2025 Annual Meeting

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Strategies for Circularity: Prospects and Challenges

Overview

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment’s 2025 Annual Meeting is being held on Thursday, October 30 at Princeton University’s Maeder Hall Auditorium.

In a circular economy, systems and products are intentionally designed to minimize waste and keep resources in use for as long as possible — closing the loop on the traditional “take-make-dispose” linear economic model. The 14th Annual Meeting will explore opportunities and challenges for implementing circular approaches, with the goal of identifying key priorities for research, policy, and industry in the journey toward a more sustainable and resource-efficient future.

Morning Keynote: The Circularity Journey

Andre Argenton is Dow’s chief sustainability officer and vice president of Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S). Andre is responsible for corporate EH&S governance and sustainability.

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Plenary Presentation and Fireside Chat: Towards a Circular Economy — Mobilizing Key Practices and Systems at Community Scale and Beyond

Shannon Bouton is the president and founding CEO of Delterra, and a scientist, environmentalist, and business strategist, who has dedicated her career to creating a more sustainable future for people and planet.

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Featured Speakers and Panelists

In alphabetical order

Sarah Boll

Executive Director, Office of Sustainability, Princeton University

Chris Greig

Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

Adam S. Gross

Senior Decarbonization Specialist, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

Andrew Houck

Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Anthony H.P. Lee ’79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University

J.R. Johnson

Vice President, Research and Development, Avnos

Yiguang Ju

Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University; Co‑Founder, Princeton NuEnergy

Robert Kumpf

Managing Director, Deloitte

Iain McCulloch

Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Professor in Energy and the Environment; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

John Pickering

Chief Behavioral Scientist, Evidn

Z. Jason Ren

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University; Co-Founder, Chief Scientist, and Director, Princeton Critical Minerals (PureLi Inc.)

Michele Sarazen

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

Zara Summers

Chief Strategy Officer, LanzaTech

Jennifer Woolfsmith

Vice President, Sustainability, NOVA Chemicals

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