Join us for a half-day workshop bringing together policymakers, healthcare professionals, medtech stakeholders, and researchers to take stock of DiCE’s key findings and explore how they can drive meaningful change in circular digital health.
The morning will open with a look at the DiCE Project‘s core outcomes and deliverables, before zooming out to explore how its learnings are being taken forward by related initiatives (ENKORE, INCREACE and more TBC) from scaling circular solutions in healthcare to applying DiCE insights beyond Europe.
The second half of the workshop shifts into policy mode. Building on legislative insights from the DiCE pilots and broader evidence on systemic barriers, a moderated panel will bring together voices from policy, industry, and healthcare to debate which recommendations are most impactful, which are achievable in the short term, and where unintended consequences might arise. The session will wrap up with conclusions and agreed next steps.
We look forward to welcoming you for what promises to be a rich and productive conversation!
Registration deadline: 12 May 2026
Agenda
09:30-09:35 Welcome & Objectives of the Day
Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Director, World Resources Forum
09:35-09:55 DiCE: Key Outcomes and Lasting Learnings
Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Director, World Resources Forum
Maria Anta, Technical Advisor, WEEE Forum
09:55-10:15 INCREACE: Improving the Uptake of Recycled Plastics from/in Digital Home Care Products
Ronja Scholz, Eco-design & Service Design for a Circular Economy – Expert, Fraunhofer IZM
Theresa Aigner, Researcher on Sustainable and Circular (W)EEE, Fraunhofer IZM
10:15-10:40 From DiCE to ENKORE: Scaling Circular Solutions in Healthcare
Xenia Beltran, Senior Project Manager, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Marco Cinelli, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
Marianna Zarro, PhD Candidate, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome
10:40-11:00 UK Design for Life Programme: Applying DiCE Learnings Beyond the EU (TBC)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-11:40 Framing the Policy Discussion
Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Director, World Resources Forum
11:40-11:55 Legislative Insights from DiCE Pilots
Maria Anta, Technical Advisor, WEEE Forum
11:55-12:15 Systemic Barriers and Evidence-Based Recommendations
Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Director, World Resources Forum
12:15-12:45 Panel Discussion: Making Circular Health Devices Policies Impactful
Moderated by Emanuele Di Francesco, Senior Manager, Communicaations and Partnerships, World Resources Forum
12:45 12:55 Conclusions and Next Steps
Sonia Valdivia, Scientific Director, World Resources Forum
12:55-13:55 Networking Lunch

