Bringing together key stakeholders from German industry, science and civil society, the CEID working group “Circular Business Models” developed a scientifically based practical manual for the successful implementation of circular business practices.

Starting with a mapping of business model patterns available to each actor in the value cycle, the report further outlines digital and regulatory enablers for CBMs in order to overcome current barriers and unleash the full potential of a shift towards circularity both on an industry and societal level.

This WCEF Session, which is moderated by Prof. Dr. Erik Hansen, scientific lead of the working group and Head of the Institute for Integrated Quality Design at Johannes Kepler University Linz, the goal is to foster a dialogue among CE experts, practitioners and decision-makers from various fields and share insights on success cases of implementing circular business practices.

Panel of experts:

• Christian Schiller – cirplus GmbH
• Erik G. Hansen – Institute for Integrated Quality Design at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)
• Patrick Wiedemann – Reverse Logistics GmbH
• Stephen Jamieson – SAP