VANCOUVER | OCTOBER 30 - 31, 2019

A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE

2019
ZERO
WASTE
CONFERENCE

2019 ZERO
WASTE CONFERENCE

Vancouver, October 30 - 31, 2019

Mobilizing for success

in the circular economy.

ZWC Blog

Thanks to all who participated in the 2019 Zero Waste Conference for making it a success.
Mark your calendar for the next one – November 12 & 13, 2020.

A FUTURE WITHOUT WASTE:
MOBILIZING FOR SUCCESS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

In 2020, Canada will host the World Circular Economy Forum

What steps does Canada need to take to integrate into the global circular economy? What will success look like in terms of the Canadian economy? Our lives? Our communities?

These questions and more will be explored at Metro Vancouver’s 2019 Zero Waste Conference where thought leaders, change makers and innovators from Canada and around the globe will share their dreams, their passions, their ideas, their experiences and their commitment to drive change towards a circular economy.

It's a revolution. It's our choice - how far and how fast.

2019 Keynotes

Skylar Tibbits, Founder, Self-Assembly Lab & Associate Professor of Design Research, Department of Architecture, MIT

Valerie Craig, Deputy to the Chief Scientist & Vice President of Operating Programs, National Geographic Society

Harald Friedl, CEO, Circle Economy

Arthur Huang, CEO & Founder, Miniwiz

Tom Szaky, Founder & CEO, TerraCycle

2019 Sessions

Business
Transformation

This session will showcase how business leaders have managed to create change within their companies and within the market, overcoming perceived and real barriers to realize economic opportunities while reducing environmental impacts by going "circular".

Plastics

Canada is taking action on plastics. Moving beyond the single-use item, we will hear about how scientists and industry leaders are identifying new ways to utilize a valuable, durable resource that embraces zero waste and circularity.

Circular Cities

We will be examining how the circular economy is being embraced at the city level for its potential to encourage a systems approach to waste prevention and material savings as well as job creation and innovation – catalyzing new business opportunities across a variety of sectors as we rethink about how to deliver goods and services in a new way.

Canadian Innovation
Showcase

Jumpstarting innovation is essential to moving to circular models of production, designing out waste and creating regenerative systems. See Canadian innovators developing marketable products and processes that will change food packaging and textiles and reduce ocean plastics.