Speaker – Sustainability Transformation Conference 2021

Speaker of the day

Sprecher:innen der Konferenz

Global perspective: Serving people’s prosperity globally without polluting the planet

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner is President of the German Environment Agency since 2020.

Dr. Sheila Aggarwal-Khan

Dr. Sheila Aggarwal-Khan

Dr. Sheila Aggarwal-Khan is the Director of the Economy Division at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Dr. Hans Bruyninckx

Dr. Hans Bruyninckx

Dr. Hans Bruyninckx is the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA). He assumed the position in 2013.

Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi

Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi

Dr. Sam Adu-Kumi is the Programmes Coordinator and Focal Person for the chemical and waste-related multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and Frameworks in Ghana.

Zero Pollution Ambition: Regulations as a part of transformation?

Dr. Lilian Busse

Dr. Lilian Busse

In 2021, Dr. Lilian Busse became the Vice President of the German Environment Agency (UBA).

Bettina Doeser

Bettina Doeser

Bettina Doeser is Head of the Unit for Clean Water at the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission. She took up the position in 2017.

Bjorn Hansen

Bjorn Hansen

Bjorn Hansen is European Chemicals Agency´s (ECHA) Executive Director. He is ECHA's legal representative, in charge of the day-to-day management and all staff matters.

Change in perspective from chemicals to functional needs: From “Poison pays” to fair chances for innovations and sustainable alternatives.

Dr. Gerd Romanowski

Dr. Gerd Romanowski

Dr. Gerd Romanowski is Executive Director of the Chemical Industry Association (VCI) and responsible for Science, Technical and Environmental Affairs.

Frida Hök

Frida Hök

Frida Hök joined ChemSec in 2009 and has been responsible for ChemSec strategic policy work.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Kümmerer

Prof. Dr. Klaus Kümmerer

Director, International Research and Education Sustainable Collaborative Centre (ISC3), Leuphana University

Dr. Joel A. Tickner

Dr. Joel A. Tickner

Dr. Joel A. Tickner is a professor of environmental health at University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Lessons learned in other areas – how can that be used for transformations in the chemicals sector

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner is President of the German Environment Agency since 2020.

Dr. Leena Srivastava

Dr. Leena Srivastava

Dr. Leena Srivastava is the Deputy Director General for Science at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). She assumed the position in 2019.

Nadine Hönighaus

Nadine Hönighaus

Nadine-Lan Hönighaus is the Executive Director of econsense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business e.V.. She obtained the position in 2019.