Estrategias de diseño circular: ciudades, edificios y productos de ciclos cerrados

Arquitecto por la Universidad de Navarra (2012) y Máster en eficiencia energética y sostenibilidad por la EHU/UPV (2013), su carrera profesional ha estado ligada a la innovación en el ámbito de la arquitectura y el urbanismo. Durante los años 2013 y 2014 lideró el proyecto uTree, el desarrollo de mobiliario urbano con capacidad de generación eléctrica y colaboró con distintos estudios de arquitectura y empresas. Desde 2015 forma parte del equipo de Habic, Cluster del Equipamiento, Madera y Diseño de Euskadi, donde coordina distintos proyectos relacionados con la innovación empresarial en el sector de fabricantes de productos para el equipamiento de edificios. Ha colaborado con empresas, arquitectos e interioristas para fomentar el uso de la madera en los proyectos de arquitectura e interiorismo, así como para mejorar las capacidades de las empresas y los productos en madera

Arquitecto Urbanista por la Universidad de Navarra (2002), Diplomado en Medio Ambiente y Paisaje (2002) y Máster en Construcción Sostenible y Eficiencia Energética (2013). Asimismo, es Máster en Dirección y Gestión de Empresas (2020). Desde 2009 trabaja en el Departamento de Medio Ambiente del Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián y desde 2015 es miembro de la Comisión de Sostenbilidad del COAVN en la delegación de Gipuzkoa.

He is an urban architect from the Madrid University of Architecture (ETSAM) since 1998. Founder and partner-director of the architecture studio sAtt, dedicated to the development of new contemporary architecture projects with ecological criteria. He is part of the advisory council of the Ecohabitar Institute and is a patron of the El PUENTE foundation for social innovation. Former president of the Association for the measurement and dissemination of Ecology in architecture, the Ecometro, a system for measuring ecology parameters in architecture projects. He is the founder and former president of SANNAS and is a permanent professor at the Ecohabitar Institute. Professor of the Master of CONSCIOUS ARCHITECTURE at the Thuban Group Center for Higher Studies. He has twenty years dedicated to research, development and entrepreneurship of sustainable architecture projects dedicated to social and environmental innovation.

He is a real estate developer and investor, architect, and building technologies engineer with academic and professional experience in The Netherlands, California, and Mexico. He is owner and CEO of GearCraft Real Estate, a Rotterdam-based sustainable real estate development firm and investment fund focusing on building and monument energy transformations and long-term property management. He is also PhD researcher at TU Delft, where he works on the interface between building technologies, façade engineering, and real estate development and management through the practical implementation of Circular Economy principles and Product-Service Systems. Between 2012 and 2014 he worked as BIM project coordinator at the headquarters of Gehry Technologies, in Los Angeles.

Michael Braungart teaches at Leuphana University in Lüneburg. He is also the founder of EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH in Hamburg, the cradle of Cradle to Cradle. In addition, Michael Braungart is co-founder and scientific director of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) in Charlottesville, Virginia (USA) as well as founder and scientific director of the Hamburg Environmental Institute (HUI). He is the co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle design concept, which is the basis for the European Union's Green Deal and Circular Economy programs. Together with organizations and companies from different industries, Michael Braungart designs eco-effective products, business models and smart material pooling. In 2019, he was awarded the Goldene Blume von Rheydt (Golden Flower of Rheydt), Germany's oldest environmental protection prize, for his work, among others.

Architect (construction specialty) from the San Sebastián Higher Technical School of Architecture (UPV-EHU) and Master's Degree in Property Valuation and Damage Assessment from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. She has developed projects both in the field of Life Cycle Analysis, specializing in the calculation of the Carbon Footprint, and in sustainable building. She has accredited training as a "Breeam Advisor" for Housing and as a "reference" in the HQE building certification system.

Kaitlyn is an architectural engineer graduated from the University of Texas (USA) with a master's degree in International Cooperation and Urban Development (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), and a master's degree in Sustainable Humanitarian Architecture (International University of Catalonia). She has a background in research on sustainable and healthy buildings and equitable urban development. Kaitlyn coordinates circular cities and sustainable construction projects at ICLEI as part of the Sustainable Public Procurement and Circular Economy team of the European secretariat. Thus, she collaborates with several European cities with the aim of moving towards more circular systems, both in the phase of innovation and implementation of solutions (H2020 CityLoops), and in the creation of strategic lines (European Circular Cities Declaration, Big Buyers Initiative) . She advises the public sector on the transition to a low-carbon built environment through public procurement.

