This event is now sold out! If you wish to be placed on the waitlist for this event please send an email to office@eianz.org with the subject line circular economy.

We are thrilled to bring to our members an introductory hands-on workshop on circular economy and the opportunity to gain practical insights into how principles of circular economy are applied. We have prepared an evening with active involvement, presentations from innovative businesses and an opportunity to ask the experts about their work and vision.

The workshop itself is themed around the fashion industry and what it takes to transform business from a linear to a circular model.

The evening will be organised into an hour long workshop (a mixture of presentations from our facilitator and attendee participation), 30 minutes of presentations from two exemplar companies (from various industries) on implementing the circular economy and a 20-30 minute Q&A at the end of the session.

We have limited spaces so secure your spot soon and be sure to have an evening full of inspiration.

Our event content is aimed at student and early career professionals as it is introductory principles of the Circular Economy that will be covered. However we welcome all levels of professional to attend if they are interested in learning more about Circular Economy introductory principles and practice.

Meet the Speakers:

Paula Rogers | Workshop facilitator

Paula has extensive strategic know-how in developing compliance and risk frameworks in global operations and value chains in over 70 countries, across 6 continents, in culturally and linguistically diverse stakeholder environments. Working primarily within retail and procurement of globally sourced apparel, textiles and consumer goods and services, she loves unpicking the deep complexity of global value chains to optimise purposeful operational outcomes, that assure effective end-to-end compliance and risk mitigation.

Kaitlin Reid | Commercial Director of Reground

Kaitln is passionate about data-driven transparency in business, that business should be a force for good. With a drive to forge connections between communities, sparking collaboration in order to achieve a strong positive impact. Committed to solving problems in the most efficient and resourceful way, she joined Reground in its infancy to see the vision of waste as a resource come to life. Kaitlin will take you on an engaging journey of what a social enterprise can do to change a broken system. This talk will inspire but be rooted in practicality, you will learn about how Reground has grown from an idea to a thriving circular economy business and how you can be an integral part of our positive future.

Samantha Seljak | Co-Founder and Director of Seljak Brand

Samantha obtained a Masters in Sustainability Leadership in Sweden in 2017 and recently participated in Al Gore’s Climate Reality Training to develop Seljak Brand’s contribution to climate action. Now she works with textiles waste to make beautiful products. Seljak Brand's award-winning closed loop merino wool blanket is proving how small businesses advance the Circular Economy.

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