Annual Congress Circulaire-IT
The Annual Congress Circulaire-IT (Jaarcongres Circulaire-IT) will take place on 14 November 2023. The success of the previous edition has resulted in the event taking on a more international approach for the coming event. The congress will run throughout the day and is aimed at all professionals involved in circular IT, both directly and indirectly. The event targets partners, manufacturers, service providers, and (potential) end-users, offering substantive presentations and networking opportunities with other entities within their own and other industries.
The Annual Congress Circulaire-IT is the first and only international congress in the Netherlands that addresses the reduction of IT waste, and creates a platform for providers of circular products and services. Circular IT clearly has an international dimension, with cross-border consolidation and supply chains. Therefore, the primary language is English, and speakers from across Europe will share their experiences.
08.30 – 09.30 Doors open, registration / networking
09.30 – 09.45 Welcom by Eric Luteijn
09.45 – 10.15 Facilicom – Pieter Zeestraten
10.15 – 10.45 Eurefas – Andreas Mayer
10.45 – 11.15 Thee en coffee break / networking
11.15 – 11.45 Room A : TU Delft – Jan-Henk Welink / Room B : ISIT – Olivier Vergeynst
11.45 – 12.15 Room A : Seri – Jeff Seibert / Room B : ASCDI – Joe Marion
12.15 – 12.45 ABN AMRO – Wiebren van der Zee
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch / networking
13.30 – 14.00 KPN – Edwin Rutten
14.00 – 14.30 Dustin – Sandra Klackenborn
14.30 – 15.00 CCS Insight – Simon Bryant
15.00 – 15.30 Thee en coffee break / networking
15.30 – 16.00 Foxway – Martin Series
16.00 – 16.15 Stephan Derksen
16.15 – 16.45 Vendor panel – HP, HPE, Huawei & Lenovo
17.00 – 18.00 Networking, Drinks & Bytes
Annual Congres Circulaire-IT 2023
- Date: 14 November 2023
- Venue: Landgoed Zonneheuvel, Amersfoortseweg 98, Doorn
- Time: An all-day schedule running from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- Entry: Individual entry tickets are €350,- per person, or free for members of the community Circulaire-IT.
Impression Annual Congress Circulaire-IT 2022
Speakers during the Annual Congress Circulaire-IT 2023
National and international experts are brought together for the Annual Congress Circulaire-IT. Representatives from manufacturers, service providers, the supply chain, research institutions, industry associations, and government will be sharing their insights and knowledge. Presentations are divided between two rooms, and the language used used during these sessions is English.
Conference Host: Eric Luteijn, founder of Luteijnmedia and publisher of Circulaire-IT.
Speakers:
Olivier Vergeynst, director, Belgian Institute for Sustainable IT ISIT-BE – Simon Bryant, Vice President Research, CCS Insight – Wiebren van der Zee, IT Strategy & Design – Sustainability, ABN AMRO – Sandra Klackenborn, Head of Sustainability, Dustin Group – Jeff Seibert, Sustainable Electronics & R2 Association (SERI) – Jan-Henk Welink, Secretary and initiator, Kennisplatform Sustainable Resource Management Den Haag/TU Delft – Joe Marion, Voorzitter, Association Global IT Asset Disposition – Edwin Rutten, Consultant Sustainability/Circular Economy KPN – Martin Series, Director Services Global Resale, Foxway – Stephan Derksen, independent sustainability consultant – Andreas Mayer, CEO, Flex IT Distribution/EUREFAS – Pieter Zeestraten, CIO, Facilicom Group
Vendor panel:
Hjalmar van Veen – Director & Head of Commercial Channel BeNeLux HP Inc
Clemens Essers – Chief Technologist & Presales Manager HPE
Gert-Jan van Eck – COO and head of public relations Huawei
Stefan Larsen – Global Head of Environmental Services – Lenovo
Wiebren van der Zee
ABN AMRO – (end-user case ) CIO Domain expert Sustainable IT
ABN Amro has acknowledged the need to address Sustainability within IT Delivery and Operations in an early stage.
Wiebren initiated Sustainable IT projects into the organization and will elaborate on the approach and lessons learned.
Simon Bryant
CCS Insight – (Research agency) VP
Presentation facts and figures on Refurb Mobile phones markets in Europe.
Edwin Rutten
KPN – Consultant Sustainability/Circular Economy
Edwin Rutten is sustainability consultant at KPN. Since 2018, he guides KPN in its circular journey.
He has a background in sustainability, procurement, supply chain and business.
These pillars are key to achieving a truly circular economy, so experience, passion and purpose go hand in hand.
Martin Series
Foxway – Market leader Circular-IT vendor in Europa
Martin Series, a seasoned industry professional with over 25 years of experience in the circular technology sector. As the Director of Global Services, Martin is a key player in the company’s success, focused on product acquisition, value-added services and solutions, risk management, lease return management, and optimising residual value.
