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2017 Global Dialogue on Waste // 5th to 8th September: Improving wellbeing by bringing the best minds together to explore solutions to and through waste!

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

2017 Global Dialogue on Waste .. 5th to 8th September: Improving wellbeing by bringing the best minds together to explore solutions to and through waste! REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE 5th September: Beyond a Circular Economy 6th September: Practicing Waste Management | Part 1 7th September: Collective Action 8th September: Practicing Waste Management | Part 2 Welcome to the 2017 Global Dialogue on Waste On this page, you will find links to separate registrations for each day, and information about our speakers and themes. To share your solutions and thoughts, use the #WasteDialog and mention @beWasteWise on Twitter Join the global dialogue on waste on our New LinkedIn Group. Join our Facebook community. To stay updated, subscribe to our monthly newsletter. THEMES & SCHEDULE THEMES & SCHEDULE All times are in GMT/UTC Separate registration for each day Beyond a Circular Economy 5TH SEPTEMBER, 12 NOON TO 3 PM For the Circular Economy movement to become a new economic paradigm, it requires a more robust vision. Focus on just the circular/spiral flows of resources is not enough. This theme and its speakers will explore a new robust vision for a circular economy, which is inclusive and equips it with the tools to address some of the most pressing problems of our times. 12.00 to 12.45 GMT/UTC | Interview based on the book “Somebody Else’s Problem: Consumerism, Sustainability and Design” | Robert Crocker, Author, and Deputy Director of the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development. 12.45 to 13.30 GMT/UTC | Interview on Extended Producer Responsibility and Price on Pollution | Dominic Hogg, Founder & Chairman of Eunomia Research & Consulting. 14.15 to 15.00 GMT/UTC | Interview on an Inclusive Circular Economy | Alexandre Lemille, Founder of Wizeimpact REGISTER Practicing Waste Management | Part 1 6TH SEPTEMBER, 12 NOON TO 3 PM Around the globe, hundreds of thousands of waste managers are improving wellbeing every day by reducing poverty, improving public health and sanitation, and protecting our environment and infrastructure. This theme celebrates them by presenting unheard solutions, stories and ideas that have the potential to change the way we manage our wastes and resources. 12.00 to 12.45 GMT/UTC | Interview on Foreign Aid and Closing Dumpsites | Brian McCarthy, Independent Waste and Resource Management Consultant. 13.30 to 14.15 GMT/UTC Experiences from Managing Waste in Some of the Remotest Places on Our Planet | Michael Cowing, Independent Environmental Consultant. 14.15 to 15.00 GMT/UTC | A New Method to Solve the Most Difficult Part of Waste — Organics — by breeding Black Soldier Fly Larvae | Christian Zurbrugg, Solid Waste Management Group Leader at Eawag; Simon Houghton, Head of Licensing and Partnerships at AgriProtein Technologies. REGISTER Collective Action 7TH SEPTEMBER, 12 NOON TO 3 PM Collective action means a lot of people — irrespective of their location, profession, age or class — working together, doing different things at different levels to achieve shared interests and a common goal. Collective action helps us achieve things that would not be possible for any one of us. This theme explores how to accelerate collective action to solve a tricky, complex, and an enormous global problem like waste. 12.00 to 12.45 GMT/UTC | Interview on engaging diverse voices from populations which will be affected most by climate change and unsustainable practices | Olivia Lapierre, Ambassador at Be Zero. 12.45 to 13.05 GMT/UTC | Interview on why and how the next generation of leaders are responding to the challenge of waste | Olivia & Carter Ries, Founders of One More Generation. 13.05 to 14.15 GMT/UTC | Experiences from running ambassador programs to drive collective action through citizen engagement in waste management | Madisen Gittlin, Program Assistant at Global Green. 13.30 to 14.15 GMT/UTC | How to training for universities and students to reduce their campuses’ use of plastics | Chris Kane, Campus Coordinator at Post-Landfill Action Network. 14.30 to 15.00 GMT/UTC | Experiences from sailing across the Pacific on a boat made of waste plastic based on the book “Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution” | Marcus Eriksen, Author, and Co-Founder and Research Director of 5 Gyres Institute REGISTER Practicing Waste Management | Part 2 8TH SEPTEMBER, 12 NOON TO 3 PM Around the globe, hundreds of thousands of waste managers are improving wellbeing every day by reducing poverty, improving public health and sanitation, and protecting our environment and infrastructure. This theme celebrates them by presenting unheard solutions, stories and ideas that have the potential to change the way we manage our wastes and resources. 12.00 to 12.45 GMT/UTC | Experiences and lessons from entrepreneurs engaging and working with informal recyclers | Mani Vajipeyajula, Founder of Banyan Nation. 12.45 to 13.30 GMT/UTC | Interview on what you should know about regulations and compliance of your nearest waste handling facility | Kirstie Pecci, Environmental Attorney at Conservation Law Foundation. 13.30 to 14.15 GMT/UTC | Interview on trends in waste management and waste-to-energy worldwide | A. C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas, Senior Research Scientist at Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University. 14.15 to 15.00 GMT/UTC | Experiences of a waste management company on gaining trust and getting their license to operate from local communities | Kristel Moulaert, Director of ISVAG. REGISTER SPEAKERS