Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers of Industrial Ecology to Inform Sustainable Circular Economy Transitions
Discussion Leader: Tom Graedel (Yale University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:55 pm
Stefanie Hellweg (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Using Industrial Ecology Methods to Design a Sustainable Circular Economy"
8:55 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Scaling Up a Sustainable Circular Economy: Industry Perspectives
Discussion Leaders: Valerie Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Bob Allen (NREL, United States)
"Circular Economy Initiatives at the US Department of Energy Research Labs"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Jaimin Jethwa (bp, United Kingdom)
"Industry Perspective: Sustainability and Circular Economy Programs at BP"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Mahesh Marve (Reliance Industries Limited, India)
"Industry Perspective: Sustainability and Circular Economy Programs at Reliance India"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Roshni Bahekar (Reliance Industries Limited, India)
"Industry Perspective: Sustainability and Circular Economy Programs at Reliance India"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Anish Sugathan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India)
"Evaluating Corporate Social Responsibility Programs: Social and Environmental Impacts"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Mauricio Leon Mendez (Metropolitan Council, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advances in Methods: Circular Flows and Life Cycle Assessment
Discussion Leaders: Richard Wood (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
Arnold Tukker (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches for Circularity Assessments – The Need to Combine MFA, LCA and Dynamic Models"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Shweta Singh (Purdue University, United States)
"Modeling Dynamics of Industrial and Life Cycle Networks : An Integrated Mechanistic Modeling and Machine Learning Approach"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Marian Chertow (Yale School of the Environment - Center for Industrial Ecology, United States)
"Advances in Methods for Modeling Symbiosis in Industrial Systems"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in Methods: Circular Flows, Socioeconomic Metabolism and Impact Modeling
Discussion Leader: Thomas Theis (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:50 am
Meng Jiang (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
"Integrating Socioeconomic Factors, Carbon Emissions, and Material Footprints to Evaluate the Development of Chinese Provinces: An Analysis Based on Planetary Pressure-Adjusted Human Development Index"
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:15 am
Weslynne Ashton (Illinois Institute of Technology, United States)
"A Multi-Capital Approach to Sustainability Assessments"
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:10 pm
Stefan Pauliuk (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Global Life Cycle Impacts of Wood Products Use and Cascading"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advances of Circular Economy and Plastics Pollution
Discussion Leader: Andrea Hicks (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Sangwon Suh (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Global Carbon Stock and Flows of Plastics"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Marvin Bachmann (Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"The Planetary Footprint of Global Plastic Production"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Circular Economy: Food and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Discussion Leader: Hua Cai (Purdue University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Bruno Basso (Michigan State University, United States)
"Regenerative Agricultural Systems for a Circular Bioeconomy"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Ramzy Kahhat (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru)
"Food and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in a Country of the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Edward Spang (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Circular Economy Solutions to Minimize and Manage Wasted Food"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Joe Bozeman III (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Approaches for Equitable Circularity in Food-Energy-Water Applications"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Implementing the Circular Economy in Industrial Systems and Processes
Discussion Leader: Bhavik Bakshi (The Ohio State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
Vered Blass (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Promoting Local Circular Economy: Innovation in Recycling Technologies, Consumer Behavior, and Policy Tools"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Yuan Yao (Yale University, United States)
"Circular Economy for Sustainable Biomass Utilization: Techno-Economic and Environmental Considerations"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Nabil Nasr (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
"Circular Re-Manufacturing"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Circular Economy Concepts for Zero-Carbon Communities
Discussion Leader: Shoshanna Saxe (University of Toronto, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Gara Villalba Mendez (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
"Urban Green Infrastructures: Opportunities for Circularity of Resources and Resilience"
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Ester Van Der Voet (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Two Transitions for Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Built Environment"
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Mauricio Leon Mendez (Metropolitan Council, United States) and Roshan Shankar (Princeton University, United States)
"Multi-Sector Circular Economy Strategies for Zero-Carbon Communities"
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Circular Economy and Water Sustainability
Discussion Leader: Matthew Eckelman (Northeastern University, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:35 pm - 6:00 pm
Ligy Philip (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
"Decentralized Systems for Sustainable Wastewater Management in Developing Countries: Challenges and Way Forward"
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Zhiyong Jason Ren (Princeton University, United States)
"Pathways to Net-Zero Circular Water Economy"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure