Manuel Maqueda

Professor of Applied Circular Economy and Regenerative Economics at Harvard University. Co-founder of the NGO Plastic Pollution Coalition. Co-founder of Viento.ai

Topics: Entrepreneur, Business, Innovation, Futurist, Artificial Intelligence, STEM, Technology, Change, Communication

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Manuel Maqueda is an entrepreneur, a professor, a speaker, and an international innovator focused on planetary regeneration.

Manuel Maqueda is Special Programs Instructor of Applied Circular Economics and Regenerative Economics at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education. Previously, he created the Circular Economy online course at the University of California, Berkeley. Manuel teaches and lectures internationally on circular and regenerative economics and innovation.

Manuel leads the Bionomia Institute, specializing in education, innovation, and research in applied circular and regenerative economics.

Recognized as an expert and a pioneer in plastic pollution, Manuel is co-founder of several landmark organizations, such as the Plastic Pollution Coalition and SUPER (Single-Use Plastics Elimination or Reduction), a non-profit organization that enables companies to eliminate single-use plastics through a tiered certification program

As a futurist thinker, Manuel Maqueda is a member of the Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance and has been an adviser to renowned futurist organizations, including the Jeff-Bezos-funded Long Now Foundation, dedicated to fostering long-term thinking in the context of the next 10,000 years.

Manuel investigates how artificial intelligence can partner with human ingenuity to enable a regenerative economy. He is the co-founder of Viento.ai, an organization pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to design proactive responses to weather disasters.

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The Circular Economy Revolution: it's not what you think but how you think.

The Circular Economy is a pivotal element of climate action, and of business and ecological innovation and success. Yet the circular economy remains a misunderstood and manipulated topic. In this myth-busting talk you will get a grasp of key circular economy concepts and gain actionable insights on how to incorporate circular thinking into your business.

The future of sustainability: are you ready for the disruption?

Did you know that a great deal of value created by our economy is destroyed in less than one year, and turned into waste? Gain actionable insights on how to overcome challenges and leverage opportunities in the unavoidable transition to a circular and regenerative economy, which is worth trillions, and it’s bound to create millions of jobs while turning business models inside-out.

Regenerative economics: the next frontier for sustainability

Are you ready to embrace regeneration? Sustainability may make you more eco-efficient, circular business models may make you more competitive, resilient and eco-effective; but only regenerative thinking can provide the right framework for exponential innovation and climate change mitigation. Gain actionable insights on how to overcome challenges and leverage opportunities in this transition.

Sustainability: how to fail miserably at it.

Fraught with real-world examples and metrics, this eye-opening and actionable journey will take you along six common ways of thinking and talking about sustainability that are guaranteed to fail miserably at delivering impact -and which may damage your brand and your reputation in the process, too.

Eight inconvenient truths about plastics

Everything you didn’t know you don’t know about plastics
A deep dive into the often misrepresented and misunderstood reality of plastic pollution and its impacts on the environment and public health. This eye-opening talk will be punctuated by actionable insights, do’s and don’ts, and challenges and opportunities for businesses and our society at large to innovate our way towards a future free of plastic pollution.

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The Meaning Economy

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