April 21-25, 2025 | Hilton Anatole Hotel | Dallas, TX
Circular Economy Conference
Tuesday, April 22 | 1:30-2:30pm
Sustainable Brands’ 10 Brand Heroes: Companies Leading Global Marketplace Change
KoAnn Skrzyniarz from Sustainable Brands will recognize ten brand heroes for using their buying power and other influence to drive changes across the global marketplace. Experts will discuss the principles, practices, and promise of what a more circular, sustainable economy could be as a living nature-based successor to yesterday’s linear throughput age.
Tuesday, April 22 | 2:30-3:30pm
Circularity in Practice: Leaders in Restoration, Reduction, Reuse, Repair, Resale, Recycling, and Innovation
This panel discussion will feature retail, brand, and sustainability executives seeking to transition from a linear, extractive, throwaway economy toward a living economy that is adaptive, creative, and resilient.
Tuesday, April 22 | 3:45-4:30pm
Nature as a Model and Mentor to Help the Planet Save Us
Learn how nature drives continuous innovation and the ways we are mimicking her billions of years of practice through biomimicry, regenerative practices, and entrepreneurship in agriculture, food, construction, community development, and more.
Tuesday, April 22 | 4:30-5:30pm
Innovation and the Future of Recycling Plastics
Plastic waste is one of the biggest threats to the health of our oceans and the species that rely on it. Can the combination of smart policy, nature-based technologies, and innovative source reduction generate 90% or more diversion? Panelists will share real world case studies that may help us discover nature’s diverse recycling and source reduction secrets.
Wednesday, April 23 | 9:00-10:00am
Proactivism for a Circular Economy: Reimagining Environmental Activism
Climate warfare can deepen our divides without delivering solutions. Engage with NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, and advocates across diverse constituencies and policy agendas who are pioneering proactivism – a positive, optimistic, solutions-based form of activism – to grow a circular economy.
Wednesday, April 23 | 10:00-11:00am
WomanPower: How the Rise of Female Leadership Shapes the Circular Economy
Hear from women business, political, and activist leaders harnessing the biggest transfer of financial, marketplace, and business power in history to drive circular practices, and close the loop on the throwaway economy.
Wednesday, April 23 | 11:00am-12:00pm
Circular Economy Circles
Join discussion tables with experts and attendees for networking, deeper discussion, and problem-solving around topics including: recreating cities, sustainable building and community development, food and regenerative agriculture, consumer and retail supply chain power, nature-based recycling, plastic waste reduction, women’s leadership, and more.
Use promo code LEADERSHIP10 for 20% off the ticket price.