Foxway UK is part of the Foxway Group, a rapidly growing business, recognised as a leader in the circular tech industry. As part of the Foxway Group, Martin is responsible for developing product sourcing and services agreements with technology manufacturers, service providers, leasing companies and global enterprise organisations.
Sandra Klackenborn
Dustin Group – Head of Sustainability
Sandra Klackenborn is Head of Sustainability and ESG at Dustin Group. Board member with focus on Sustainability. Advisor on Due Diligence and CSRD preparations, Third Party Management and Operational Risk Management.
Jan-Henk Welink
TU-Delft (University) – Secretary and Initiator at Knowledge Platform Sustainable Resource Management The Hague
Jan-Henk Welink is involved with the Knowledge Platform for Sustainable Resource Management in closing loops, especially those of critical raw materials. Jan-Henk has initiated various projects such as Circular Circuits (research to make electronics circular) and is working on various projects like Lean Remanufacturing (assisting companies in remanufacturing products). Jan-Henk leverages the 30 years of knowledge and experience gained in government and the business sector to acquire knowledge from universities for both government and the business sector. This is done in order to expedite the achievement of circular goals through research projects, education, and seminars.
Theme: CRM (Critical Raw Materials), Remanufacturing, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment).
Olivier Vergeynst
Belgian Institute for Sustainable IT (ISIT)
Olivier Vergeynst is the Director of the Belgian Institute for Sustainable IT (ISIT-BE). With 75+ members in Belgium and more than 240+ members internationally, this community brings together all organisations engaged for a more responsible, ethical, human and environmentally friendly digital transformation.
With over 20 years’ experience in international companies as an IT Director, Olivier has managed technical teams in financial and payment systems telecommunications, application development, infrastructure and IT operations, before training in Sustainable IT. Olivier’s presentation will be about helping Belgian organisations to kick-start their Sustainable IT initiatives.
Joe Marion
For almost 50 years there has been one association that has championed the rights of IT resellers while making sure that the ITAD industry abided by the highest of ethical standards. Over the years, it has been known as the ECLAT (The European Computer Lessors Association), the ESCD (European Service and Computer Dealers), the DDA (DEC Dealers association), the CDLA (Computer Dealer and Lessors Association) and ITRA (Information Technology Resellers Association).
Know today as ASCDI-The ITAD association its mission has expanded to include the ethical practices of companies who are charged with the repurposing ITC equipment in an environmentally safe manner while protecting customer private data.
Joe Marion will speak about the important roll the ASCDI plays in the ITC ecosystem.
Jeff Seibert
Sustainable Electronics & R2 Association (SERI) – Chief Provocateur, Certification Program Executive Director SERI.
Presentation: Shifting from ITAD to Sustainable ITAD
As SERI’s chief provocateur, Jeff Seibert has the dedicated responsibility of provoking change in thinking and behavior around electronics in order to help businesses and consumers work toward electronics sustainability and build a circular economy. Seibert has nearly 30 years of experience in marketing, advertising and consumer insights.
Stephan Derksen
Industry advisor / non-executive director.
Presenting an update of the European M&A landscape ’22/’23 in sustainability companies.
Stephan Derksen is an independent consultant who has been active in private equity around circular IT for over 20 years. More recently, he has fulfilled board roles at a number of companies.
Andreas Mayer
Andreas Mayer is CEO of Flex IT and member of Eurefas has more than 25 years of experience in the European IT sector, having worked at IBM, Lenovo and HP, among others.
Prior to joining MKCL as Managing Director, Andreas was a Senior Director EMEA at HP in Geneva and worked for more than 14 years in various leadership roles at Lenovo in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In his last position, he served as Managing Director Benelux of Lenovo.
Andreas was born in Germany but has lived abroad for more than twenty years. In the last few years, he has lived in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Pieter Zeestraten
Facilicom (end-user case)
After obtaining his master’s degree in public administration from the university of Leiden & Rotterdam, Pieter started his career as business consultant at Nolan, Norton & Co., as part of KPMG. He conducted several large digital transformation programs in banking & insurance industry. In 2001 he left NNC/KPMG for several senior (operational & commercial) management positions at Pink Elephant (later PinkRoccade/GetronicsPinkRoccade).
In 2007 he joined KPN Consumer Market Mobile as an independent program manager. For 12 years he was responsible for large scale complex change programs. His last assignment within KPN was the creation of a Data & Analytics department including conducting company wide data integration programs. As of 2020 Pieter joined the family-owned company Facilicom (GOM/Trigion/Facilicom Solutions/Food&i/Incluzio) as group CIO. Currently he is responsible for the digital transformation of Facilicom.