Programme
9:30-10:00
Registration and light refreshments
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10:00-10:20
Greetings-
Miki Malul, Dean Dean of the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
Ofer Ovadia- Head of the Research Committee at the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability & Climate Change, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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10:20-11:20
Opening session – The Circular Economy
“The circular economy as ecological sustainability strategy?”
Dominik Wiedenhofer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Presentation
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“Climate change implications of technology choice in plastics value-chain”
Sangwon Suh, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California Santa Barbara; Leiden University, Netherlands
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11:20-11:35
Break
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11:35-13:00
Session II – From theory to practice
“Critical materials, the energy transition, and what we should do about it”
Benjamin Sprecher, TU-Delft, Netherlands
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“An industry perspective on circular economy strategies”
Vered Blass, Porter School of the Environment and Earth, Tel-Aviv University
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“Circular economy in the Israeli context”
Tzruya Calvão Chebach, Mentes Visiveis
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13:00-14:30
Lunch
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14:30-15:30
Session III –Social and behavioral aspects of circularity
“From efficiency to sufficiency”
Lewis Akenji, Hot or Cool Institute
“Circular Economy rebound”
Tamar Makov, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, BGU
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15:30-16:00
Closing notes- Summary, discussion, comments, and future directions