Circular Design Summit 2025 Rethinking the Economy
Secure your Early Bird now - 50% discount until 31 November 2024!
Circular Economy starts with Design.
The Circular Design Summit brings together leading minds from business, industry, and design, all united by a common vision: economic success in harmony with ecological sustainability. Discover how Circular Design – design for the circular economy – is driving the transformation of the economy and how you can be a part of this development.
We invite you to explore successful approaches to the circular economy at the Circular Design Summit and engage with experts from across various industries.
With our 330 member companies from the design-oriented economy, we are at the cutting edge across sectors, fostering targeted collaboration and knowledge transfer. Trust in the expertise of an institution that has established design as a strategic tool for business.
Event details
When: Thursday, 11 March 2025, 9:30 – 18:00
Where: Hospitalhof, Stuttgart
What’s in it for Me:
- Diving Deep
Learn from industry leaders as they share their best practices. Leverage their practical knowledge and experience to drive transformation within your company.
- Taking the Lead
Circular design is a key factor in unlocking the future potential of your company.
- Connecting with Decision Makers
Collaboration is essential for the circular transformation. Meet experienced decision-makers and expand your network.
Design Pushing the Circular Economy
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from the best and unlock the future potential of your company. Connecting with Decision Makers
Collaboration is essential for the circular transformation. Meet experienced decision-makers and expand your network.
Register and secure your Early Bird price advantage of EUR 394 until 31 November 2024!
Speakers
Daniela Bohlinger, BMW Group, Innovation Strategie Lead Sustainability
Hansgrohe, Head of Innovation & Sustainability
TÜV Rheinland Group, Western Europe Sustainability Business Development Manager
Ines Marbach holds a PhD in environmental science and is a specialist moderator for sustainability.
She worked in higher education for many years, intially as a student and research assistant of the master's programme "International Information Management" at the University of Hildesheim. After successfully completing her studies, she was offered the opportunity to start writing her PhD dissertation. Following her interests as an environmentalist, she chose the field of environmental sciences. Entitled "Cultures and climate change: an empirical study on the climate awareness of German and Spanish students", she investigated the climate awareness of German and Spanish students as part of her doctorate.
Ines Marbach is a presenter at congresses, events, trade fairs, award ceremonies and galas related to sustainability and climate protection. She has also hosted programmes on German TV and is the host of the YouTube series "Grüner wird's nicht" (It's not getting any greener), in which she interviews people and companies who present innovative ideas in the field of climate protection.
Review of 2023 Summit
recreate. transform. be resilient.
The motto of the GDC Summit 2023 was ‘connect. collaborate. continue.’ and was dedicated to the question of whether cross-industry collaboration and collaborative approaches are the key factors for successful innovation processes in companies and whether these approaches could shape the working culture of the future.
It was emphasised that companies need to be solution-oriented and flexible in order to ensure long-term value creation. A successful brand today is characterised by the balance between adaptation and consistency. Exchange and collaboration with experts is becoming increasingly important in order to promote knowledge and technology transfer and drive innovation. Design in particular plays a central role in the development of new solutions.
The congress brought together industry experts, brand specialists and designers to discuss the potential of knowledge-networked and collaborative approaches for successful transformation processes.
The speakers 2023:
Julian Aisslinger, Head of Sustainability, Innovation and Responsible Communication, Marc O'Polo
Ann-Louise Collin, Brand Manager Trend Editions, Cosnova
Lena Hansen, Senior Brand Manager, Katjes
Jörg Heidrich, Manager Digital Brand and User Experience, Corporate Design, by Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr Florian Imgrund, Global Category Director - Road, Canyon
Philipp Thesen, Designer, Strategy Consultant and Professor for Human-System Interaction, Head of the HUMAN FACTORS LAB, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Gerhardt Kellermann, designer and co-founder of Relvãokellermann and part of the collective J*GAST
Andreas Kurbos, designer and founder, studiokurbos
Marco Limm, designer, founder and managing director of cre[ai]tion
Marcel Moritz, Global Head of Design & Innovation at BLANCO GmbH + Co KG
Wilhelm Seibel, Owner, Managing Partner, Mono and Johannes Seibel, Owner, Managing Partner and Creative Director, Mono
Nicola Stattmann, product designer and owner of Büro Nicola Stattmann, co-founder of OMC°C
David Wojcik, product designer and co-founder of Boxbote, Innoit and kroot, GDA Newcomer
Moderator: Ines Marbach, PhD in environmental science and expert moderator for sustainability.
Review of 2022 Summit
recreate. transform. be resilient.
Under the key note "recreate. transform. be resilient", the GDC Summit 2022 posed the question "Can good design increase the crisis resilience of companies and entire sectors of the economy? Are strong brands and companies with high design standards and adaptable products more resilient?"
Speakers from different disciplines talked about the influence good design can have on long-term success and what the most important factors for resilience are. At the congress, experts from research and science discussed with successful brand managers, creative people from agencies - and of course with the congress participants from the most diverse sectors and professional fields.
The speakers from 2022:
Eberhard Becker, Managing Partner at asp Architekten
Astrid Fontaine, Head of Human Resources at VW Commercial Vehicles
Marc Hadorn, Head of Brand & Identity at Swiss Post
Marc Haines, architect, project manager for Gassmann & Grossmann and Drees & Sommer, among others
Julius Jäger, Executive Strategy Director at Jung von Matt BRAND IDENTITY
Antje Kruse-Schomaker, Design Principal and Executive Design Director at IBM iX
Michael Lessman, Managing Director DACH+Nordics at Ritter Sport
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance at Oxford University
Stefan Ponikva, Vice President BMW Brand Communication and Experience
Room Zero
Dr. Christopher Stillings, Head of Colour & Design for the Engineering Plastics Business Unit at Covestro
Marko Thorhauer, Executive Creative Director and Design Principal at IBM iX
Maren Urner, Neuroscientist, Professor of Media Psychology HMKW University of Media, Communication and Business in Cologne
Christina Widmann, Communication Designer, Design Director at Jung von Matt BRAND IDENTITY
