CEFA2017 Speakers
Kevin de Cuba
Director, ASDF
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Founder and President, Circular Economy Platform of the Americas
(CEP-Americas), Dutch Kingdom
Alexandre Gobbo Fernandes
Co-Founder and Business Development Director, EPEA Brasil, Brazil
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Senior Circular Economy Specialist Fernandes & Rossetto Consultores
Jully Andrea Herrera
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Lecturer and Circular Economy Researcher Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Colombia
Octavio Torres Quintana
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Co-Founder
Valopes
Colombia
Sandra Palacio-Vélez
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School of Management
EAFIT University
Colombia
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Nicola Cerantola
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Founder and Director,
Ecologing,
Spain
Adriana Alzate
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Business Manager
National Cleaner Production Center of Colombia,
Colombia
Paulina Criollo Alvarez
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Industrial Ecology Consultant
Evolution Engineering,
Ecuador
Federico Gomez Guisoli
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Circular Economy Consultant
Mas Oxigeno / The Circulab
Argentina
Carlos Bernal Quintero
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Director
ZERI Foundation for Latin America
Colombia
Ignasi Cubiñá
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Founder and Director
Eco Intelligent Growth
Spain
William McDonough
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CEO
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McDonough Innovation, and William McDonough & Partners Architects
United States
Dr. Keron Niles
Business Unit Manager,
Trinidad & Tobago
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Lecturer, Sustainable Green Economy Transition, Institute of International Relations at the University of the West
Lorena Garcia Caicedo
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Program Manager, ASDF
Circular Economy Platform of the Americas, Colombia
Adrian Velasco Jácome
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Project Director
Grupo Escato
Mexico
Mark Dorfman
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Principle and Biomimicry 3.8 Chemist
Biomimicry Institute,
United States
Lewis Perkins
President
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
United States
Alexander Lemille
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Circular Economy 2.0 Lead
Founder WizeImpact
France
Carlos Poveda Galeano
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Business Manager Colombia
TNO Science and Innovation
The Netherlands
Daniela Gomez Caro
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Social Director
Bancalimentos
Colombia
Camilo Rojas
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Executive Principal, Environment and Climate Change Latin American Development Bank (CAF), Colombia
Claudia Bedoya
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Director of Productivity and Competitiveness
Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, Colombia
Ken Alston
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Senior Advisor
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Circular Econoy Platform of the Americas, and Former CEO McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, United States
Alejandro Alvarez-Vanegas
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Professor, Industrial Ecology, and Circular Economy at EAFIT University, Colombia
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Ricardo Weigend
Circular Economy Business Developer ECOR, Mexico
Julian Kirchherr
Professor Sustainable Business and Innovation and Circular Economy
Utrecht University,
The Netherlands
Albina Ruiz Rios, PhD
Founder and President
Ciudad Saludable
Peru
Ken Webster
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Director of Innovation
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
United Kingdom
Cletus Springer
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Director, Sustainable Development Organization of American States (OAS)
St. Lucia
Marcela Godoy
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President
Sustainable Circular Consumers
Association (AdC Circular)
Chile
Garrett Scheffler
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Former Ecovative Circular Economy, Product Development Manager, United States
Rob Oomen
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C-Creators
The Netherlands
Lina Arbeláez
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Manager, Poverty and Inequality
Reduction Area
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Colombia
Federico Apestegui
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Innovation Officer
Smith MacArthur Circular Economy Fellow
Mesoamerica Investments
Costa Rica