CENTS Research Showcase and Celebration Event 2023
Thursday 16th November 2023, Al-Qasimi Room, Royal Academy of Engineering, Prince Philip House, London
Circular Economy Network in Transport Systems (CENTS) : Research Showcase & Celebration Event
Join us at the CENTS Network's End-of-Project Celebration Event, as we mark four years of dedicated effort and a steadfast mission: fostering a vibrant community of practice with a specific focus on applying Circular Economy principles within Sustainable Transportation systems.
In partnership with our management team, the network's members, and valued partners, we have collaboratively generated impactful outcomes. These outcomes have laid the pathways, cultivated critical mass, and added to the necessary thought leadership in realising a Circular Economy Transition.
Now, we arrive at the pivotal question: what's next? We've extended invitations to policymakers, business leaders, industry experts, academia, and additional stakeholders. Together, we will continue to amplify the networks legacy and chart the course forward
About the event
Circular Economy research showcase for Sustainable Transportation Systems
Networking with key stakeholders from across the supply chain
Hear from leading experts and distinguihed researchers in the field
Make new connections, and find future collaborators for partnership working
This event will be of interest to
Environmental Researchers, NGOs and Changemakers
Transportation Industry Professionals
Circular Economy Enthusiasts
Data and Technology Experts
Academic and Research Communities
Government and Policy Stakeholders
Industry Associations
Project Background
Over the past four years, the CENTS network has successfully realised its vision—building a community dedicated to the informed design and utilisation of environmentally-friendly, renewable, and recyclable materials within transportation systems. We've also been diligently working on innovative and effective end-of-life recycling, re-use, and recovery solutions.
Reserve your place today, and we look forward to welcoming you on November 16th 2023 at the Al-Qasimi Room, Royal Academy of Engineering, Prince Philip House
Professor Dame Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge) DBE, FRS, FREng
Baroness Brown chairs the Climate Change Committee's Adaptation Sub-Committee and acts as the UK's Low Carbon Business Ambassador. She is Chair of the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, a Non-Executive Director of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and a Council member of Innovate UK. She is a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. Previous roles include a decade spent as the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University, serving as Principal of the Engineering Faculty at Imperial College, London, and a series of senior business and engineering posts at Rolls-Royce plc.
Professor Steve Evans
Director of Research, Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge and Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability.Having spent twelve years in industry and finished his career as an Engineering Systems Manager at Martin-Baker Engineering, Steve has now worked in academia for over two decades. He has also acted as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords and serves as Chairman of the Manufacturing Policy Panel for the Institution of Engineering and Technology. His interdisciplinary research spans areas including sustainable industrial strategy, building just and equitable food systems and sustainable cities, with a focus on working with organisations to develop collaborative solutions.
Professor Mark Jolly
Director of TransFIRe and the Manufacturing Theme at Cranfield. He is Professor of Manufacturing at Cranfield University. He has managed research funding from a wide range of sources over the last 38 years. Whilst working in industry for 13 years he managed R&D teams of up to 15 people in the primary and shape cast aluminium industries. He then ran a technical department supporting foundry products throughout Europe and the world and was responsible for a sales budget of £4 M p.a. (30% of the company turnover). During this period he managed 3 DTI grants with a number of partners, a LINK project and one BRITE/EURAM project with partners from France, Norway, Germany and the UK. One of his products, SOLSTAR, won the Queens Award for Technology in 1991.
Professor Kerry Kirwan
Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Warwick and Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing and Materials group at WMG. He has considerable experience in novel sustainable materials and manufacturing and, to date, he has been awarded in excess of £35m of public and industrial research funding in the Circular Economy area.
He currently leads the University of Warwick's Global Challenges Research Fund programme. He is also Editor in Chief of the Journal of Polymers and the Environment, was a member of the EPSRC's Manufacturing the Future Strategic Advisory Team and served on the Midlands Engine Science and Innovation Audit Committee.
Dr Evi Petavratzi
Senior Mineral Commodity Geologist at the British Geological Survey (BGS), with over 15 years of working experience in industry, academia and the public sector. At BGS, her research is in the field of security of supply and the circular economy, with a focus on decarbonisation and resource management. She has been involved in several multidisciplinary projects in the areas of critical raw materials, material flow analysis and the enhancement of the European knowledge base for raw materials. She holds a PhD in Mining Engineering and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management and a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
