Ellen Brinksma (confirmed)

Dr. Ellen Brinksma is Manager Environmental Statistics in The Netherlands. She has been leading the environmental statistics group since early 2010. This group is responsible for a large diversity of environmental statistics, including waste statistics, various types of emissions to air, water and soil, and enviro-economical statistics. In her presentation, Brinksma will explain the role of Statistics Netherlands from a national and European perspective, and will focus on the data delivered from readily available databases at Statistics Netherlands to the research on e-waste in 2011.

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Thorsten Brunzema (confirmed)

Thorsten Brunzema is the Policy Officer for the WEEE Directive at the European Commission. He has studied industrial engineering and economics, with a focus on regulatory approaches to environmental and energy issues. Brunzema has joined the staff of the European Commission in 2004. Before that, he has worked for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GIZ), and for the consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group.

Hiroyuki Furukawa (confirmed)

Hiroyuki Furukawa is Director of ENE EcologyNet Europe and President of ENE EcologyNet Japan. He graduated at the Okayama University of Science and has worked for Panasonic Corporation and MIECO. In 2000 he was appointed president of Ecologynet Japan, the take back scheme for Japanse Home Appliance Recycling Low. He is managing director of ENE EcologyNet Europe since 2005.

Jaco Huisman (confirmed)

Jaco Huisman is Scientific Advisor United Nations University and Associate Professor at the Delft University of Technology. He received his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology in 1999. In 2003 he finished his Ph.D. at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Design, Construction and Production, Design for Sustainability Program. After that he continued his work at Delft University of Technology as a Postdoc in commission of the Dutch Ministry of Environment, Philips Consumer Electronics – Environmental Competence Centre and Wecycle (Dutch take-back system for electronic waste). Adjacent tot his, he advises OEM’s, national take-back systems, governments and recyclers on using eco-efficiency evaluations to improve operations, waste policies, system organization and products.

Jason Linnell (confirmed)

Jason Linnell is co-founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER).  Jason leads and directs all daily activities of the NCER, including research on electronics recycling data and policy, as well as management of the Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse. Under Jason’s direction, the NCER manages and oversees the statewide network of collectors and recyclers for the Oregon State Contractor Program. Prior to forming the NCER in 2005, Jason served in the Environmental Affairs Department for the Electronic Industries Alliance, most recently as Staff Director. At EIA, Jason led industry negotiations on electronics recycling policy efforts and helped developed the industry's first comprehensive consumer education initiative on electronics recycling options. Jason holds Bachelor’s degrees from The Ohio State University, and a Master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Martin Trampe (confirmed)

Martin Trampe is Managing Director of Canon in The Netherlands. He studied civil engineering at the TU Delft, econometrics at the VU in Amsterdam and public administration at IBO Business School in Zeist. He also followed the Top Management Development Program at Business University Nijenrode. He previously worked at Getronics/Raet IT Services and Parity Solutions and leads Canon Nederland since 2001.

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Max Westerman (confirmed)

Max Westerman is a Dutch journalist who spent much of his professional life in the United States. For fifteen years, until 2006, he was the U.S. correspondent of RTL4 Dutch Television and covered all the major stories from that period. Westerman studied in New York; he obtained a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. He worked as a writer for Newsweek and Business Week. He also contributed to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and CNN, and served as a U.S. correspondent for NRC Handelsblad, Elsevier Magazine and Dutch national radio. In recent years Westerman branched out with three TV-series and wrote two bestselling books. In recent years, he has been working as a speaker, moderator, radio host, tv commentator and columnist for various publications.

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