Program of the
Circular Economy
Hotspot 2022
Peter Woodward,
Conference facilitator
14:00-
16:30
Visit to the last German hard coal mine | Walk across the Prosper-Haniel site and to the slagheap | Panoramic view over the Ruhr area
Prosper-Haniel, Fernewaldstraße, 46242 Bottrop
18:30
Opening | Welcome reception of the Lord Mayor of Bottrop at the town hall
Ernst-Wilczok-Platz 1, 46326 Bottrop
9:00
Industry tours | Visit frontrunners in the region and learn about innovative business cases and products
- World Heritage
- Transform to Zero
- Upcycling waste materials
- Heating applications
- SME transformation
- Textiles
- Consumer goods
- Research & industry
- Industrial ecosystem
- Urban Development
- Recycling
- Discovering Metropolis Ruhr (for start-ups)
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18:00
Networking Night at Prosper-Haniels site | Announcement of the Hosts 2024
Prosper-Haniel, Fernewaldstraße 46242 Bottrop
Conference and Exhibition Day
Prosper-Haniel, Fernewaldstraße, 46242 Bottrop
Main Stage – Three panel discussions and final session on the hot topics of circular economy: Climate change, front-runners and drivers for change
Learning Labs – Interactive workshops on specific themes organised by our partners
Exhibition Area – with pitches by industry and multipliers, exhibition continuously accessible
9:00
Arrival | Welcome | Input
Welcome by Mona Neubaur, Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westfalia (tbc)
Panel Discussion I: Reality Check – Driving Transformation in Challenging Times
Are the emerging policies heading in the right direction? Are we on track or are we fooling ourselves? Progress reality check? What more do we need to do?
11:30
Panel Discussion II: Learning from the Front Runners: Industry, Sectors, Cities, Regions
Highlight of good examples where breakthroughs have been made. These examples are coming from businesses, sectors, policies, regions or cities. The main questions are: What are the keys to success? What can we learn collectively?
Learning Labs 1-7 | interactive workshops on construction industry, digitalization and circular cities
- Transformation towards circular economy: perspectives and potentials for a circular business
- World Café Create Your Big Picture – Circular Economy
- Circular Economy in the construction industry – thinking about deconstruction even before building
- Self-check the Circular Readiness Level® of products and product systems
How mature is your product for the Circular Economy? - Jobs & Skills in the Circular Economy Transition
- Digitalization as an accelerator of the circular economy
- Circular SMEs across Europe – playful exploration of circularity in the value chain
13:00
Lunch Break
14:00
Panel Discussion III: Exploring Enabling Drivers for a Circular Economy Transformation
What are the insights of key enablers of a timely transformation towards circular economy? The transformation environment include aspects such as financing, consumer behaviour, policy regulations and standards (product passes).
Learning Labs 8-14 | interactive workshops on circular design, circular business models, e-waste or secondary raw materials
8. Support for Crossborder Projects for a European Circular Economy
9. How can the recycling of small electric devices look like in the future?
10. Circular Economy Card Deck for Business Model Workshops (CE-CA-WO)
11. Circular Cities
12. Added value through circular design
13. Flagship project in circular economy in NRW (EUREF-Campus) NRW as sustainable business location
14. Closing the Gap – Production of secondary raw materials
16:00
Final Plenary: Driving Forward the ‘CE Hotspot Magic’
Handover to the next Circular Economy Hotspot hosts: Dublin, Ireland; Lagos, Nigeria; Santiago de Chile, Chile
17:00
Networking | Closing
Chemical Recycling: NRW-Dutch cross-border opportunities & Matchmaking | With
special attention to business collaboration and matchmaking between all relevant
German (NRW) and Dutch stakeholders in the chemical recycling value chain
Prosper-Haniel, Fernewaldstraße 46242 Bottrop
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