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Miro Cerar Janez Potočnik Prime Minister of the Chair of Advisory Board Republic of Circular Change and Co-Chair UNEP International Resource Panel Miro Cerar was elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia EC Commissioner for the by the National Assembly on 25 Environment (2010-2014) August 2014. Until then, he had not Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair, UNEP been a member of any political party International Resource Panel, and had not been actively engaged France has played a large role in in politics. In 2014 he decided to form, together with a group policymaking on natural resources through his current role of his supporters, a completely new political party in order to in the UNEP International Resource Panel, and in his prior participate in the early parliamentary elections. The Party of role as the Commissioner for Environment for the European Miro Cerar (SMC) was founded on 2 June 2014 and on 13 July Commission. 2014, led by Miro Cerar, the SMC achieved a historic victory, winning 36 deputy seats (out of 90), which is the largest Janez Potočnik graduated from the Faculty of Economics at number of seats taken by any political party to-date. At its first the University of , Slovenia for his Ph.D. degree in congress on 7 March 2015, the party was renamed the Modern 1993. After being a researcher at the Institute of Economic Centre Party (SMC). Research, he became the director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development in 1994. He was Before entering politics, Miro Cerar was a Full Professor at the appointed Head of Negotiating Team for Accession of Slovenia Faculty of Law of the , where he lectured to the EU in 1998. He was the Director of Government Office for on the theory and philosophy of law, comparative law and the European Affairs in 2000, Minister Councillor at the Office of the ethics of the legal profession. In 1990 and 1991, he took part Prime Minister in 2001, and the designated Minister responsible in drafting the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia and for European Affairs in 2002. other constitutional independence acts, being the youngest of the participating legal experts. Subsequently, he was a In 2004 he joined the European Commission, first as legal advisor on constitutional and other legal matters to the Commissioner for Science and Research and then as the National Assembly for over twenty years, and occasionally Commissioner for the Environment. During his term as also to the ministries, private law offices, institutes, chambers the Commissioner for the Environment, he launched and and other institutions. In 2008, as a Fulbright Scholar, he taught pioneered on the implementation of Circular Economy and comparative constitutional law at the Golden Gate University sustainability policies. His term ended on November the School of Law in , and underwent professional 1st 2014. Currently he is the Co-Chair of UNEP International development training at the University of California School Resource Panel, an active promotor of the transition to circular of Law in Berkeley. After holding the office of Vice-President economy, and the adoption of sustainability policies. of the Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia for a year and a half, he became its President during the period from December 2010 to June 2012. In the period 2000-2014, he was selected as one of the ten most influential Slovenian legal experts thirteen times, and in the period 2011-2014, he was also named the Slovenian legal expert with the greatest reputation four times. 2nd Circular Change Conference ABOUT THE SPEAKER Find more information about speakers on www.Circularchange.Com

Attila Turos Tadej Slapnik Accelerating the Circular Economy State Secretary, Cabinet of the Initiative, World Economic Forum Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Partnership for Green Economy

Christiaan Kraaijenhagen Paolo Trichilo Founder and Innovation Strategist Ambassador of the Republic of Italy at Innoboos to Slovenia

Iain Gulland Ladeja Godina Košir Chief Executive Officer Initiator and Executive Director Zero Waste Scotland Circular Change Co-Founder and Connector Giacomelli Media

Giulio Bonazzi Zoran Janković Chairman and CEO Mayor of the City of Ljubljana of Aquafil SpA

Irena Majcen Andrej Fištravec Minister of Environment and Mayor of the City of Maribor Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Erik van Uum Robbert Droop Deputy Head of Mission, Ministry of Infrastructure and Embassy of the Kingdom the Environment, Netherlands of the Netherlands 2nd Circular Change Conference ABOUT THE SPEAKER Find more information about speakers on www.Circularchange.Com

Igor Kos Astrid Motta Municipality of Maribor Principal, Sustainable Resource Mayor’s cabinet Investments, EBRD

Jurij Giacomelli Karin Huber-Heim Founder and Managing Director Scientific Program Director, MSc Giacomelli media Ltd Sustainability and Responsible Management, University of Applied Sciences IBF Vienna

Guido Braam Arthur ten Wolde Executive Director, NL Hotspot Circular Economy Expert for De and Director Valley Creators and Groene Zaak and Ecopreneur.eu Valley initiator at Circular Valley

Maja Johannessen Janja Kreitmayer McKenzie Ellen MacArthur Foundation Secretary, Slovenian Ministry for the Government and Cities Associate Environment and Spatial Planning

Massimiano Tellini Draško Veselinovič Global Head of Circular Economy President of the Management in Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Board, SBRA

Markus Laubscher Davor Inđić Sustainability Director, Philips Associate Director and Senior Banker in the Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure department, EBRD 2nd Circular Change Conference ABOUT THE SPEAKER Find more information about speakers on www.Circularchange.Com

Ivana Maleš Michele Posocco Founder of INCIEN Brand Manager, Favini

Ana Grabnar Beatriz Luz Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners Founder of Exchange 4 Change Brazil

Dejan Podgoršek Matej Šuštaršič Manager for Business Development Deputy Manager, Pulp and Paper & ISVs, SEE, IBM Slovenia Institute Ljubljana

Melanie Seier Larsen Maja Makovec Brencic Principal, The Boston Consulting Minister of Education, Science Group and Sports

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