Please note that the time zone for the event is EDT (UTC-4).
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Opening Session
Join us for the WCEF2021 Opening Session!
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Game Changer Session #1 – Expanding the Circle: Collaborative Leadership to Drive Bold Action
The first Game Changer Session will highlight the importance of collaborative leadership initiatives between all orders of government and the private sector to drive bold collective action.
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Demonstration Session #1 – Plastic Talks: Debating Game Changers for a Circular Plastics Economy
This interactive session will explore the game changers needed to advance a circular economy for plastics through an interactive and engaging debate-style format.
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Game Changer Session #2 – Circular 360: Game Changers for a Prosperous, Inclusive and Equitable Circular Future
Circular 360 will explore the circular economy through an intersectional and gender lens in order to understand how the circular transition will impact different people, differently. It will draw on diverse voices and perspectives to enrich current circular economy approaches and unlock new opportunities and ways of thinking.
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Demonstration Session #2 – Circularity at Home: How You Can be the Game Changer
This session will explore what a circular life means, what it looks like in different parts of the world, and how it can increase human wellbeing. It will showcase concrete examples of circular economy at home and community-led initiatives worldwide.
See the details for Demonstration Session #2 – Circularity at Home: How You Can be the Game Changer
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Game Changer Session #3 – Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Scaling and Financing Circular SMEs
This session will explore the challenges and opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in bringing new circular technologies, business models and products to market and the enabling role that large corporations and governments can play.
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Day 1 Wrap-Up
To end Day 1, Canadian circular economy leaders will offer their insights into the day’s events.
