Why should you join the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL?
SHARE IDEAS
Showcase your circular economy innovation and initiative to speed up the system change. Motivate to follow you.
MEET RELEVANT PLAYERS
Benefit from networking opportunities and develop relationships with start-ups, corporates, politics, science and society.
GET INSPIRED
Be inspired by thought leaders, pilot projects, best practices, revolutionary ideas and concrete approaches to take action.
![Circular Republic - Header Festival](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/header/circular-republic-festival-header.png?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1690893343&s=93937a58a20e11272e28f0834641e9e6)
This was the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2023
NOV. 15-18, 2023
Coming together and starting the collaboration
At the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL, we sparked the necessary collaboration and innovation by bringing together the tech ecosystem with politics and corporates.
Festival Program
Four days of inspiring key notes, panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions start-up pitches, and networking opportunities with other circular economy enthusiasts.
Our
Moderators
Guided you Through the Exciting Program
![Circular Republic Festival Moderator Leonhard Nima](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Leonhard_Nima.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958635&s=dead3acf0a03dce904ca3f2280fd072d)
Leonhard Nima
Moderator & Founder
![Circular Republic Festival Moderator Totinia Hoerner](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Totinia-Hoerner-cropped.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958635&s=e7a260a6ab3830a8203e19c78a00fd66)
Totinia Hörner
Moderator
Discover our 5 #CRF23 Impulse Areas!
![Main Stage](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Impulse-Areas_CRF23/Main-Stage.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713963510&s=6e707b627a2403ef0132ee21461454cf)
Main Stage
![Side Stage](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Impulse-Areas_CRF23/Side-Stage.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713963506&s=467c488ba08bc1572a4fd4a9321ac8ff)
Side Stage
![Maker Space](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Impulse-Areas_CRF23/Maker-Space.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713963495&s=8f99be56abd86470c132410003ed522e)
Maker Space
![Workshop Area](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Impulse-Areas_CRF23/Workshop-Area.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713963486&s=d27020825ddacef71867e0b8db0c2fa1)
Workshop Area
![Start Up Area](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Impulse-Areas_CRF23/Start-Up-Area.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713963502&s=1122eaaa031ad452a64ab2528f26b365)
Start-up Area
The #CRF23
Speakers
![Circular Republic Festival Speaker Inge Hofkens Aurubis](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Circular-Republic-Festival-Speaker-Inge-Hofkens-Multimetal-Recycling.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958700&s=b3d47f22162233108535efef99a72aa2)
Inge Hofkens
COO Multimetal Recycling
Aurubis AG
![CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL Speaker Christine Betz BSH Home Appliances Group](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Christine-Betz.png?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958614&s=c6eff2ec66175348e6b53bac3233db3c)
Christine Betz
Chief Sustainability Officer
BSH Home Appliances Group
![Circular Republic Festival Speaker Carlos Alvarez Pereira The Club of Rome](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Circular-Republic-Festival-Speaker-Carlos-Alvarez-Pereira-The-Club-of-Rome.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958701&s=c0b31f2f8c5566f6517e1856fdb83421)
Carlos Alvarez Pereira
Vice President
The Club of Rome
![CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL Speaker Thibault de Assi Siemens](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Thibault-de-Assi.png?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958614&s=ba2c2439c3a1dd4321790aaa68a8f425)
Thibault de Assi
General Manager and Global Head of Industrial Computing
Siemens
![Speaker Circular Republic Festival Aurel Ciobanu Dordea European Commission](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Speaker-Circular-Republic-Festival-Aurel_Ciobanu-Dordea-European-Commission.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958699&s=c019824ff86b75269e7ab5f5d910fe7d)
Aurel Ciobanu-Doreda
Director in charge of Circular Economy
European Commission
![CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL Speaker Florian Festl FOCUS Online](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Florian-Festl-FOCUS-Online.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958603&s=520e917d1995a3e76f69d7e84d9050a4)
Florian Festl
Editor in Chief
FOCUS Online
Dietmar Harhoff
Director
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
![Christian Haub CEO Tengelmann](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Speaker_CRF23/Christian-Haub_CEO-Tengelmann.jpg?w=375&h=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958716&s=293ec8882be458dc01d2918abda4ab16)
Christian Haub
CEO
Tengelmann Twenty-One
Thank you to all our Partners
for Supporting #CRF23!
Our Co-Hosts
![Circular Futures Logo](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/partners/Logo-Circular-Futures.png?w=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1690893371&s=1f45039e932b6102479bbfd517df7441)
Impact Partners
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![RISE CITIES BMW Foundation Logo](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/festival/Logos/BMW-Foundation-Herbert-Quandt-Logo.png?w=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1713958978&s=b47d343ef46d3267dd6e15e2a904345a)
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![TU Munich Logo](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/partners/Logo-TUM.png?w=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1693902072&s=60947e9490e319cb8bd14e5702d7fe7a)
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Industry Partners
![BMW Group Logo](https://thankful-insect.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/circular-republic/partners/bmw-group-logo.png?w=375&q=90&fm=jpg&fit=crop&dm=1690893377&s=1299aaec1fb045f0b109f8901699d00d)
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Media Partner
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