Amit Paul is passionate about regenerative and sustainable development. He spent 6 years as in the performing arts and music industry in his teens and then stepped into transforming the global flame retardants market as CEO of Paxymer AB. Over the past years he’s expanded his involvement i various areas evolving a systemic approach to …
Annika Boss is senior researcher and project manager in polymeric materials and recycling at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. She mainly works with projects and commercial assignments in the field of polymeric materials, sustainable use, mechanical recycling and implementation of recycled plastics in products.
Åsa works at Naturvårdsverket with National Plastic Coordination, as well as other plastic related issues such as legislation and government assignments. Åsa has over 20 years of experience working with resources, materials and waste. Plastics have been the main material focus over the last few years.
Bledar Beqiri works at the Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS) where he is a project manager and coordinates national, European and international standardization in the packaging field. He has an academic background within sustainable entrepreneurship and strategic management.
Bo Wallteg, editor-in-chief of the magazine Packnews (formerly nord emballage) and co-founder of the Nordic Bioplastic Association.
Nexam Chemicals Chief Technology Officer Borealis Head of Competence Centre Energy & Innovation Centre Manager Competence Manager HPPE Group Leader – Power Cable Applications Senior Scientist Swerea IVF Senior Scientist Borealis Researcher & Project Manager Chalmers Assistant Professor
After graduating in Chemistry and acquiring PhD in Catalysis, Ekaterina pursued academic research at the ETH Zurich. This led her to engage with industrial R&D at BASF, where since 2011 she held various positions in research and strategy. She currently works in a Global Marketing and Development team of BASF Plastic Additives.
Erik Moth-Müller is the founder of Futation and MaterialSampleShop.com. In 2020 he co-founded of PositivePlastics.eu, which aims to help designers and product developers to discover and use new plastics with a reduced environmental impact. Positive Plastics released material sample kits in both in 2021 and 2022, and we are currently working on the 2023 edition.
Operations Manager for Nationellt Center för Hållbar Plast (National Centre for Sustainable Plastic) More info to come!
Javad Sunde Fahadi is a project leader at Standards Norway responsible for a mirror committee with the title “Plastics in the environment” and works with several other projects within environment and sustainability. He has several years of experience in the fields of international standardization, oil and gas industry and material consultancy.
Jenny Fagerland works at the Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS) where she is a project manager and coordinates national and international standardization within the field of plastics. She has a background in academia and a doctorate in polymer technology.
Jesper is actively working with eco-design and product regulation, Appointed National expert member in CEN-CENELEC Strategic Advisory Body on Environment, providing guidance to EU-Commission in the field of environmental standardization, and Former employee of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency Chemicals department working with REACH regulation.
Joakim is a professional officer with a large motorsports interest. He has worked as a production manager, staff manager and CEO. Since 2016 Joakim is CEO for the competence development company Polymercentrum Sverige AB.
Jonas Hagelqvist is CEO at IKEM – Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden which represent 1 250 Swedish and foreign-owned companies with about 70 000 employees in the plastics industry, among others. Jonas has years of experience in representing the Swedish plastics and chemical industry and is currently, among other things, elected to be part …
Josefin Ahlqvist, Ph. D., coordinator STEPS, Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways. Josefin is a project manager at Lund University’s Collaboration Department. With a passion for a sustainable future, she initiates and leads collaborative projects and networks between researchers, industry and public organizations with the overall aim of implementing a bio-based and circular economy. She was …
Josefin Larsson co-founded Reselo late 2020 and currently holds the position of Chief Product Officer. It is her passion for resource efficiency that drives the engagement and resonates with the Reselo mission, to make the most of the available biomass in the system. The common denominator, from previous roles within forest, chemical and packaging industries, …
Kerstin Jedvert is a project manager for the Materials group at Chalmers Industrial Technology, where she works with material issues with a focus on sustainable materials. Kerstin has a backgound in research with her doctoral degree in chemical engineering at Chalmers. She has several years of experience of research and project management in academia (Chalmers, …
With 35 years of experience in the polymer industry, includes plastic, rubber and textiles and all combinations thereof, I am now using my experience to enforce and create polymer circularity in an international environment. Previous companies are Trelleborg, Ansell, Trioworld and now at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute. My roles have mainly been within product …
Lena Lundberg started in September 2022 at Trioworld as Public Affairs and Regulatory Director and is really looking forward to being a part of the company’s ambitious goal to lead the development work in circular plastics and to, together with customers, push the boundaries of what is possible in packaging solutions of polyethylene film. Before …
Magnus Göransson inspires with his extensive experience within design and innovation for international brands with stories, opportunities and mindsets which can help companies and organizations to increase their creativity and motivate staff to deliver despite great uncertainty. He is a Head of Design, speaker and tv presenter for Lego Masters Sweden.
Marco Hariri is a Sustainability Specialist at Biesterfeld Plastic and supports all stakeholders on the topic of sustainability. With a Master degree in Chemistry, specializing in polymer chemistry and chemical recycling. He uses this experience to find solutions to complicated issues in the polymer industry and to develop more sustainable applications.
