The Innovatiecluster Drachten and Ynova Innovation Platform invite you to the Mini Symposium Data-driven Circular Entrepreneurship. We are proud to present a series of inspiring speakers. They will share their insights on successful data-driven and circular entrepreneurship in relation to data logistics, product design, the product and materials passport and possible new business models. In addition, the follow-up to the ECGIC24 presented.
In addition to the presentations, there will be ample opportunity for discussion during this symposium on ‘Data-driven Circular Entrepreneurship’ and identifying new challenges for the future. These insights will contribute to the further development of circularizing ecosystems in the Northern Netherlands.
agenda
12:30 Reception with coffee and tea
13.00 Welcome
13.05 Transition to the Circular Economy, Jacqueline Hofstede
Jacqueline outlines in a nutshell the major transitions we are currently in the midst of, based on the insights of the ECGIC 2024 | ECG International Conference 2024 Leeuwarden. The core: How do we transform to the circular economy and what is the role of businesses in it?
13.20 Transition to the Data-Driven Circular Economy, Paul Bessems, Weconomics
Paul Bessems is a data strategist and founder of Weconomics. In the heart of Brainport Eindhoven, Weconomics connects a growing ecosystem of innovators, builders and leaders of a sustainable, circular, digital, decentralized and people-centric future.
Paul outlines how he helps companies with their sustainability strategy, productivity improvement and digital transformation. He gives examples of the ‘Digital Assembly Line’ where with new data technologies such as Internet of Things, blockchain, smart contracts, generative AI, a substantial reduction of office work and bureaucracy is possible. He also gives appealing examples such as the application at the CSRD and the PPWR.
14.00 Legislation as accelerator of data-driven circularity, Joost Ruikes, Montis-Q
Joost Ruikes is director of Montis-Q and is in practice assisting companies that want to be/become accountant proof in the area of CSRD.
14.45 Break
15.00 Data-driven sustainability decisions through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)., Micha Klaarenbeek, Ecorasis
Micha works as Managing Partner at Ecoras and will introduce the audience to the field of LCA and what data is needed for this. What can an engineer work with and what can you do with the results of an LCA?
15.45 Data-driven Product & Materials Passport, Frans Beckers, Cirmar
The product passport is already being used and will soon be required by law! But what exactly is it? How do you implement it in your work processes and can you scale up?
Frans Beckers of Cirmar helps companies transform from a linear chain to a circular chain, secured by a digital product passport (DPP; C_passport®) and participates in an EU working group on DPP standardization.
16.30 Follow-up International Conference ECGIC24, closing and networking opportunity