Speakers
Circular City Week is an opportunity to meet and learn from circular pioneer, international front runners, local champions and innovative business professionals.
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Below overview is a guide to which event they will be speaking at.
More speakers will be publicized as the different event host are ready with their full lineup.
Pioneer Partners
ANNE VAN RIEL
Head of Sustainable Finance
ING Americas
Will be speaking at:
SHAWN TORBERT
U.S. Public Affairs Manager
ROCKWOOL
Will be speaking at:
Kate Daly
Executive Director
Center for the Circular Economy
Closed Loop Partners
NAOMI COOPER
Vice President
Cooper Recycling
TOM KENNEDY
Principal
Arup
Speakers
BURCIN UNEL
Energy Policy Director
Institute for Policy Integrity
Will be speaking at:
DANIELLE JOSEPH
Investment Officer
Closed Loop Partners
Will be speaking at:
DMITRIY YAKUBOV
Executive Director
J.P Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank
Will be speaking at:
FREYA BURTON
Chief Sustainability and People Officer
Lanzatech
Will be speaking at:
HARRIET TAUB
Executive Director
Materials for the Arts
Will be speaking at:
JOSHUA SPODEK
Professor
NYU School of Professional Studies
Will be speaking at:
KATE GOUIN
Chief of Staff
NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Will be speaking at:
LINDSAY CLINTON
Senior Vice President
NYC Economic Development Corporation
MARK CHAMBERS
NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Director
Will be speaking at:
MIRANDA SCHNITGER
Cities Project Lead
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
SCOTT TAITEL
Professor of Public Service, Director of Social Impact, Innovation & Investment
NYU Wagner School of Public Service
Will be speaking at:
AMANDA KAMINSKY
Founder + Principal
Building Product Ecosystems
ANDREA LIESKE
Zero Waste Coordinator
Earth Matter
Will be speaking at:
BRIDGET ANDERSON
Deputy Commissioner
Recycling and Sustainability
NYC Department of Sanitation
CLAUDIA LINKE-HEEP
Officer-in-Charge, Deputy Representative
UNIDO
Will be speaking at:
COLIN BARKER
Director of Newtecpoly & Chair of the Australian Industrial Ecology Network
Will be speaking at:
EVELYN J. KIM
Co-founder and Chief Policy Director
Rethink Food NYC
Will be speaking at:
JAKE ELDER
Member of Bloomberg Associates Sustainability Practice
Will be speaking at:
JESPER MINOR
Founder & CEO
Minor Change Group
MICHAEL SAMUELIAN
President & CEO
The Trust for Governors Island
Will be speaking at:
KATE KITCHENER
Chief of Staff
Bureau of Recycling + Sustainability
Department of Sanitation
Will be speaking at:
KLAAR DE SCHEPPER
Consultant, Utility Data Management
Flux Tailor
Will be speaking at:
MARISA DEDOMINICIS
Co-founder & Executive Director
Earth Matter
Will be speaking at:
NATASHA FRANCK
Founder
EON Group
SONIA PARK
Assistant Vice President, Creative and Applied Tech Industry Innovation Team
NYC Economic Development Corporation
Will be speaking at:
STEVEN HAFT
Head of Global Partnerships
CONSENSYS
Will be speaking at:
ANDREW GREENSPAN
VP of Operations, Corporate Sustainability
HSBC Bank USA
Will be speaking at:
BEN FLANNER
Co-Founder & Director of Agriculture
Brooklyn Grange
Will be speaking at:
BRUCE USHER
Faculty Director & Professor of Practice
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Columbia Business School
Will be speaking at:
CASSANDRA THIEL
Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Wagner School of Public Service, Tandon School of Engineering
Will be speaking at:
CHARLOTTE BREEN
Head, Green Economy & Innovation
C40
Will be speaking at:
DANIELA IANCULOVICI
Project Coordinator
Earth Matter
Will be speaking at:
DELANEY SONDAG
Sustainability Coordinator
Baldor Specialty Foods
Will be speaking at:
DITTE LYSGAARD VIND
Managing Partner
Lendager TCW
Will be speaking at:
FAITH LEGENDRE
Senior Circular Economy Strategist
Cisco Systems
Will be speaking at:
JED LYNCH
Director, U.S. Investment Banking
Head of Social Impact Investment
Barclays
Will be speaking at:
JOHN RHYNER
Vice President, Geothermal Services
P.W. Grosser Consulting
Will be speaking at:
KE WEI
Assistant Director for Infrastructure
NYC Mayor’s Office of Recovery & Resiliency
Will be speaking at:
MALLORY TAUB
Sustainability Specialist
Gensler
Will be speaking at:
RYAN HUGHES
Associate Sustainability Manager
Lendlease
Will be speaking at:
STEPHANIE KERSTEN-JOHNSTON
Adjunct Professor
Columbia University
Will be speaking at:
STEPHEN R. FREEDMAN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
NYU Wagner
Will be speaking at:
TINIA PINA
Founder/CEO
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TONE SØNDERGAARD
Strategy and Project Director
Danish Cleantech Hub