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Nordic Circular Hotspot

Cross-pollination of ideas: how public agencies can foster creative collaboration

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It’s clear that active collaboration is one of the key ingredients in the transition to a circular economy. In this session, we will discuss how the state can be an incubator for the wide collaboration needed to implement a circular economy. What is the value of getting people together for solution-based brainstorming?

In this session, the Environment Agency of Iceland will go over what we’ve learned through the 3 idea workshops/hackathons that we hosted in the last couple of years. What have we learned about the value of bringing people together and creating a space for creative thinking?

This session also welcomes the winning solutions of each workshop to deepen our insights.

The idea workshops were focused on plastics, textiles and electronics, which were materials in focus in ‘Together against waste’, the government’s waste prevention programme.

 

Agenda

Welcome by the moderator

  • Rafn Helgason, Advisor in the team for climate, The Environment Agency of Iceland

The role of government in creating a space for creative thinking

  • Birgitta Steingrímsdóttir, Advisor in the team for circular economy, The Environment Agency of Iceland

From idea to execution — insights from the hackathons

  • Kristín Edda Óskarsdóttir and Sigíður Guðjónsdóttir, Owners/Founders of SPJARA
  • Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, musician/environmental activist/team member in the winning solution in Plastaþon
  • Evan Lloyd Greene, team member in Fixmix — winnig solution in Tækjaþon

Discussions and questions from the audience 

Closing remarks from the moderator