Meet the Innovators: UpLink - The Circulars Live Pitch Session

Investing in innovation and entrepreneurship is critical to make progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For example, only 50% of the technologies needed to achieve net-zero are ready to be deployed, according to U.S. climate envoy John Kerry.

In this livestreamed session, some of the most exciting entrepreneurs to come through the World Economic Forum’s open innovation platform, UpLink, pitch their big solutions to a panel of esteemed judges.

Join the session to learn more about these circular economy innovators, their solutions and how they can accelerate their impact, as well as The Circulars Accelerator programme led by Accenture, in partnership with Ecolab and Anglo American.

Watch the pitch session on this page on 11 July 2022 at 15:00-16:00 CET (09.00 EST/ 6.00 PDT).

Participants:

The Innovators:

Eduardo Zavala, CEO, Done Properly

Jo Chidley, Co-founder, ReRe

Joanne Rodriguez, CEO and Founder, Mycocycle

Matthieu de Gaudemar, CEO & Co-Founder, Kudoti

The Panel of Experts:

Nico Rosberg, Greentech Entrepreneur and 2016 Formula 1 World Champion

Arijana Walcott, Founder & Managing Partner, DART Labs

Tanja Havemann, Founder & Director, Clarmondial

Rachael Bartels, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Moderated by:

Emanuela Orsini, UpLink Digital