Circular Supply Chain Summit
We’re heading to New York City for Climate Week!
CSCN will be hosting our first summit to bring together supply chain professionals who are actively building circular operations, not someday, but right now.
If you’ll be in NYC for Climate Week, we’d love for you to join us. Come connect with peers, share what you’re working on, and be part of a conversation grounded in real material flows and real decision-making power.
Follow the CSCN page for updates on format as details are released.
There are two summit pass options:
1) Summit pass (9 - 1PM): Hear from and engage with industry leaders and practitioners shaping circular supply chains in real operations.
2) Summit pass + workshop (9 - 5PM): Everything in the summit pass and you'll roll up your sleeves. Hands-on workshops led by experts and practitioners, built around real world circular supply chain problems. Lunch is provided.
Agenda:
8:45 — Registration & Morning Networking
9:00 — Opening Keynote
Monica Becker — Senior Director, Strategy & Development, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
Why circular supply chains are a design challenge and a strategic imperative, not a compliance exercise — the frame for the day.
9:20 — Technical Foundation
Deborah Dull — Founder, Circular Supply Chain Network
The four circular supply chain levers you'll return to all morning. Every attendee leaves with a one-page reference card.
9:40 — State of the Industry
James George — Founder, Provocative Human
An honest read on where circular supply chains really stand — across critical minerals, automotive, defense, and aerospace.
9:55 — "Already Doing It" Spotlights
Rafael Vasquez (Cummins) · Grayson Shor (Buckstop) · Teddy Raskin (Simpli)
Three companies, three rapid stories: what forced the change, what they did, and what it cost and saved.
10:30 — Break
10:45 — Nexus: The 100-Mile Hub Model
Kevin Meredith & Sushma Kittali-Weidner — Circular Supply Chain Network
Introducing a regional model connecting users, service providers, manufacturers, and second-users within a 100-mile radius.
11:00 — Proof It Runs in the Wild
Virginie Le Barbu — Executive Director, Global Sustainability, Lenovo (Circle 360)
Leon Van Der Merwe — VP, Circular Economy & Energy Business, Toyota Motor Europe (virtual)
Two live examples of networked, regional circularity in operation — from Lenovo's Circle 360 to Toyota's European infrastructure.
11:45 — Closing Reflection & Networking
12:00 — Lunch (provided)
1:00 — Afternoon Workshops
Hands-on working sessions on real, unsolved problems contributed by companies like Cummins and GS1 US.
4:30 — Share-Out & Closing
5:00 — Event Concludes
A note on registration:
Space is intentionally limited to keep the conversation focused and high-impact. To make sure every attendee gets the most out of the day, we may reach out after you register with a brief question or two about your work and what you're hoping to take away. Think of it less as a process and more as us getting to know you before you arrive.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there!