Circular Futures Forum 2025
Event Program
Draft Event Program
Day 1 - Weds 3rd Sept 2025
Day 1 - 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Registration and Networking Event
Quest Orange with Light Refreshments
Trade tables open
Free event for ticket holders
Day 2 - Thurs 4th Sept 2025
Day 2 - 8:30am - 4:00pm
8:30am - 9:00am - Welcome
MC Hugh Hogan
Cr. Gerald Power - Welcome to Country
Ruth Fagan - Chair of Regional Development Australia Central West Board
9:00am - 10:30am - Session 1 - Circular Economy Systems and Solutions
Lisa McLean - CEO Circular Australia - Peak Body for Circular Economy in Australia
Cameron Kaufman - Circular Economy Expert Coreo - Circular Economy Consultants and Educators
Azaria Dobson - Executive Director Project Interface and Strategic Coordination, Energy Co
10:30am - 11:00am Morning Tea
11.00am-11.30am - Keynote - Community Consultation That Works with Indigenous Energy Australia
11:30am - 1:00pm - Session 2 - Waste Innovation
Parkes Energy Recovery Waste to Energy Technology
Olympia Yarger - CEO of Goterra - Fully Circular FOGO Waste Management Technology
Anthony Karam - CEO of Sircel - Ewaste Recycling and Remining
Cameron McKenzie CEO of ASPIRE - Goods to Waste Exchange Platform
Anna Minns - Engagement Lead at Blocktexx Textile Recycling
1.00pm - 1.50pm - Farm to Table Lunch by Banksia Orange
2:00pm - 4:00pm - Circular Economy Practice Workshop I
University of New South Wales - Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy
Sandeep Kirpalani Academic Lead
4:00 - End of Day 2 Forum
6:00pm - 9:00pm - Dinner and Networking Ross Hill Wines
Dinner and Networking at Ross Hill Winery - Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Winery
Facilitated by the Sydney Circular Economy Club
Day 3 - Friday 5th Sept 2025
Day 3 - 8:30am - 4:00pm
8:30am - 9:00am - Welcome
MC Hugh Hogan
Josh Gordon - Director of Regional Development Australia Central West
9:00am - 9:30am - Keynote - Caring for Country Using Tech
Rae Johnston Multi-Award Winning STEM Journalist and Broadcaster
9:30am - 11:00am - Session 3 - Circular Futures in Action
Andrew Taylor CEO of Regional Circularity Co-operative in Bega - Bega Valley Circular Community
Sustainability Victoria - Shaping Circular Economy for Victoria
Pete Morrison CEO Green Timber Technologies - Sustainable Housing Manufacturing
David Kuhn Circular Economy Senior Coordinator South Sydney Regional Organisation for Councils
Valentina Petrone - Circular Economy Expert and Sustainability Educator
11:00am - 11:30am Morning Tea
11:30am - 1:00pm - Circular Economy Practice Workshop II
University of New South Wales - Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy
Sandeep Kirpalani Academic Lead
1.00pm - 1.50pm - Farm to Table Lunch by Banksia Orange
2:00pm - 3:30pm - Session 4 - Regions and Resources
Energy of the Future by Essential Energy
Central NSW Joint Organisation
Ash Sambrooks - Clean Energy Investment Manager Department of Primary Industries
Hunter Joint Organisation of Councils
Michael Katz - RELA - Renewable Energy Landowner Platform
Simon Campbell and Dr Grant Tranter - RenovoAg - Carbon Farming and Natural Assets
3:30pm Conclusions and Networking
4:00 End of Day 3
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“In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste – the process is linear. In a circular economy, by contrast, we stop waste being produced in the first place.”