Roll up your sleeves: from policy to practice with digital product passports for global value chains

11 Aug 2026

Roll up your sleeves: from policy to practice with digital product passports for global value chains

17 Sep 2026 at 09:30–12:30 (UTC+5:30)

Radisson hotel Gift City Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India

Session type: In person only in Gandhinagar

Focus: Business, Data and AI, Design, Industry, System change, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia / Australasia / Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Organiser(s): EU Circular Economy Resource Centre (EU CERC),
International Council for Circular Economy (ICCE),
Circulearth, Sitra and Enabel

This is a practical policy-to-implementation session on how digital product passports (DPPs) can enable ecodesign and circular value chains. Hear policy insights and company perspectives, see a live demonstration of a frugal decentralised DPP, and test practical readiness tools in an interactive workshop.

Driving circular economy through digital governance

11 Aug 2026

Driving circular economy through digital governance

17 Sep 2026 at 11:30–13:00 (UTC+5:30)

TBC, Gandhinagar, India

Session type: In person only in Gandhinagar

Focus: Business, Data and AI, Governance, People, Waste, Asia

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Organiser(s): GIZ India

Explore how digital governance, community action and innovation are advancing the circular economy in India. Discover practical solutions for waste management, resource recovery, traceability and citizen engagement, with approaches that can be scaled across the Global South.

Circular solutions to marine plastic pollution

11 Aug 2026

Circular solutions to marine plastic pollution

17 Sep 2026 at 17:30–19:00 (UTC+5:30)

Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Gandhi nagar, India

Session type: In person in Gandhinagar and online

Focus: Data and AI, Governance, Resilience, System change, Africa, Asia, Europe

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Organiser(s): Royal Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi (Lead) Partners: Consulate General of Norway, Mumbai; Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway; GRID-Arendal

How can countries move from measuring plastic pollution to implementing circular solutions at scale? This session showcases India–Norway collaboration on data, policy and action. Learn how evidence, partnerships and local implementation can accelerate circularity.

Borderless circular manufacturing and Industry 5.0

11 Aug 2026

Borderless circular manufacturing and Industry 5.0

18 Sep 2026 at 15:30 – 17 Sep 2026 at 17:00 (UTC-3:00)

online, Goiania, Brazil

Session type: Online only

Focus: Business, Data and AI, Industry, Resilience, System change, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia / Australasia / Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Organiser(s): BIOCERR – Biodegradáveis Cerrado

Discover how decentralised manufacturing networks can accelerate the circular economy through Industry 5.0 principles.
Learn how modular production systems reduce waste, strengthen local economies and create resilient industrial ecosystems for a regenerative future.

Circular solutions and business models in ICT and electronics industries

03 Aug 2026

Circular solutions and business models in ICT and electronics industries

16 Sep 2026 at 14:30–15:30 (UTC+5:30)

Session type: Parallel

Track: Business

Focus: Critical minerals, Data and AI, Materials, Waste, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia / Australasia / Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals

This session examines strategies for extending the working life of ICT and electronics equipment through reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing business models.

It explores how recovering critical minerals from e-waste can build resilient secondary markets and reduce dependence on virgin material extraction.

Global technology firms, Indian innovators and industry associations will discuss practical solutions and partnerships needed to scale circular ICT value chains.

Organiser(s): Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI), Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET), Recycling and Environment Industry Association of India (REIA)

Application of AI: Next-gen tech for a circular economy

03 Aug 2026

Application of AI: Next-gen tech for a circular economy

15 Sep 2026 at 12:00–13:00 (UTC+5:30)

Session type: Parallel

Track: Growth

Focus: Business, Data and AI, System change, Asia, Europe, North America

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals

Artificial intelligence is emerging as the connective tissue of the circular economy, adding the visibility, prediction and optimisation needed to fragmented lifecycle data to make circular business models competitive.

This session examines how AI can shift the economics in favor of circularity, using the automotive sector as the proving ground and India as the geography.

Discussions will explore practical applications across modular vehicle eco-design, component remanufacturing, EV battery second-life optimisation, and automated End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) dismantling and recycling.

Organiser(s): World Economic Forum, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

Global call for Studio applications is open—Apply by 24 August!

Call for Expo applications extended—Apply by 17 August!