Douglas Johnson Poensgen

Douglas Johnson-Poensgen is founder and CEO of Circulor Circulor’s platform brings traceability to complex industrial supply chains, to underpin manufacturers responsible and sustainable sourcing efforts, measure inherited scope 3 emissions in real time and to produce digital product passports. Doug has 25 years international experience working both in leadership roles for large corporates as well as starting and growing companies. Before Circulor, he held leadership positions at Barclays Bank and BT with his earlier career spent in management consulting and the military.

Session Overview

Thursday, 7 November

All Sessions

11:30

Digitalisation & Technology Conference Digitalisation & Technology Theatre 11:30 - 12:00

Scaling AI solutions to deliver the circular economy

The shift to a circular economy, in which businesses recover or recycle resources used in their value chain, has remained elusive, despite offering trillions of dollars in value creation. Barriers include the low residual value of used products, an inability to collect materials, prohibitive costs of separating and processing materials, and lack of traceability of products and materials that are being recycled. Using digital tools and artificial intelligence can potentially remove these barriers and create entirely new markets and business models.

Attendee insights:

Discover new uses for AI in the circular economy and explore how industry leaders are utilising these tools to accelerate their transition to a future focused on the elimination of waste and pollution.