Shahram Shafie is a seasoned chemical engineer with 15 years of dedicated experience in Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI), Circular Economy and related corporate strategy. Shahram is CTO of Green Source Holdings and Circular Economy Club, Austin, Co-Organizers. “I have special interest in alternative materials, circular process design and technology scale up.” Most of his design works … Continued
Jutta Laine-Ylijoki has 25 years professional experience in circular economy, waste management and recycling, environmental research, consulting and project management. This includes recycling technology development, assessment of risks and environmental impacts of wastes and industrial side streams in utilization and disposal: “For example, waste to material and energy issues, characterization and technology development of diverse … Continued
Mohamed Abd Elbasit has been a senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council-Institute for soil, climate, water, geoinformation division since February 2015. Mohamed obtained his Ph.D. degree in March 2009 in Bio-environmental Science, Tottori University, Japan. “My MSc and PhD research were focused on land degradation processes in arid and semi-arid environments. I worked on … Continued
Igor Madzarevic promotes Finnish best practices and knowledge transfer in the Western Balkans region. “Being part of Finnish society for already more than five years I became part of cleantech culture. My goal is to promote Finnish cleantech know-how and technology in Western Balkans region as it is the region with great potential in this … Continued
Niina Vieno is improving wastewater treatment of industry and municipalities, cutting down environmental burden caused by hazardous substances, and informing and educating people how to reduce their chemical footprint. “I have worked within the water sector for more than 15 years, mostly related to water treatment, hazardous substances and research.” Before founding Envieno she worked … Continued
Dumisani Nkosi is the Chairman and CEO of two South African registered companies, namely SA World Gateway Pty and The Green LLC Pty. SA World Gateway is the distributor of various green products. The Green LLC has plans of setting up in South Africa the first solar PV hybrid factory. “I have a unique mix … Continued
Maria Uusitalo is an ICT professional with a long experience in international product programs. She has worked for companies like Nokia and Bittium, former Elektrobit, where her duties consisted of tasks in R&D and product management in several mobile platforms. “I also worked in close collaboration with Intel Corporation in product specification and marketing related … Continued
Jukka Valkonen says that his viewpoint to this world is visual and whenever more beauty can be added, it’s everyone’s responsibility to do it with a sustainable, insightful and bridge building way. “Contemporary art is my passion and art itself should always be without a box: it can be seen everywhere, it’s for everybody, with … Continued
Joojin Kim has experience with emissions trading and greenhouse gas regulations, accumulated while advising clients with their CDM projects and working for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). He has over ten years of experience with the international climate change regime, including experience serving as member of the delegation of the Republic of Korea to the … Continued
Kirsi Saloranta’s passion is to establish partnerships between different actors in the society in order to co-create concepts, products, businesses that make the world a better place to live in. “As a passionate hiker and nature lover I have grown up wanting to save our planet.” Kirsi has held various positions of trust in different … Continued