Critical Raw Materials in a Circular Economy Seminar

Place
Helsinki
Room
Futurum
Welcome to ‘Critical Raw Materials in a Circular Economy’ Seminar with Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair, Professor Lisa Ellram.
Topic: Challenges to increase the circularity of critical raw materials from the supply chain perspective.

Time                                                       

17.05.2023, 09:00-12:00

Place

Helsinki, Hanken School of Economics (Arkadiankatu 22, 00100 Helsinki), Futurum Room (main building).

The keynote speaker is Professor Ellram from Miami University (Oxford, OH), with the topic ¨ Supply Chain Challenges for Circular Economy”. Professor Lisa Ellram is visiting Hanken as a Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics until May, 2023. More information about Lisa Ellram can be found here.

Program

  • Welcome and opening section (Anna Aminoff, Hanken)
  • Urban Symbiosis Project: overview (Katri Valkokari, VTT)
  • Supply Chain Challenges for Circular Economy (Lisa Ellram, Miami University)
  • Public procurement as a tool towards circular economy - a case study with City of Pori (Juha Oksanen, VTT)
  • EU’s current CRM policy objectives, existing legislation, and shortcomings. (Topi Turunen, Syke)
  • Tensions in Circularity- the e-bike supply chain in Finland (Bruno Oliveira, Hanken)
  • Final comments and wrap up.

About the project

The seminar is part of the project “Towards urban symbiosis of critical raw materials: collaborative value creation models in circular ecosystems” (2022-2025). The Urban Symbiosis project is funded in the Romulus program by Academy of Finland. The research consortium partners are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Hanken School of Economics, and Finnish Environment Institute.

The project aims to find efficient and innovative solutions to stem the loss of resources in the future economy. More information about the project can be found here.

Place:

The seminar will be held on Wednesday 17 May from 09:00-12:00. in auditorium  Futurum at Hanken’s main building (Arkadiankatu 22, Helsinki).

Registration:

The seminar will be held in English. The seminar is free of charge and is open for consortium partners, Romulus projects, researchers, and corporate partners to register by 12 May.

Please Register here.

We invite the attendees for lunch after the seminar, at 12:00. If you are willing to attend the lunch, please confirm it in the registration link.

If you have any questions regarding the seminar, please contact bruno.garciadeoliveira@hanken.fi (Bruno Oliveira).

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