The Circular Tech Alpha: Why Circular Economy is not a trend, but the new asset class.
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Since 2002, Dhillon has led the development of groundbreaking redistribution strategies and manufacturer approved programs that have reshaped how mobile devices are recovered, repurposed, and returned to global markets. Today, Sunstrike is widely regarded as the world’s “go to” partner for manufacturer approved second life devices, working closely with leading network operators, retailers, insurers, and OEMs. Parm’s expertise spans the circular economy, sustainable telecoms, recommerce, supply chain transformation, digital inclusion and the scaling of high impact global businesses. Sunstrike has helped accelerated the industry shift toward circular and responsible consumption, demonstrating that commercial success and environmental responsibility can not only coexist, but thrive together.
Parm Dhillon
CEO, Sunstrike International Ltd
Market size and where is the real growth is coming from?
Pre-owned tech is a fast-growing market, but still a niche. Pre-owned cars, by contrast, have become the dominant choice. This session explores what refurbished tech can learn from that journey, where the real growth opportunities lie, and the structural shifts needed to close the gap.
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Alexandra Brandt
BackMarket
Who is positioned to dominate the next phase?
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Max Friedel
B2B Partner Manager, ASGOODASNEW
Investment trends and expansion opportunities
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Bivek Agarval
Executive Director, AIKON
Where the biggest profits will be made
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Laili Ishaqzai is Co-Founder and CEO of Molano, a Dutch circular hardware company active in used IT hardware, refurbishment, wholesale and international second-life device trade. With a background spanning commercial trade since the age of fifteen and academic degrees in Law, Political Science, and Philosophy of Law and Governance, Laili brings a rare combination of street-level market knowledge and institutional understanding to the circular economy. “I specialise in reading circular hardware as a market system: where supply comes from, where value is lost, where margins are created, and how existing devices become trusted, tradable stock.”
Laili Ishaqzai
CEO, Refurb Products
Panel Discussion: Gold Rush or Green Wave? Who will really have the say in the Circular Tech market
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Laili Ishaqzai, CEO, Refurb Products
Alexander Marzeion, CEO & Co-Founder, THIE GmbH
Andreas Mayer, Founder, TRUSC
The Trust Dilemma: How Enterprise Leaders Can Turn Circular IT into a Business Advantage
As enterprises accelerate their sustainability ambitions, circular IT is emerging as a powerful lever to reduce emissions, optimize costs, and extend technology value. Yet adoption at scale remains limited by a fundamental challenge: trust.
In this keynote, Alexandra Asanache will explore how enterprise leaders can build confidence in circular IT through quality, transparency, lifecycle services, validated data, and sustainability consulting. Drawing on real-world customer engagements, she will demonstrate how organizations can align sustainability, IT, procurement, and finance priorities to transform circularity from a sustainability ambition into a business advantage that delivers both carbon out and cost out.
Leads IT decarbonization engagements for Fortune 500 enterprises, helping organizations reduce emissions and costs through better technology lifecycle decisions across devices and data centers.
Focus Areas:
- Circular IT
- Data Center Sustainability
- Asset Recovery & Refurbishment
- Technology Consumption Models
Alexandra Asanache
Sustainability Solutions Consultant EMEA
Lenovo
Margins and pricing pressure across markets
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Emeka Nwadike
CEO, Reuse Technology
Quality, trust, and consumer perception
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Colin Williams
Managing Director, Reebelo
Platform dominance vs independent players
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With over 12 years of experience in the mobile industry, Yasmin has built her career at the intersection of e-commerce, device trade-in, and the secondary device market. Having navigated the industry through Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of AI, Yasmin brings a sharp understanding of how rapidly the mobile and refurbished device sectors must evolve to stay relevant. Her work is driven by a belief that resilience, adaptability, and consumer-first thinking are essential to thriving in an industry where change has been the only constant since 2020.
Yasmin Ahmed
CEO, Smart Recycler
What needs to change to unlock growth
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Dean Ray
Founder, The80 Ltd
Panel Discussion: Profitability vs. Quality: Can independent players compete against the platform giants?
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Yasmin Ahmed, CEO, Smart Recycler
Andrea Mayer, Founder, TRUSC
Emeka Nwadike, CEO, ReUse Technology
Circularity: unlocking supply chain advantage
This session explores where circular supply chains create the greatest competitive advantage in electronics and industrial products. It examines how to capture these benefits while managing the inherent complexity of circular systems.
Mo Chatterji is a circular economy expert at Kearney where he works across various industries, including electronics, industrial goods, and digital infrastructure to translate circular strategies into practical business solutions that create both economic and environmental value. With a strong focus on implementation, Mo specializes in scaling circular supply chains, developing product take-back and reuse systems, and operationalizing circular strategies. His work helps companies strengthen resilience, reduce resource dependency, and unlock new sources of value through reuse, repair, and product life-extension. Passionate about pragmatic approaches to sustainability, Mo believes that circular economy solutions must move beyond pilots and become embedded in customer value propositions and core business operations.
Mo Chatterji
Head of Circular Economy, KEARNEY
How devices move globally
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Jacob Ekker
Senior Partner DACH, Closing The Loop
Hidden trade flows and market dynamics
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Bivek Agarval
Executive Director, AIKON
Cross-border opportunities and inefficiencies
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Stefan de Linde is Founder at Minimise, where he enables US and EU brands leverage their circular economy infrastructure across Africa, LATAM, and SEA. Utilizing his background in UX design and strategic consulting, he helps global companies transform fully-traceable e-waste impact into a powerful asset for consumer engagement, brand experience, employer branding, and ESG reporting.
Stefan De Linde
CEO, Minimise GmbH
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Panel Discussion: Zero Waste Logistics: How we close the global supply chain leaks
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Laili Ishaqzai, CEO, Molano Refurb Products | Mariusz Rylo, CEO, FIXIT SA | Gerhart Seizer, Executive Director, Teams Design | Mo Chatterji, Head of Circular Economy, KEARNEY | Stefan De Linde, CEO, Minimise GmbH
AI & Beyond: The Missing link to circular economy - How companies should prepare for the next shift.
Circular Economy needs more than better intentions—it needs intelligence. AI enables Circular Experience (CircX): connecting products, people and value chains through real-time insights that make circular decisions scalable, profitable and part of everyday business.
Gerhard Seizer is Executive Director at TEAMS, where he champions meaningful physical and digital experiences for the Circular Economy and pioneers CircX (Circular Experience). With 20+ years across Asia and the US, he bridges cultures to shape future-ready circular products and brands.
Gerhard Seizer
Executive Director
TEAMS Design
AI in pricing, grading, and lifecycle management
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Automation of trading and operations
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Marcus Trunkenpolz
CEO, Securaze
Ownership vs subscription models
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Antonio Capaldo
CEO & CO-Founder, TrenDevice
How AI radically changes the lifecycle of every device
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Arjun Srihari
Co-Founder & CCO – S2S Dynamics
Panel Discussion: Do We Still Own or Are We Already Subscribing? How AI Is Reshaping Technology Consumption from Device to Data Center
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Alexandra Asanache, Sustainability Solutions Consultant EMEA – LENOVO
Antonio Capaldo, CEO & Co-Founder – TrenDevice
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