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EVENTS

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World

Virtual Event

January 27, 2021 - January 28, 2021
10:00am - 5:00pm EST

Virtual Event - Eastern Time

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There is no registration fee.

The link to attend the live workshop was emailed to registered attendees on Monday, January 25, 2021.

Registration Contact

Pauline Truong

pauline.truong@nist.gov

(301) 975-3258

Technical Contact

Kelsea Schumacher

kelsea.schumacher@nist.gov

This workshop will convene stakeholders from across the electronics, battery, and solar panel supply chains to assess technical and economic barriers to the reuse, refurbishment, and recycling of these products. The major goal of the workshop is to define NIST’s role in facilitating the transition to a circular economy and identifying actionable items for doing so. Attendees, including manufacturers, researchers, policymakers, industry organizations, and reuse, refurbishing, and recycling practitioners will watch keynote speeches by world-renowned experts in the circular economy, observe panel sessions with industry experts, and participate in roundtable discussions.

Agenda

Day 1: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

10:00 - 10:15 AM ET Virtual Auditorium	Welcome: Martin Green and Kelsea Schumacher, NIST
10:15 - 11:15 AM ET	Plenary Speech: William McDonough
11:15 - 11:30 AM ET	Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ET Virtual Auditorium	Session 1: How do we Create a Circular Economy?
1:00 - 1:45 PM ET	Lunch + Networking
1:45 - 3:15 PM ET Virtual Discussion Room	Concurrent Sessions: Session 2a: Electronics Recycling Challenges Session 2b: Battery Recycling Challenges Session 2c: Solar Panel Recycling Challenges
3:15 - 3:30 PM ET	Break
3:30 - 5:00 PM ET Virtual Auditorium	Session 3: Boundary-spanning tools to support a circular economy
5:00 PM ET	Adjourn for the day.

Day 2: Thursday, January 28, 2021

10:00 - 10:15 AM ET Virtual Auditorium	Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:15 - 11:15 AM ET	Plenary Speech: Dr. Thomas Graedel
11:15 - 11:30 AM ET	Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ET Virtual Auditorium	Session 4: Reuse, Repair, and Refurbishment in a Circular Economy
1:00 - 1:45 PM ET	Lunch + Networking
1:45 - 3:15 PM ET Virtual Auditorium	Session 5: Best Practices for a Circular Economy
3:15 - 3:30 PM ET	Break
3:30 - 4:45 PM ET Virtual Discussion Room	Breakout Session Topics: Design, Use/Reuse, End-of-Life Management, and Enabling the Circular Economy UPDATE 1/28: Please note that Thursday's breakout session has been consolidated into one breakout room. The links to join the breakout session will be available in your attendee email sent on 1/28.
4:45 - 5:00 PM ET	Closing remarks
5:00 PM ET	Adjourn