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Thank You to All of Our Attendees, Sponsors, Presenters, and Speakers

REMADE was pleased to have you attend the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference, which took place Wednesday and Thursday, April 10-11, 2024, at the National Academy for Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. 

Those interested in accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy, including industry innovators, academic researchers, university students, and renowned experts from across the country and around the world, were in attendance. Members of the media were also welcomed.

Our 2023 event attracted more than 300 attendees and featured nearly 60 presentations on peer-reviewed papers. See our 2023 Recap for more information, including a detailed agenda: 2023 Conference Recap – REMADE Institute.

2024 Conference Highlights

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Who Attended Last Year's Conference?

The Venue

National Academy for Sciences BuildingLocated at 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

REMADE’s 2024 Conference was open to members, non-members, and university students from across the U.S. and around the world. Those interested in accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy were strongly encouraged to attend. Members of the media were also welcomed.

Conference Sponsors

In Partnership With

Supported By

Gold Level

Trane technologies logo

Silver Level

Rochester institute of technology logo
Dow logo
Davies office logo

Bronze Level

Corecentric solutions logo
ISRI voice of the recycling industry logo
Caterpillar inc logo
UMASS lowell logo
LP Padnos logo

Organizers & Committees

Conference Chair

Nabil Nasr, REMADE Institute

Organizing Committee

Magdi Azer, REMADE Institute

Kevin Anderson, Mercury Marine

Joe Cresko, U.S. Department of Energy

Ed Daniels, REMADE Institute

John Kreckel, REMADE Institute

Barbara Reck, Yale University

Michael Thurston, Rochester Institute of Technology

Program Committee

Mohamed Aboukhatwa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Randy Adcock, Arizona State University

Paschalis Alexandiridis, University of Buffalo

Shahana Althaf, Aligned Incentives

Callie Babbitt, Rochester Institute of Technology

Sudheer Bandla, Niagara Bottling

Brian Boudouris, Purdue University

Henry Brandhorst, CHZ Technologies

Bert Bras, Georgia Tech

Joanne Brasch, California Product Stewardship Council

Alberta Carpenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Katia Chaban, ReThinkit Strategies

Patatri Chakraborty, University at Buffalo

Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen, University of Massachusetts – Lowell

Anthony Chiu, De La Salle University / The Philippines

Peylina Chu, Antea Group

Natalie Click, Arizona State University

Beth Coddington, Resource Recycling Systems (RRS)

Dan Cooper, University of Michigan

Sarah Coulter, Accelerating Circularity

Abigail Engelberth, Purdue University

Karl Englund, Washington State University

Leslie Fan (Kohlenberg), Dow Chemical

Michael Free, University of Utah

Amit Goyal, University of Buffalo

Thomas Graedel, Yale University

Robert Handler, Michigan Tech University

Damon Hartley, Idaho National Laboratory

Matthew Hauwiller, Seagate Technology

Nacu Hernandez, Iowa State University

Brian Hilton, Rochester Institute of Technology

Chao Hu, University of Connecticut

Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University

John Hryn, Argonne National Laboratory

Abu Islam, Rochester Institute of Technology

John Jackman, Iowa State University

Li Jia, University of Akron

Sami Kara, University of New South Wales / Australia

Brad Kelley, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.

Jared Kelly, Argonne National Laboratory

Sean Kelly, Solvus Global

Harrison Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Gül Kremer, University of Dayton

Paul Kremer, Iowa State University

Mark Krystofik, Clemson University

Jennifer Lake, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes

Noah Last, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Jennifer Le Roy, BioCellection

Amy Lee, DuPont

Paul Leu, University of Pittsburgh

Kecheng Li, Western Michigan University

Don Lipkin, Texas A&M

Alan Luo, The Ohio State University

Jill Martin, Dow Chemical

Eric Masanet, UC Santa Barbara

Davide Masato, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

John McGeehan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Kimberly McLoughlin, Braskem

Brajendra Mishra, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Nenad Nenadic, Rochester Institute of Technology

Ngoc Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Elsa Olivetti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Radulescu, Michelin

Matthew Realff, Georgia Tech

Toufiq Reza, Florida Institute of Technology

Tom Rosenmayer, Silpara Technologies LLC

Heinz Schandl, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) / Australia

Kelsea Schumacher, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Joha Shamsujjoha, Rochester Institute of Technology

Chenhui Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David Shonnard, Michigan Technological University

Michelle Sing, Braskem

Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline, University of Massachusetts – Lowell

Xuan Song, University of Iowa

Jeffrey Spangenberger, Argonne National Laboratory

Meng Tao, Arizona State University

Scott Trenor, Association of Plastic Recyclers

Vicki Thompson, Idaho National Laboratory

Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Pennsylvania State University

Taylor Uekert, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Argonne National Laboratory

Mark Walluk, Rochester Institute of Technology

Pingfeng Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech

Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology

David Yancey, Dow Chemical

James Yang, Ansys, Inc.

Rallming Yang, Georgia Tech

Roe-Hoan Yoon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Wencai Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Bing Zhu, Tsinghua University / China

Peggy Zwolinski, Université Grenoble Alpes / France