Enabling a Place-Based Circular Economy: National direction, local strengths, shared opportunities

The panel brings research on regional governance into conversation with evidence about business needs and multilevel plastics governance in island contexts. Its focus is practical: what should governments fund, enable, test and evaluate next? With the CERN APAC Conference coming up, we invite you to join us the evening before for a pre-conference panel discussion hosted by Monash University’s Sustainability Transitions Lab (STL), the University of Tasmania and the National Environmental Science Program’s Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub. Panelists include: Dr Stefan Kaufman — Associate Professor, Sustainability Transitions Lab, Monash University Dr Heinz Schandl — Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Dr Nicole Garofano — Strategy Consultant, Circular Economy Transitions Natalia de Miranda Grilli — PhD Candidate, Plastics Circular Economy, University of Tasmania Dr Joanna Vince — Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Event details Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2026 Time: 17:30 - 18:30 (arrive early for networking drinks and canapes from 17:00) Location: Mantra on Northbourne, Canberra Format: Panel discussion, with networking drinks and canapés before and after the session. We hope you can join us for an engaging discussion and an opportunity to connect with others working across research, policy and practice in the circular economy space. This event is an authorised side event of the CERN APAC Conference https://www.cernapac.org/conference