Official Conference App
For this year’s Zero Waste Conference, we’re pleased to bring you an enhanced conference experience through Whova. This app allows you to view the event agenda, plan your schedule, connect with conference attendees and speakers, provide real-time feedback and receive updates from organizers.
Simply download the free app on your Apple or Android device, find the Zero Waste Conference, and sign up using the same email address you used to RSVP for the conference.
Social Media Guide
Want to share your Zero Waste Conference experience on Twitter? Please remember to use the event hashtag #ZWC219. Looking to highlight a conference participant in your social media posts? Here are Twitter handles for the organizations, speakers, and panelists participating this year’s event.
Event hashtag: #ZWC19 https://twitter.com/search?q=zwc19
Official live-tweeting account: @MetroVancouver https://www.twitter.com/MetroVancouver
Co-Presented by: @nzwcouncil https://www.twitter.com/nzwcouncil
DAY ONE – Wednesday, October 30
WELCOMING/OPENING REMARKS
- Malcolm Brodie Chair, National Zero Waste Council
@malcolmbrodie https://www.twitter.com/malcolmbrodie
@nzwcouncil https://www.twitter.com/nzwcouncil - Sav Dhaliwal, Chair, Metro Vancouver
@burnabysav https://twitter.com/burnabysav
@MetroVancouver https://www.twitter.com/MetroVancouver
OPENING KEYNOTE
- Skylar Tibbits, Founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Associate Professor of Design Research in the Department of Architecture
@SkylarTibbits https://twitter.com/skylartibbits
@SelfAssemblyLab https://twitter.com/selfassemblylab
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Spark Talk:
- Brendan Edgerton, Director, Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
@BVEdgerton https://twitter.com/bvedgerton
@WBCSD https://twitter.com/WBCSD
Panel:
- Arran Stephens, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Nature’s Path Foods Inc.
@naturespath https://twitter.com/naturespath - Robyn Collver, Senior Vice-President, Risk & Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Canadian Tire
@CanadianTire https://twitter.com/CanadianTire - Denise Coogan, Environmental Partnerships Manager, Subaru
@treehuggerdc https://twitter.com/treehuggerdc - Adam Corneil, Founder and CEO, Unbuilders
#Unbuilders - Moderator: Mike Gerbis, CEO, GLOBE Series & The Delphi Group
@mgerbis https://twitter.com/mgerbis
CANADIAN INNOVATION SHOWCASE
- Rebecca Beckham, Innovation Programs Coordinator, Think Beyond Plastic
@tbpinnovate https://twitter.com/tbpinnovate - Malcolm Brodie, Chair, National Zero Waste Council
@malcolmbrodie https://www.twitter.com/malcolmbrodie
@nzwcouncil https://www.twitter.com/nzwcouncil
ANNOUNCEMENT: Early Findings – Food Waste and Packaging
- National Zero Waste Council
@nzwcouncil https://www.twitter.com/nzwcouncil
Panel:
- Martin Gooch, CEO, Value Chain Management International
@valuechainsag https://twitter.com/valuechainsag - Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
@AAFC_Canada https://twitter.com/AAFC_Canada - Ron Lemaire, President, Canadian Produce Marketing Association
@cpma_ron https://twitter.com/cpma_ron
@cpma_acdfl https://twitter.com/cpma_acdfl - Moderator: James Downham, Vice-Chair, National Zero Waste Council and President & CEO, PAC Packaging Consortium
@PAC_Consortium https://twitter.com/pac_consortium
KEYNOTE
- Harald Friedl, CEO, Circle Economy
@friedlh https://twitter.com/friedlh
@Circleeconomy https://twitter.com/Circleeconomy - Moderator: Mike Wilson, Executive Director, Smart Prosperity Institute
@sp_inst https://twitter.com/sp_inst
CIRCULAR CITIES: Innovation From The Ground Up
European Stories:
- Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor, Helsinki
@annisinnemaki https://twitter.com/annisinnemaki - Nolwenn Foray, New Plastics Economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
@circulareconomy https://twitter.com/circulareconomy - Tamara Streefland, Circular Cities Program Lead, Metabolic
@MetabolicHQ https://twitter.com/MetabolicHQ
The Canadian Journey:
- Meaghan Davis, Acting Manager, Circular Economy and Innovation Unit, City of Toronto
@heymeag https://twitter.com/heymeag
@cityoftoronto https://twitter.com/cityoftoronto - Barbara Swartzentruber, Executive Director, Smart Cities, City of Guelph
@trubesb https://twitter.com/trubesb
@cityofguelph https://twitter.com/cityofguelph - Meaghan Kahnert, Senior Consultant, Energy & Sustainability, Arup Canada
@ArupAmericas https://twitter.com/ArupAmericas - Christina Seidel, Co-Chair, National Zero Waste Council Circular Economy Working Group, and Executive Director of the Recycling Council of Alberta
