IS4CE April 2021 Update
Activities Summer Term 2021
The starting points for 2022’s IS4CE conference, slated for 14-17 March (tbc) are collaboration, inclusiveness and systems thinking in an emerging era of circular economy. We hereby invite you to join us on a collaborative journey towards the 2nd Conference of the IS4CE and beyond.
The circular economy, although variously interpreted, is undoubtedly centred on systemic relationships: it could not be otherwise in systems where feedback dominates. Taking a cue from systems means designing eco-effective and not just eco-efficient approaches. It means working at different scales towards socio-technical transformation which meets the aspirations of sustainable well-being.
To energise the journey, we will organize a series of workshops and seminars. The ambition within this programme is to support you in developing ideas and knowledge and stimulate co-creation with actors that bring in additional value – or indeed values –to your original ideas. Our overall aim is increased collaboration and to generate more system wide solutions and create rich avenues for research.
Important IS4CE dates and events
Workshop 1 What are the current and upcoming circular economy related needs?
Part 1 – 17th MAY 14:00-17:00 (CET)
Join either or both parts. The focus will be on identifying circular economy related needs. Both this and the second workshop invites all interested parties, e.g. large, medium and small sized companies, municipalities, NGO’s, industry organizations, researchers, etc. The goal is to start up a dialoge and identify the immediate and practical needs from these parties and to try to find new collaboration forms e.g. that companies finds interesting companies, researchers and organizations to collaborate with that might ends up in new papers or that researchers finds new perspectives covered by other researchers ripe for collaboration.
Workshop 2 What are the current and upcoming circular economy related needs?
Part 2 – 31st MAY 14:00-17:00 (CET)
A follow up workshop. It is possible to join this workshop without having been involved in Part 1
Workshop 3 An attractive inclusive circular and sustainable world –going beyond emergent needs.
Part 1 – 14th JUNE 14:00-17:00 (CET)
Widening the discussion, a two stage programme. Humanity has always aimed for a better world. We have used our ability to imagine the future and a better life, and with words and other related means done our best to explain and inspire our communities – to get them into the “boat” to the future. At the same time, we are tied to our history and way of thinking, e.g. the current linear economic model, for language, vocabulary and cultural context. This seminar/workshop will discuss several of these aspects, and elaborate on what we think, is core for an attractive inclusive circular and sustainable world from a systems perspective. This workshop will end by the forming of volunteer groups that will work elaborating on this issue in between this meeting and the following 2nd meeting, see below.
Workshop 4 An attractive inclusive circular and sustainable world – going beyond emergent needs
Part 2 – 5th JULY 14:00-17:00 (CET)
This seminar/workshop will follow-up the 1st meeting, see above. Each group will present their findings and it will be an overall “consensus seeking” discussion. The ambition is not to find “an answer” but to get cogent ideas relevant to the title of this workshop. Some related and linked questions will be listed and carried forward. The ambition is to use this consensus as a reference for the March 2022 conference and its presentations.
Workshop 5 How much is sufficient?
27th SEP 14:00-17:00 (CET)
This will start with a panel of policy makers, companies, customers and NGOs who will discuss the issue and engage in an extended Q&A. The aim is to locate the circular economy of production, use and exchange within the economy as a whole.
Workshop 6 IS4CE Conference 2022 Follow-up
(Tbc) April 2022 14:00-17:00 (CET)
Building the Network - Call for Volunteers
IS4CE is establishing working groups to further activity within a number of key arenas. If members wish to put themselves forward to help shape and deliver IS4CE programmes please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before April 30 th. The key working groups at this stage are:
• Conferences and Events
• Social Media and Communications
• Membership Support and Adminstration (Secretariat) including Technical support for website
• Ideation/ Special Interest Groups
• Knowledge sharing/Education and Training
The expectation will be that working groups will be action orientated and limited to approximately 6 members for ease of working.
A special someone is invited to manage the networking and liaison between administration and working groups and the temporary board.
Ken Webster Director of the IS4CE (2020-21)
Special Issue of Circular Economy and Sustainability.
Join IS4CE
- Conference broadcast content.
- Occasional newsletter.
- Access to general interest material.
- Not eligible to vote in Society elections or stand as candidates for Society elections.
- No discount on face to face conferences.
- Upgrade path to full membership
- Conference broadcast content, interactive breakout sessions, conference proceedings and specialist webinars throughout the year.
- Occasional monographs and newsletters.
- Access all archived material including conference recordings.
- Members are eligible to vote in Society elections and stand as a candidate for Society elections.
- Members are eligible to submit conference or other papers for possible publication via the Society.
- Discount on face to face conferences
Join the International Society for the Circular Economy
Key objectives:
- continue to refine the contemporary scientific theory and evidence base of circular economy in tandem with the research-education-business nexus;
- provide a network to connect and convene higher education globally to stimulate new research and educational initiatives;
- share significant findings through high quality research publications, conferences and mainstream media
- promote educational offerings to business, government, academics and other stakeholders
Other Circular Economy Events
COVID-19
Clearly the path of the virus is uncertain. We are working on the basis of not being able to run a standard face to face event as planned this year. We feel a fully digital event does not provide a full experience for our Members and therefore we have postpones until early next year the full conference which will be face to face and also online. Because of this, we have instead been working on a number of online summer workshops for our members. This information will be regularly updated and is currently valid from 15th April 2020. Please keep checking back for updates.
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