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Speakers 2025

Discover the speakers and moderators of the EU Green Week 2025 conference

Jessika ROSWALL

Commissioner For Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Patrick CHILD

Acting Director-General in DG Environment, European Commission

Oliver RÖPKE

President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Heather GRABBE

Senior Fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels-based think-tank, and Visiting Professor at University College London

Svitlana GRYNCHUK

Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Dr Janez POTOČNIK

Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel (UNEP) and President of ThinkForest

Julia ETTINGER

Secretary-General of the European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC)

Claudia MENSI

President of European Waste Management Association (FEAD)

Aurel CIOBANU-DORDEA

Director for Circular Economy, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission

Werapong PRAPHA

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Thailand and Thailand Trade Representative

Harald TEPPER

Sr Director, Group Sustainability at Philips, Global Lead Circular Economy, EcoDesign & ESG Transformation

Astrid SCHOMAKER

Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations

Martijn QUINN

Senior Expert, Green Diplomacy, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment

Cillian LOHAN

Vice-President for Communication, European Economic and Social Committee

Emmanuelle MAIRE

Sustainable Production and Consumption unit, DG Environment, European Commission

Freek VAN EIJK

Co-chair of the Coordination Group of the EU Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP); CEO of Holland Circular Hotspot

Ladeja GODINA KOŠIR

Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change; Co-Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP)

Emil Bech ANDERSEN

Head of communications & IT solutions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment

Marco RUPP

Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Affairs, Bio-based industries consortium

John-Rob POOL

Senior Manager for UrbanShift and Nature-Positive Urban Development, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Valérie DREZET-HUMEZ

Director for General Affairs, Knowledge and Resources at the Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission

Axel EGGERT

Director General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER)

Anna PAPAGRIGORAKI

Sustainability Director, Confederation of European Papers Industries (CEPI)

Stefan LEINER

Head of Industrial Emissions & Safety Unit, DG Environment, European Commission

Veronica MANFREDI

Director for Zero Pollution, Water Resilience & Green Urban Transition, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission

Emmanuel CHAPONNIERE

Head of Division of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development, European Investment Bank

Claudia FUSCO

Director for General Affairs, Knowledge and Resources, DG Environment, European Commission

Peter SCHMIDT

Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, President of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section (NAT)

Astrid LADEFOGED

Head of Green Transitions, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Aziza AKHMOUCH

OECD, Head of Division Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Dr John BELL

”Healthy Planet” Director, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Thomas VAN OPPENS

Deputy mayor for Climate & Sustainability, Digitalisation and Finance, Leuven, Belgium