The Nordic region’s largest annual conference is taking place for the fifth time. The conference is organized by Nordic Circular Hotspot and Nordic Innovation. It is also an official side event to the World Circular Economy Forum and SLUSH, Europe’s largest startup conference.
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This year, the Nordic Circular Summit will focus on the role of entrepreneurship in the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy. The conference explores how entrepreneurship, circular business models, and financing drive the circular transition in the Nordic region and beyond, transforming experimental ideas into new large-scale business models.
More than 3.000 experts and decision-makers in circularity, sustainability, and business are expected to attend the Nordic Circular Summit. The event offers more than 20 sessions focusing on topics such as systems change, nature, biodiversity, finance and investment, and circular societies.
The event includes speakers such as Thina Saltvedt, Chief Analyst for Sustainable Finance at Nordea, Jonas Kjellberg, Co-founder of Skype and Chairman of Nornorm, Shahriare Mahmood, Chief Product and Sustainability Officer at Spinnova, Mikkel Stenbæk Hansen, Director of Circular Economy in the Corporate Environmental Strategy Department at Novo Nordisk, Anne Mieke van der Werf, Director of Business Development at Invest-NL, Tim Forslund, Circular Economy Specialist at Sitra, Julian Kirchherr, Partner at McKinsey and Associate Professor at Roskilde University, Ladeja Godina Kosir, Founder and CEO of Circular Change and Vivi Avikainen, Investment Manager at Nefco.
New circular initiatives
In June 2024, Nordic Innovation published a new Call for Proposals. The aim of the “Circular Fast Track Initiative” has been to find fast-track solutions, initiatives and collaborations that are rapid to implement in order to increase the speed of circular change towards 2030.
Nordic Innovation received 12 proposals. The selected initiatives will be published as a part of the Nordic Circular Award taking place 18 November, 15.45 – 16.30.
Data sharing to boost circularity
On Partner Day, 19 November, Accenture will host the second physical workshop of the Nordic Circular Accelerator. The aim of the Nordic Circular Accelerator is to increase data sharing between Nordic companies as a tool for circularity. The program kicked off in April 2024 and 10 Nordic collaborations are participating in the program.
