Circular Valley® Forum

• Welcome/Introduction, Overview of Main Emission Streams, Global Gap Report
• Challenges from a business perspective
• Current scientific/technological developments
• Regulatory developments

Forum I: Science/Technology

• Most relevant new scientific frameworks
• Development towards perfect cycles – advances in different material categories
• Technologies to remedy the environmental damage already caused by open cycles

Forum II: Regulatory developments

• Implementation of the European Union Circular Economy Action Plan
• (Financial) impact on a variety of industries, taxonomy: access to finance
• International perspective – comparable action plans in non-European countries

+ All day Circular Valley® Club for Founders, Sponsors and Circular Valley® members

Forum III: Customer acceptance and communication of circular economy

• Customer willingness-to-pay for circular business models
• Leaders in communication
• Communication of the circular economy idea

Forum IV: Potentials for companies and cities

• Circularity and local/regional business models
• Role of local funding
• New business models of the circular economy and cross-value chain collaboration

Opportunities of the circular economy nationally and internationally

• Greeting
• Circular Economy Icons
• Business Best Practices
• Panel of Circular Valley® Founders and Sponsors
• Circular Economy Trailblazers
• Arts and Circular Economy
• Cross Country Collaboration

in a relaxed atmosphere in the different halls of the Historical Town Hall, informal networking