Joana Gonçalves

R&D Circularity in the Built Environment | VITO Belgium

Biography

Sessions

09:45h

Thematic Roundtable | TOMORROW.BUILDING

Circularity in Construction: Who’s in, What’s Needed?

Alberto Garcia-Blanco Saint-Gobain Head of Sustainability for Spain Speaker

Ignasi Cubiñá Grupo Construcía Co-founder at Eco Intelligent Growth, Board Member Speaker

Joana Gonçalves VITO R&D Circularity in the Built Environment Speaker

Laura Pallares World Green Building Council Head of Europe Moderator

Véronique Vasseur Maastricht Sustainability Institute Assistant professor Speaker

#Built Environment, #Construction Technologies, #Decarbonised Buildings, #Financing Tools

2025-11-05 09:45 2025-11-05 10:30 Europe/Madrid Circularity in Construction: Who’s in, What’s Needed?

This dynamic panel explores how governance and financial levers can accelerate the shift to a circular built environment. Drawing on insights from across the construction value chain, it will highlight strategies like waste prevention and secondary material markets, and examine how EU policies such as Construction Products Regulation and Green Public Procurement along with skills and capacity-building, can drive systemic change.

Stage: Infrastructure & Building

Wed 5 09:45h - 10:30h Stage: Infrastructure & Building All Passes