RWM: Resource & Waste Management Expo 2026: agenda and talks

Libby Peake, Senior fellow and head of resource, Green Alliance · Wayne Hubbard, Circular Economy Consultant, UnfoldCC

Danny Stapleton Torres, Senior Policy Advisor, Valpak · Harry Russell, Research Lead - Senior International Account Manager, Valpak

Jim Hill, Samsara

Anna Willetts, Partner & Environmental Criminal Lawyer, GunnerCooke · John Scanlon, EVP UK, SUEZ · Marc Angell, Chief Financial Officer, Biffa · Mark Burrows-Smith, CEO, Encyclis · Neil Grundon, Chairman, Grundon · Rory Brien, Head of Municipal Treatment, FCC

Stuart Moroney, Associate Consultant, SLR

Jake Kingsley, Operational Readiness Lead, DEFRA · Steve Brown, Founder & CEO, Wastrio · Stuart Hayward-Higham, Chief Technical Development & Innovation Officer, SUEZ · Triinu La Caille, Head of Sustainability & Compliance, Mitie Waste & Environmental

Andreas Dorner, General Manager, RE&UP · Dawn Dungate, Textile Reuse & Waste Specialist, Dungate Consulting · Ross Barry, Co-Founder, Reskinned

Eoin Bailey, UK Innovation Manager, 7Steel

Marcus Picton, Director, Blazequel

Matt Brookes, AMCS Group

Emily Hare, Waste & Resource Traceability Manager, Valpak

Merijn Tinga, Plastic Soup Surfer

Katherine Adams, Director, Reusefully · Shauna Panesar, WSP · Tina Benfield, Technical Manager, CIWM

Ben Powell, Head of External Affairs, ACE UK · Dimitra Rappou, Executive Director- Sustainable Products, Confederation of Paper Industries · Maria Georgiadou, Cepi

Annis Mapleston, Senior Environmental Compliance Consultant, Lorax EPI · Lydia Geddes, Head of Sales, Lorax EPI

Brian Ashby, Head of Municipal Collections and Streetscene, FCC · Jacob Hayler, Environmental Services Association · John Wrigley, UK Managing Director Muncipal Services, SUEZ · Steve Cole, Managing Director, Biffa · Stuart Allen, Director of Business Development Municipal and Treatment, Veolia

Jonathan Hamill, Managing Director, GreCon Ltd

Steve Molyneux, Director Energy & Resources, Environment Agency

Adam Read, Chemicals Policy Advisor at Department for Business and Trade, SUEZ · Greg Lavery, CEO, Rype Office · Janine Cole, Sustainability and Social Impact Director, GPE · Rachel Hoolahan, Associate Director and Sustainability Lead, Orms · Simon Richards, Sustainability Director, Sir Robert Alpine

Will Addy, Polytag

Alison Wainwright, Sustainable Environment Officer - Collections and Resources, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council · Chantel Humphreys, Waste Strategy Manager, Flintshire County Council · Sue Horrobin, WRAP · Surabhin Chackiath, Technical Director, WSP

Caroline Strudwick, Senior Sustainability Manager, Bupa · Craig Spencer-Smith, FIMM - Chief Technlogy Officer, Ecobelt · Michael Shaver, Professor of Polymer Science and Director of the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, University of Manchester

Andrea Charlson, Head of Sustainability, MPA UK Concrete & The Concrete Centre · Chris Berryman, Technical Director, SLR Consulting Ltd · Nicole Walker, Director, Swift Environmental Compliance Limited · Steve Birch, Circularity Director, Tarmac

Angelica Ayala, Area Sales Manager, Firefly

Patrick Brighty, Head of Recycling Policy, ESA · Paul Vanston, CEO, INCPEN

Andy Whyle, Sustainability Consultant and Circular Economy Specialist, Sustainability West Midlands

Warwick Hooper, Director of Fire Safety, Smartrium UK LTD

Remi Le Grand, Sales Director for Europe, Max-AI

Eleanor Williams, Head of Strategy, PackUK

David Hall, Executive Director, Behaviour Change · Elfrida Hamilton-Russell, UKGBC · Richard Garfield, Technical Discipline Manager, Sustainable Waste Management, SLR Consulting

