The 2023 RCA Circular Economy Conference
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Proceedings
Most speaker presentations are downloadable in pdf format: Alison Abbink Pete Fry Lucinda Phillips Dr. Rafiq Ahmad Briggs Gibbins Anna Rajkovic Jule Asterisk Melissa Gorrie Jodi Scarlett & Ross Huartt Marcos Badra Michael Hancharyk Jaclyn Schmidt Brian Bastien Jenn Harper Dayton Skei Vittoria Bellissimo Sébastien Harvey Tracey Spack – Wednesday Tracey Spack – Friday Gabrielle […]
THERE AND BACK AGAIN – RCA Circularity Conference
The 2023 RCA Circular Economy Conference
Green Energy
“There and Back Again: the Journey to Circularity” is “bullfrogpowered” with green energy. Bullfrog Power will match the energy the event uses with renewable power.
Adrian Vannahme
Adrian Vannahme is an accomplished policy expert and consultant with fifteen years of international experience in environmental policy. He is the Vice-President Business Development for the North American operations of Reclay Group, a German-based consultancy and recycling company specializing in circular economy solutions. He has extensive experience analyzing policy and market developments pertaining to recycling […]
Pablo Russell
Native to the Kainai of Southern Alberta, Camille Pablo Russell, aa’spahk’ko’mii’kwan “Shooting in the Air” is an award winning international speaker, author, respected Blackfoot ceremonialist and cultural consultant. Pablo grew up with his grandparents and was nourished in traditional ceremonial life. Nearly 40yrs after joining the sundance as a young man, he continues to leads […]
Lucinda Phillips
I am Lucinda Phillips, a proud member of Lil’wat Nation in BC. Lucinda has over 20+ years of experience working with First Nations organizations in a variety of departments, Lucinda was the Chief of her community from 2011-2015 and on Council for many years. She has been with IZWTAG (Indigenous Zero Waste Technical Advisory Group) […]
Jaclyn Schmidt
Jaclyn Schmidt is the Executive Director for the Water and Waste Policy Branch at Environment and Protected Areas, which led the development of Alberta’s new extended producer responsibility framework and is supporting steps to establishing a more circular economy for plastics and other materials. She has been with the Government of Alberta for over 15 […]
Anna Rajkovic
Anna Rajkovic is the Circular Economy Market Manager at NOVA Chemicals. In her role, she is responsible for the company’s PCR product portfolio, and more broadly driving circularity with plastic converter customers and across the entire plastics value chain. Anna joined NOVA Chemicals in 2008; prior to her current role she was an applications development […]
Pete Fry
Pete Fry is a Vancouver City Councillor, elected in 2018 with the Green Party. Since immigrating to Canada as a child, he has lived in Vancouver where he has run several successful small businesses, and worked and volunteered in community development with some of the City’s most vulnerable populations. With a keen interest in circular […]