Doors Opening & Networking

Registration, refreshments and networking time

"Meet David Craig - TNFD" - An exclusive Fireside Chat with David Craig and Esther An

Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with David Craig, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
David, former Founder & CEO of Refinitiv and a leading voice in sustainable finance, will share how TNFD’s framework helps businesses and investors integrate nature into decision-making and redirect capital towards nature-positive outcomes aligned with the Global Biodiversity Framework. Discover how nature is fast becoming a core dimension of financial resilience and corporate strategy.

Art Breaker - Incinerated Ware - When Waste Becomes a Beautiful Resource

Contemporary dining ware collection with incinerator ash glaze.

News from COP30, Belém

In this session, find out what happened at COP30 the day before, and learn about the challenges and key objectives at COP on Circular Economy, Waste and Resources Management.

Circular Economy - The Fundamentals

A short overview on the circular economy: reducing resource use, designing out waste, and extending product lifespans. This session will cover key design strategies and business models beyond waste management, while dispelling common myths and showcasing practical successes from Asia and Singapore.

Circular Economy In Practice

In this workshop you will learn and grasp the main element of a circular economy, from its concepts, its challenges to understanding the components of successful circular business cases.
This workshop is a short taster session of the full 3-hour Circular Economy Collage, offering an overview of the current extractive linear system and showcasing examples of circular alternatives, including many local cases.

Embracing Circular Economy Strategies in Hospitality

Showcase of a circular success story in hospitality: turning circular strategies into service excellence.

Disrupting a Sector through Circular Business Models

Showcase of how circular business models can disrupt and transform traditional ways of doing business.

Circularity in Packaging - Alternatives to Single Use Materials

Showcase of a success story offering an alternative to single-use plastics using a revolutionary 100% plant-fibre material.

Circularity in Packaging - Beyond the Blue Bin, Engineering a Reuse Revolution

Discover how Ecoworks reduces plastic use in single-use and refill packaging while promoting eco-friendly alternatives through their refill stations.

Panel Discussion: Circularity in Plastic Packaging - Can We Get Rid of Plastic?

An open dialogue bringing together key voices across the plastic packaging ecosystem, from production and public and private sectors to end-of-life management, highlighting systemic challenges and successful strategies to reduce plastic reliance and promote reuse.

Circular Design Strategies & Business Models

Introduction to key design strategies and business models in the Circular Economy, and how to apply them to businesses, products, and services.

Circularity in Action - Story from Practice

Circular Innovation Strategist Lieke Rijken of Innoboost invites local and regional brands Heveya, ReXtore, Rentalworks and consultant Severine to share how they turn circular ambitions into real-world action. Through interactive audience questions and candid reflections, discover the unexpected challenges, business value, and human stories behind making circularity work — from design to delivery and from resistance to reward.

Learn to Innovate and Apply Circularity

Spark your creativity, learn to innovate and apply circularity - all wrapped up in a fun game.
The world needs a hero. Are you ready to be the circular innovator that we need? Your task is to come up with bold ideas and get your organisation ready for circularity!

SG’s Beverage Container Return Scheme

From April 2026, Singapore’s BCRS will cover plastic and metal containers. How will it work, impact recycling rates, and shape the circular economy? Join this Masterclass to explore its details and implications.

Certifications for Sustainable Products - Understanding their Role and Importance

This masterclass introduces participants to what makes a product truly sustainable and the role of environmental certifications in supporting greener choices.

KAYA - An Edible Performance Lecture - An Excerpt

Ang is an Eco-Theatre artist - actor, director and programmer at Practice Tuckshop. In this excerpt, she examines diasporic memory and Singapore’s colonial legacy through food. Using ingredients such as sugar, pandan, and eggs, Ang exposes the intersections of postcolonial capitalism, inherited displacement and ecological estrangement through a series of semi-autobiographical vignettes.

How to Influence Policies to Promote Circularity

A systemic look at the barriers and drivers of scaling circularity in Singapore, featuring a pilot on recycling segregation and efforts to shape future policies and improve national recycling rates.

Understand SG’s Waste Management Ecosystem

In this short presentation, we'll explore Singapore's waste management ecosystem, identify some of the key waste challenges that the government is working on (namely e-waste, food waste, and packaging waste), and present current and upcoming regulations and policies that are or will be implemented in Singapore.

Doors Opening & Dinner

Registration, buffet dinner and networking time

SCALING THE REPAIR ECOSYSTEM IN SINGAPORE

A critical discussion on Singapore’s repair ecosystem, exploring barriers, needed changes, and celebrating success stories from key players driving innovation, resilience, and circularity in repair practices.