Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea is the Director in charge of Circular Economy in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment since May 2022. Between 2014 and 2022 he worked as a director in charge of enforcement, cohesion and the European Semester in DG...
Say hello to Claire Downey, Rediscovery Centre’s policy and research director since 2021. Claire is responsible for leading the research team on providing an evidence base for policy development and supporting circular living models within Ireland and...
Ciaran Foley joined Re-turn as Chief Executive in October 2024, with over 30 years’ industry experience as a senior executive. Since joining Re-turn, Ciaran has launched Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme which will help position Ireland to meet its European recycling...
A distinguished leader with almost 30 years of experience in domestic & international markets within dairy and FMCG sectors, Zoё joined Repak in March 2024, following 13 years as CEO of the National Dairy Council. Prior to this, she spent 16 years at PepsiCo,...
Tim is currently the Chief Executive of the arc21 local authority partnership in Northern Ireland, a role he has held since 2019. Prior to that, he headed up waste management at Belfast City Council for over two decades. Tim is currently on the Board of Keep Northern...
Alison Fanagan of A&L Goodbody has over 30 years’ experience as an environmental and planning lawyer, with a particular interest in the waste sector. She advises generally on waste facility and collection licence compliance, licence/permit transfer and surrender,...
Des Crinion – Chairperson, IWMA. Des has been involved in the recycling industry for the past 12 years. He started with Panda as business development manager. His first major project was to acquire Pandas first site in Dublin, attain planning and licencing and...
Philip Nugent is Head of Natural Resources and Waste Policy at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. His responsibilities include mineral exploration and mining, petroleum exploration and production, inland fisheries, Geological Survey...
Conor Walsh is a Technical Director with SLR Consulting in the company’s Waste and Resource Management section in Ireland. Prior to joining SLR in 2009, he worked in the waste industry for 7 years and spent 12 years as an environmental consultant. He is also the...
Enda Kiernan FCIWM , MSc., BSc. In Civil Engineering Professional Credentials: MSc. In Construction & Project Management, Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Civil Engineering. Enda was the first person in Ireland to receive the National...
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Testimonials
Testimonial 1
“The Irish Waste Management Conference 2017 was definitely one of the better conferences over the years”.
Gary Brady
Managing Director, Thornton’s Recycling
Testimonial 2
“Thank you for the link to the presentations from an excellent worthwhile conference which is much appreciated and for the advance notice for next year’s event”.
Margaret Coles
Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Testimonial 3
“I did enjoy the event and many thanks for the link. Excellent content and well run this year”.
Robert Edge
Senior Accounts Manager, Greenstar
Testimonial 4
“I heard the waste conference was a huge success this year from my colleague who attended as a delegate and therefore, we would like to book an exhibition package now for 2018”.
Susanne McCabe
International Sales & Marketing Manager, Open Sky Data
