Setting the Scene Minister Alan Dillon Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment with special responsibility for the Circular Economy Laura Burke Director General, Environmental Protection Agency Martina Hennessy Assistant Secretary, Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency, Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment Heidi Redmond Heidi Redmond, Department for the Economy Northern Ireland Joseph Cummins Head of Climate Action and Energy Policy Unit, DETE Owen Keogh Head of Sustainability, An Post Producer Responsibility in Priority Sectors Dr Katharina Schlegel Thummer Council Director, Circularity and End-of-Life Plastics Europe David Fitzsimons Director, European Remanufacturing Council Elizabeth O’Reilly Head of Environmental Compliance, WEEE Ireland Rebecca Wilson Director of Research, Policy, and Education, Rediscovery Centre Markets & Consumption Dr Florian Flachenecker Taskforce Leader on the Circular Economy Act, DG ENV Lynne Walker Director of Primark Cares Dr Orla Kelly Associate Professor in Social Policy, University College Dublin Seán McCabe Head of Climate Justice & Sustainability, Bohemian FC Chairs David Flynn Director, Office of Environmental Sustainability, EPA Warren Phelan Programme Manager, Circular Economy Programme, EPA Dr Geraldine Brennan Director of Circular Economy Innovation, Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR)