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewcz PhD - Associate Professor at SGH Warsaw School of Economics

1. Bart Volkers - Program Manager at Circular Friesland and Operational Manager at Circular Groningen
2. Malen Otero - Circular Economy Expert at ICLEI Europe
3. Reinhold Rünker - Permanent Deputy of Department Economic Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, climate action and Energy North-Rhine-Westphalia

11:00 – 11:15 |  Coffee break

11:15 -12:00  |  Session 3. Key note speeches

• Ioannis Bakas - Circular Economy Monitoring expert at the European Environment Agency
• Maciej Bukowski - International analysis expert in the 3W department, Polish Development Bank (BGK) Keynote speech: 3W economy: a pathway to sustainability.
• Tamara Bińczak, Bank ING Keynote speech: Financing circular economy projects from the perspective of a private institution.

12:00 – 13:15  |  Session 4. Ambitions of business in circular economy transformation - how entrepreneurs can contribute in circular economy future

Introductory presentation: Maria Clara Jimenez A. - Director at the Makers Unite Foundation

Moderation: Piotr Hajdecki, Senior advisor at Business Finland, Board Member at the Finnish section of the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce (SPCC).

1. Reinier Schlatmann, Regional Managing Director for DS Smith in East Europe
2. Agata Czachórska, Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA Group
3. Anna Kozera-Szałkowska, Managing Director at PlasticsEurope Polska
4. Paulina Zadura, Director of the Analysis and Strategy Department at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
5. Szymon Sławiński,  Sustainability Project Leader, Albea Group
6. Dorian Maciborski, Manager, Sustainability & Economics, Deloitte Central Europe
7. Beata Osiecka, Director of Finance and Administration at Kinnarps Polska

13.15 – 14:00   |  LUNCH

14:00 – 15.15  |  Session 5. Vital tools for integrated approach to combat climate change and circular economy transformation – Green Deal, Deposit Scheme system, Extended producer responsibility, Green procurement, Green funds

Introductory speech: Emmanuelle Maire Directorate General for Environment (DG ENV).

Legislation in the European Commission on the Green Deal

Moderation: Hubert Bukowski, Research Director at the Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development Panelists:

1. Anna Sapota PhD. - Vice President of Public Affairs for Eastern Europe North at TOMRA
2. Michał Mikołajczyk, Rekopol (tbc)
3. Andrzej Gantner, Vice-presidebasilnt of the board, general director of the Polish Federation of Food Industry Union of Employers (PFPŻ ZP).
4. Martin Basila, the CEO and Co-Founder of Sensoneo
5. Bartosz Silczak - ESG Risk Analysis Team Manager, Polish Development Bank (BGK)
6. Norwegian Funds

15.15 -  16.00   |  Session 6. Role of nature in circular economy

Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi, and plants), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural or artificial settings.

1. Key note speech by Tomasz Calikowski, PhD - European Commission, Policy Officer at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
2. Key note speech by  Prof. Philippe Corvini, Professor of Environmental Biotechnology and Head of the Institute for Ecopreneurship, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland,
3. Key note speech: Join the future of food today - insect-based protein  by Maurice Brenninkmeijer, Growth Manager at Protix

16.00 – 16.45 | Session 7. Power speech on systemic view ahead

Introductory speech:  Janez Potocnik - Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, Partner at SYSTEMIQ, former European Commissioner for Environment

Discussion

Moderation: dr hab. Bolesław Rok, professor of the university - Director of the Positive Impact Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Department of Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Business, Kozminski University.

Panelists:

• Janez Potocnik - Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, Partner at SYSTEMIQ, former European Commissioner for Environment
• dr hab. Joanna Kulczycka, professor  of the university - Polish Academy of Sciences, member of International Resource Panel

16.45  – 17.30   |  Session 8. Digitalization for circular economy

Introduction and moderation - Ewelina Szczech-Pietkiewcz PhD, DSc - Associate Professor at SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Panellists:

• Siren Knudsen - Head of Digital Transformation, Technology and ESG in PURO Hotels
• Piotr Mieczkowski - Managing Director at the Digital Poland Foundation, Board Member at European AI Forum AIBSL
• Bartłomiej Nieścierowicz - Senior Vice President, Business Unit Leader Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at CGI.
• Christophe Lintz - Director IT, CIO Senior Advisor at European Patent Office.
• Agata Witkowska - Digitalization specialist, GS1 Poland