Nicola Percival, Heredfordshire County Council · Patrick Brighty, Head of Recycling Policy, ESA · Sam Pople, SLR

Andy Hill, CEO, WATA · Vicki Hughes, Senior Vice President, CIWM

Nial Bolster, Regional Sales Manager, AMP

Ali Moore, Head of communications and behaviour change, ReLondon · Ben Crump, WRAP · Jude King, Communities Manager, Resource Futures · Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath

Brigid Manley, Communications & Marketing Manager, Turmec

Andrew Bird, Service Director Sustainable Environment, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

John Twichen, Founder and CEO, Stuff4Life

Carla Brian, Public Affairs and Partnerships Director, Biffa · Patrick Brighty, Head of Recycling Policy, ESA · Sondre Henningsgard, Vice President Business Development, Tomra

Andrea Charlson, Head of Sustainability, MPA UK Concrete & The Concrete Centre · Dean Kerwick-Chrisp, Environmental sustainability and design principal, National Highways · Jordan Turner, Senior Lecturer, University of the Built Environment · Martin Ballard, Group Head of Environment, Wates · Pauline Metivier, Head of partnerships and external affairs, ReLondon · Rob Smith, Managing Director, Material Index

Charlotte Paine, Head of Operations, Braintree District Council · Dan Roberts, Waste and Recycling Specialist, WRAP · John Wilkinson, Chief Development Officer, SUEZ · Patrick Brighty, Head of Recycling Policy, ESA · Steve Cole, Managing Director, Biffa

Wayne Visser, Director / Professor of Practice in Regenerative Business, Innovation and Technology, Católica Centre for Thriving Futures / Católica Porto Business School

Alban Forster, EU Regional Sector Leader ‑ Sustainable Waste Management, SLR Consulting · Hayley Slack, Community, Education & Liaison Officer at Biffa Founder of Little Coffee Cup, Little Coffee Cup · Jon Hastings, Chair, Waste Network Chairs · Matt Manning, Head of Sustainability, BT · Simon Rutledge, Group Resources and Waste Policy Manager, Biffa

Phillip Crum, Director of Data Insights, Valpak · Ruth Beckley, Chief Operating Officer, Valpak

Louise Overington, Service Development & Support Manager, North Hertfordshire & East Hertfordshire Councils · Richard Coole, Recycling and Collections Advisor, WRAP Cymru · Steve Morgan, RECOUP

Adam Herriott, Interim Joint Head of Packaging, WRAP · Jamie Riley, Head of Sustainability, Robinson Packaging · Madison Wright, Strategic Engagement Manager, WRAP

Harry Mellor, Sales Director UK & Ireland, Liugong · Jonathan Davies, Finning CAT

Steve Powell, IVECO UK

Anna Willetts, Partner & Environmental Criminal Lawyer, GunnerCooke · Gareth Rollings, Chair of LARAC, Head of Waste, LARAC/West Sussex County Council

Michael Amos, Managing Director, Waste to Wonder

Abby Chicken, Head of Sustainability, Openreach

Jamie Riley, Head of Sustainability, Robinson Packaging

Emma How, Specialist - Waste & Recycling, Policy & Insights Team, WRAP · Steve Cartmell, NEC

Adam Read, Chemicals Policy Advisor at Department for Business and Trade, SUEZ · David Greenfield, Circular Economy Institute · John Twichen, Founder and CEO, Stuff4Life · Wayne Hubbard, Circular Economy Consultant, UnfoldCC

Agnes Chruszcz, Policy and Engagement Lead, ISEP

Sam Dove, New Business Manager, Valpak

Alex Montgomery, Director, Generation Soil CIC and Doctoral Researcher with the UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training, Generation Soil · Fiona Taylor, CEO, Garden Organic · Heather Gorringe, Partner, Wiggly Wigglers · Kelly Osborne, Sustainability and Engagement Officer, Gloucestershire County Council

Sally Gilson, Policy Manager - Skills, RHA

Chris Berryman, Technical Director, SLR Consulting Ltd

Karen Graily, UK Packaging Pro

Andrew Shelley, Managing Director, Simply Washrooms · Camilla Barns, B Corp consultant, Better Business. Better World