@3RsAB https://twitter.com/3RsAB - Moderator: Brock Carlton, CEO, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
@fcm_brock https://twitter.com/fcm_brock
KEYNOTE
- Valerie Craig, Deputy to the Chief Scientist and Vice President of Operating Programs, National Geographic Society
@NatGeo https://twitter.com/NatGeo - Moderator: Vanessa Timmer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, One Earth and Board Member, National Zero Waste Council
@VanessaTimmer https://twitter.com/vanessatimmer
CLOSING REMARKS
- Sav Dhaliwal, Chair, Metro Vancouver
@burnabysav https://twitter.com/burnabysav
@MetroVancouver https://www.twitter.com/MetroVancouver
DAY TWO – Thursday, October 31
WELCOMING/OPENING REMARKS
- Jack Froese, Chair, Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee
@mayorfroese https://twitter.com/mayorfroese
KEYNOTE/ARMCHAIR CONVERSATION
- Arthur Huang, Founder and CEO, Miniwiz
#MINIWIZ - Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO, TerraCycle and Loop
@tom__szaky https://twitter.com/tom__szaky
@TerraCycle https://twitter.com/TerraCycle
@loopstore_us https://twitter.com/loopstore_us - Moderator:Â Kathryn Gretsinger, Journalist and Professor
@kgretsinger https://twitter.com/kgretsinger
PLASTICS: A Global Challenge & Opportunity for Circularity at Scale
Rethinking the Future – A Global Commitment
- Nolwenn Foray, New Plastics Economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
@circulareconomy https://twitter.com/circulareconomy
A Pan-Canadian Approach
- Michael Goeres, Executive Director, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
#CanadianCouncilforMinistersofEnvironment
Responding Panel:
- Mitchell Toomey, Director of Sustainability, BASF Corporation
@mitchtoomey https://twitter.com/mitchtoomey
@basf https://twitter.com/basf - Jeremy Douglas, Vice President, Development, Ocean Wise
@jerdouglas https://twitter.com/jerdouglas
@oceanwise https://twitter.com/oceanwise - Usman Valiante, Senior Policy Analyst, Cardwell Grove Inc.
@UziValiante https://twitter.com/UziValiante - Maja Vodanovic, Co-Chair, National Zero Waste Council Plastics Advisory Panel and Mayor, City of Lachine
@majavodanovic https://twitter.com/majavodanovic - Pierre G. Lafleur, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal
@polymtl https://twitter.com/polymtl - Moderator: Velma McColl, Managing Principal, Earnscliffe
@velmamccoll https://twitter.com/velmamccoll
@earnscliffecda https://twitter.com/earnscliffecda
CIRCULAR CANADA: A Conversation with SITRA
- Kari Herlevi, Project Director, Circular Economy, The Finnish Innovation Fund, SITRA
@kherlevi https://twitter.com/kherlevi
@SitraFund https://twitter.com/SitraFund - Vanessa Timmer, Board Member, National Zero Waste Council and Co-Founder and Executive Director, One Earth
@VanessaTimmer https://twitter.com/vanessatimmer
CIRCULAR CANADA: Setting a Collective, Canadian Agenda for Action and Collaboration
Panel:
- Stephanie Cairns, Director of Cities and Communities & Policy Director of Circular Economy, Smart Prosperity Institute
@sp_inst https://twitter.com/sp_inst - Robyn Collver, Senior Vice-President, Risk & Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Canadian Tire
@CanadianTire https://twitter.com/CanadianTire - John Coyne, VP, External Affairs & Sustainability, Unilever Canada & Executive Chair of the Board, Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance
@johncoyne https://twitter.com/johncoyne
@unilever_canada https://twitter.com/unilever_canada - Sophie Langlois-Blouin, Vice-President of Operations, RECYC-QUÉBEC
@recycquebec https://twitter.com/recycquebec - Mikhael Metauro, Director – Supply Development, Cascades Recovery+
@mmetauro11 https://twitter.com/mmetauro11
@cascadessd https://twitter.com/cascadessd - Christina Seidel, Co-Chair, National Zero Waste Council Circular Economy Working Group, and Executive Director of the Recycling Council of Alberta
@3RsAB https://twitter.com/3RsAB - Mike Wilson, Executive Director, Smart Prosperity Institute
@sp_inst https://twitter.com/sp_inst - Moderator: David Hughes, Co-Chair, Circular Economy Leadership Coalition and President & CEO, The Natural Step Canada
@davidwhughes https://twitter.com/davidwhughes
@tns_canada https://twitter.com/tns_canada
WRAP UP AND CLOSING REMARKS
- Jack Froese, Chair, Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee
@mayorfroese https://twitter.com/mayorfroese - Malcolm Brodie, Chair, National Zero Waste Council
@malcolmbrodie https://www.twitter.com/malcolmbrodie
@nzwcouncil https://www.twitter.com/nzwcouncil