Re-Think - Circular Economy Forum

Re-think is designed to stimulate critical thinking towards the current industrial and economic system, showing the possible evolutionary trends of the Circular Economy.

Re-think wants to illustrate practical paths and potential trends that can lead to the creation of innovative and entrepreneurial projects related to the Circular Economy.

The focus will be on 3 main topics: 

• Cities: Urban contexts organized in a circular way, presenting actual projects, but also possible futuristic trends with a focus on smart cities, mobility, and urban farming

• Materials: Organic materials (e.g., algae, fungi) that could replace the synthetic ones, emerging trends in materials re-utilization and possible futuristic trends

• Technologies: Emerging technologies and possible trends that can overturn the concept of waste and optimize the use of resources with a focus on AI, IoT and energy production

Every topic will have a specific session during the day. In each session, there will be 2 experts to show the futuristic trends on the topic and 4/6 companies and start-ups showing their approach, business cases, and vision for the future.

The event will start with the "Cities" session in the morning, followed by a roundtable on the supporting ecosystem to the Circular Economy before lunch. In the afternoon there will be first the "Materials" session and later the "Technologies" session.

In addition to the classroom, during the event, there will be a dedicated area where companies can showcase their product and some workshops will be organized on specific topics.

As a closing session for the event, there will be a theatrical show: Blue Revolution.

Partners of the event are ALMED, ALTIS, Catholic University of Milan, Digital 360, Economy-up, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Smallfish, FEI.

Milano