Circular Economy Summit Austria 2022

On 22 March 2022, the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology invited around 700 participants (including online guests) to the Circular Economy Summit Austria in the Aula der Wissenschaften in Vienna.

The status of the circular economy in Austria, innovative international initiatives and the national circular economy strategy currently being developed were presented at the summit. With the summit, the ministry had set itself the goals of broadening the information base, developing guidelines for the future and opening up a broad discourse between politics, business, science and civil society. 

The Circular Economy Forum Austria and its partners, Circular Futures and RepaNet, together with Austrian Startups, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, the Federation of Austrian Industries and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, organised the event. Event partner.

Karin Huber-Heim, Executive Director of the Circular Economy Forum Austria, opened the first panel after the opening speeches together with Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Director of the Biennale for Change, with the question of how we can move into the future. Implementation of the circular transformation come.

The main topics panel Circular Construction was chaired by Andrea Kessler, materialnomaden and advisor to the Circular Economy Forum Austria. Through the panel Circular Textiles Circular Economy Forum Advisor Reinhard Backhausen textile & circular consulting and EPEA-Switzerland, followed by Circular Economy Forum Advisor Manfred Mühlberger, ETA Umweltmanagement & ecopreneur.eu, as head of the panel Circular Mobility. The crowning finale was the surprising appearance of Circular Economy Forum Advisor David Jablonski as a representative of Fridays for Future, with his very personal reflections on the Path to the future.

The Circular Economy Forum was also represented by a stand in the Summit exhibition and all guests received the first issue of the magazine, hot off the press Circular Insider Austria as a gift from the Circular Economy Forum Austria.