Developing a circular economy for fishing nets and ropes (FNRs) in the Northern Periphery and Arctic Region (NPA)

Developing a circular economy of fishing nets and ropes (FNRs) in the Northern Periphery & Arctic region (NPA)

Day 1 - Thursday 1st September 11:30 - 16:30, The Scandic Hotel, Ålesund City Centre

Day 2 - Friday 2nd September 9:00 - 13:15, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Ålesund

Circular Ocean is delighted to announce its very first conference, "Developing a Circular Economy of Fishing Nets and Ropes (FNRs) in the Northern Periphery & Arctic Region". The event takes place over two days from September 1st - September 2nd 2016.  The purpose of the event is to bring together key stakeholders who are involved in striving towards a more circular economy in relation to fishing nets and ropes particularly. The full agenda including details of speakers and sessions is available below. If you have any queries in relation to this event, please feel free to contact the team at info@circularocean.eu or sunniva.slette@ntnu.no. We look forward to seeing you on September 1st!
Day 1

Status and opportunities to facilitate circular economy of FNRs in Norway

• Welcome, Annik Magerholm Fet - Director, NTNU Sustainability
• Introduction to Circular Ocean, Neil James – Research scientist – Environmental Research Institute (Scotland) 
• Measures to mitigate marine plastic waste, Erlend Standal – Senior Advisor – Norwegian Environment Agency 
• How can authorities facilitate a circular economy based on fishnets and ropes (NRs)? Lise Langård –Advisor – Directorate of Fisheries

• Are fishnets made for recycling? Bente Lund Jakobsen – Director – Mørenot Aquaculture AS
• Recyclability of collected fish-nets and ropes, Nils Roar Hareide – Director – Runde Miljøsenter 
• Bringing value to marine waste – experiences from fishnet recycling in Norway, Øistein Aleksandersen – CEO – Nofir

• NGO
• World Café discussions (roundtable and plenary) with tapas

Day 2        

Innovation and implementation of FNR recycling and reuse

• Tools for keeping the Norwegian coastline and waters clean, Kirsti Slotsvik – Director General – The Norwegian Coastal Administration
• Products, practices and systems for repurposing fishnets, Martin Charter – Professor – Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts (England)

• Reusing fishnets for concrete reinforcement, Ida Bertelsen – PhD candidate – ARTEK
• New Technology for fishnet recycling, Hans Axel Kristensen – CEO – Plastix Gloal (Denmark)
• Product opportunities of recycled plastic waste, Runar Stenerud – Project Manager – PLASTO AS

• An innovative business model for marine litter in Europe, Veronika Mikos - Healthy Seas
• Circular economy business opportunities, Jan Børre Rydningen – Head of department, Entrepreneurship – Innovation Norway
• Panel discussion with speakers, exchange of ideas and experiences on how to establish green business models based on recycling and reuse of fishnets and ropes.