17 Circular SMEs Meet the 17 SDGs

Small and medium sized enterprises play a major role in creating jobs and generating new value around the world. Leading SMEs have the ability to react quickly to market changes and transform themselves and the markets they operate in. This session showcases 17 circular economy focused SMEs around the world and how their business contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Programme
Monday 5 June

14.15	Session opens
	Circular Economy in the developing world and the role of SMEs Chairman Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives See presentation
	Pitch from each SME —————————— May Al-Karooni, Globechain (United Kingdom) See presentation Heike Bach, VISTA (Germany) See presentation Anna Balez, Tale Me (Belgium) See presentation Michael Bayer Thomsen, Letbæk Plast A/S (Denmark) See presentation Jelloul Bouguila, DEMCO Group (New Amico) (Tunisia) See presentation Luca Cervellati, CPR System (Italy) See presentation Abdelhamid El Acham, Afrique Cables (Morocco) Ignasi Fontanals, OptiCits (Spain) See presentation Eniko Hajosi, WEEE / Votechnik (Ireland) See presentation Hans Axel Kristensen, Plastix A/S (Denmark) See presentation Eric Logtens, Noble Environmental Technologies (Netherlands) See presentation Allan Ochieng Marega, Global Supply Solutions Limited (Kenya) See presentation Paavo Räisänen, Enevo (Finland) Urjinkhand Budee & Bat-Erdene Gomboragchaa, Eco Wool (Mongolia) See presentation Brent Vickers, Sinctronics Innovation Center (Brazil) See presentation Harm L H Voortman, Anatrans SARL (Burkina Faso) See presentation Dimitris Xevgenos, SEALEAU B.V. (Netherlands) See presentation
	Three rounds of TableTalks 17 tables where SME representatives give a presentation of their company with discussion
15.45	Session closes
	Moderated by Director Peter Woodward, Quest Associates

 

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This session is related to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

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Session organised with European Commission.