Arquitecto por la Escuela de Arquitectura y Paisaje de Burdeos (2001), y postgrado DEA en proyectos ar-quitectónicos por la Escuela de Arquitectura de San Sebastián (2008). Actualmente en fase de redacción de la tesis doctoral en la Escuela de Arquitectura de San Sebastián. En su carrera profesional ha trabajado en la redacción del Plan Especial de Protección del Patrimonio Urbanístico Catalogado de San Sebastián (2003 – 2006) y ha colaborado con el estudio Leibar & Seigneu-rin para el desarrollo de proyectos en Ecobarrios. En 2002 fundó el estudio HTC Arquitectos, el cual se dedica a la edificación y rehabilitación. Además de su carrera como arquitecto, fue presidente de la Asociación ATARI Cultura Arquitectónica (2010 – 2016) y Concejal de Cooperación al Desarrollo del Ayuntamiento de Zarautz (2015 – 2017). En la actualidad, es Director de Vivienda, Suelo y Arquitectura en el Gobierno Vasco.

Degree in Chemical Sciences, specializing in Industry, Faculty of Science, University of the Basque Country. Since 1999, she has been working for the Basque Government's Public Company for Environmental Activities, IHOBE. Since joining IHOBE, he has worked in the areas of green purchasing, ecodesign, environmental labels and environmental information as project director. He is currently in charge of the Basque Green Public Procurement Program. It also carries out the technical management of the European Union Ecolabel through the competent body of the Basque Government's Vice-Minister for the Environment. She also performs support work for the Basque Ecodesign Center, mainly in its line of traction in the supply chain and the deployment of green private purchasing among its members.

He is an architect from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), with three postgraduate degrees in humanities. He has extensive experience in European project management (drafting, coordination, technical development, external evaluation, external monitoring) since 2006. He currently coordinates the LIFE Levels Project from Green Building Challenge Spain (GBCe).

He is a Doctor and Graduate in Economic and Business Sciences (CM) and a Technical Aeronautical Engineer (UPM). He has worked professionally in the fields of Engineering, Economics, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, both for the public and private sectors. He has been a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid, teaching Environment and Sustainable Development. He is currently an Honorary Professor at the UCM. He is an expert in the study of sustainability and sustainable development processes and has numerous publications and books on these subjects and on the circular economy. Added to this is his work as Executive Director of the Observatory of Sustainability in Spain between 2005 and 2013, as well as his current responsibility as President of the Association for the Sustainability and Progress of Societies (ASYPS) . He is a member of the Advisory Committee and a regular contributor to the Sustainable City magazine.

Since 2021 co-founder and Chair of the Climate Positive Europe Alliance (CPEA). Since 2019 founder and CEO of the Knowledge Foundation. Since 2019 Member of the Board of Directors of the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute. 2017 Co-initiator of the international planner initiative "Building Sense Now". Since 2016 Member of the Sustainability Council of the ZIA (German Property Federation). Since 2016 Member of the Advisory Board for the Network Building Culture Baden-Württemberg. 2016 – 2020 Member of the Board of Directors of the World Green Building Council (WGBC). 2009 – 2010 Head of the System department at the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). 2008 Doctoral thesis on "Topology optimization of adaptive frameworks". 2003 – 2007 Scientific assistant in the field of teaching and research at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. 1995 – 2000 Studies in civil engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

Pablo van den Bosch is co-founder of Madaster and Board Member of Madaster Services. He studied public affairs at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and was partner in a global consultancy that he co-founded in 2003. Pablo left in 2016 to invest his time and experience in new ventures that aim to deliver a positive social impact. He teamed with Thomas Rau, a renowned architect who created energy-neutral buildings since the nineties. Based on Thomas vision that “Waste is material without an identity”, they and four others created Madaster, the register for products and materials in the built environment. Pablo initially focused on establishing the not-for-profit Madaster Foundation, which supervises the Madaster platform development and operational services. Currently Pablo fulfills the role of Board Member Public Affairs and Internationalization

Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Salamanca. Master in Environmental Engineering from the University of the Basque Country. Since 1999 he has been the Project Manager of Ihobe (Public Society for Environmental Management of the Basque Government) in the areas of Eco-efficiency / Ecodesign and Waste. In that period he has carried out design, development and management of initiatives such as: -Ihobe-Line service of environmental consulting to companies and citizens. -Ihobe Environmental Observatory: Surveillance service and technological antenna on environmental issues. -Demonstration projects in Circular Economy. -Legal, technical and support instruments and publications on waste management, in particular construction and demolition waste. -Legal, technical and support instruments and publications on Sustainable Building. -Green public procurement and procurement criteria and associated instruments in construction works.