Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

9:00 a.m.

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

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

Chris Greig, Associate Director for External Partnerships; Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

Morning Keynote: The Circularity Journey

9:15 a.m.

Circularity has been of economic interest for some time. This talk explores where it has been, the direction it is taking, the challenges and opportunities ahead, and the driving forces that keep it growing.

Andre Argenton, Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, Dow

Break

10:15 a.m.

New Frontiers in Circularity

10:35 a.m.

Circularity of carbon and other material feedstocks often begins with basic science questions. Experts on this panel will consider new frontiers and potential breakthroughs in energy efficient and sustainable processes that emphasize closed loops.

Michele Sarazen, Moderator, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological 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

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.)

Lunch and Poster Session

(at Frick Chemistry Laboratory)

12:00 p.m.

Scaling Circularity

2:00 p.m.

Circularity technologies need to evolve from the laboratory, increasing technology readiness and, ultimately, to first-of-a-kind demonstrations before going on to scale commercially. Panelists will discuss state of the art processes and systems for circularity that are poised to scale, and the challenges of navigating the “valley-of-death”.

Robert Kumpf, Moderator, Managing Director, Deloitte

Adam S. Gross, Senior Decarbonization Specialist, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

Zara Summers, Chief Strategy Officer, LanzaTech

Jennifer Woolfsmith, Vice President, Sustainability, NOVA Chemicals

Break

3:15 PM

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

3:35 PM

Our plenary speaker will share lessons from nonprofit work to establish scalable frameworks to mobilize circularity on the ground in various other countries. A moderated discussion with leaders from Princeton University will follow, to explore effective approaches and persistent barriers to establishing circularity at varying community levels, spanning socio-technical, institutional, and cultural issues.

John Pickering, Moderator, Chief Behavioral Scientist, Evidn

Shannon Bouton, Plenary speaker, President and Founding CEO, Delterra

Sarah Boll, Executive Director, Office of Sustainability, Princeton University

Adjourn

4:50 p.m.

Reception and Poster Session Awards

5:00 p.m.