Meet the Expert Committee – Circular Design Summit 2026

The Expert Committee shapes the Circular Design Summit 2026 with passion and foresight. The committee curates the programme, selects the speakers and ensures that you discover and experience the decisive trends and perspectives in circular design, sustainability and innovation leadership.

• Bernd Müller, German Design Council | Director International Relations & Sustainability
  Bernd Müller is responsible for international relations and sustainability at the German Design Council. With his experience at the interface of design, business and sustainability, he brings a global perspective and demonstrates how circular design drives transformation worldwide.
• Steffen Erath, Hansgrohe | Head of Innovation & Sustainability
  Steffen Erath drives innovation and sustainability at Hansgrohe. He combines practice-oriented innovation management with a clear focus on circular design to show how companies can shape the future through circular strategies and the circular economy.
• Karel J. Golta, Indeed Innovation | CEO
  Karel J. Golta is the founder and CEO of Indeed Innovation. He stands for sustainable transformation through design. With his holistic innovation processes, he combines ecological responsibility with economic impact to implement circular design and innovation leadership as the key success factors.
• Alissa Ritter, Rosenthal | Sustainability Manager
  As Sustainability Manager at Rosenthal, Alissa Ritter drives the further development of the traditional porcelain manufacturer. She optimises processes in a resource-efficient way, bundles knowledge within the company and firmly anchors sustainability across all areas – with a clear link to circular design and the circular economy.
• Anne Farken, Designworks | Associate Director Sustainability & Creative Consulting
  Anne Farken is responsible for sustainability and creative consulting at Designworks. She systematically integrates sustainability into design processes and supports companies across industries in developing new, future-oriented business models – with a clear focus on the opportunities of circular design and innovation leadership.

Join us at the Circular Design Summit 2026, secure your ticket, and take advantage of our Early Bird Special to save up to €349 until 31 October 2025. Do you have ideas to share? Submit your topics or papers and actively help shape the programme.