Session 1:
Materials & Nutrients for
the Circular Economy
MODERATOR
KEN ALSTON
Founding Partner
Circularity Edge LLC & CEP-Americas member
United States
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Ken is exceptionally skilled at presenting the business, social and environmental benefits of a Sustainable Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle® design. 35+ years of experience in the international private sector on topics of sustainable development. Ken leads the innovation division of the Circular Economy Platform Americas. Ken is a outstanding
teacher on the principles of Circularity and sustainable business practices.
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Howie Fendley
Founder & CEO
Fendley Sustainability Solutions
United States
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Mark Dorfman
Head Biomimicry Chemist
Biomimicry 3.8
United States
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Ken Webster
Head of Innovation
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
United Kingdom
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Session 2:
How to apply Circular Economy to Air, Water, Food & Land-Management
MODERATOR
CARLO MONSANTO
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Co-Founder
IOLEE Ecosystem
Curacao
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Carlo is an original thinker, international director of IOLEE ECOSYSTEM (NY), and a scholar at the Ronin Institute (NJ). He helps communities deliver IOLEE-based educational programs for wellbeing. This process reframes the minds of stakeholders towards sustainability thinking, which is an important aspect of the circular economy.
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Irina Reyes
Co-Founder
Reversible & CEP-Americas member
Chile
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Ricardo Andrés Cardona
Director
SURA - Centro Nacional de Salvamientos
Colombia
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Carlos Mario Bernal Jaramillo
Vice President of Planning and Development
Chamber of Commerce Medellín-Antioquia
Colombia
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Session 3:
Circular Economy for the Development of Cities and Regions
MODERATOR
JORGE LOPEZ JARAMILLO
Professional Development Advisor
Enlace Professional
Colombia
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Ken has worked with the Ellen MacArtur Foundation since its formation in 2010. The Foundation’s aim is to accelerate the transition from a linear ‘take-make-dispose’ economy to a circular economy. He is the author of the book The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows (2nd Edition 2017)
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Slendy Diaz
General Manager
Conescombros
Colombia
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Alexandre Gobbo Fernandes
Associate Director
GeoCidades & CEP-Americas member
Brasil
Santiago Murillo
Lead, Internationalization Strategy of AMVA
Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Aburrán
Colombia​
Session 4:
Energy, Mobility and SMEs in a future Circular Economy
MODERATOR
MAURICIO ZENTENO
Co-founder
Camel Hub
Mexico
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Mauricio is a skilled business developer with an eye for creating exceptional strategies when creating business opportunities through innovation with focus on constructing triple impact for SME's that want to transition towards circularity. With 16+ years of experience implementing high-impact project all over the world. The past 5 years of Mauricio has been passionate about circular innovation, catalyzing and creating awareness through his work.​
Federico Restrepo
Co-Founder
Impact Hub Medellin
Colombia
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Catalina Zuluaga
General Manager
VRICA
Colombia
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Alex Saer
Director of Sectoral & Urban Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable
Development of Colombia
Colombia
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Gloria Restrepo
Team Leader Circular Economy
CNPML
Colombia
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Session 5:
Financing Circular Innovation and Research & Development
MODERATOR
KEN ALSTON
Founding Partner
Circularity Edge LLC & CEP-Americas member
United States
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Ken is exceptionally skilled at presenting the business, social and environmental benefits of a Sustainable Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle® design. 35+ years of experience in the international private sector on topics of sustainable development. Ken leads the innovation division of the Circular Economy Platform Americas. Ken is a outstanding
teacher on the principles of Circularity and sustainable business practices.
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Nicolas Guarin
Digital Business Analyst
Independent
Colombia
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Octavio Torres
Director
Valopes & CEP-Americas member
Colombia
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Claudia Lorena García
Program Manager
Americas Sustainable Development Foundation
Colombia
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Session 6:
Circular Education, Social & Economic inclusion
MODERATOR
LUISA LEMA VELEZ
Senior Advisor
Environment & Sustainable Development
Colombia
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Luisa Fernanda has worked with environmental policy and international cooperation for more than 15 years. Her career has been carried out by institutions such as the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Foundation, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others.
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Kevin de Cuba
Co-Founder & Chairman
Circular Economy Platform Americas
Aruba
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Armando R. Lampe
Minister - Ministry of Education, Science and Sustainable Development
Government of Aruba
Aruba
Nicola Cerantola
Founder & Director
Ecologing
Italy
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