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Max Strandwitz, CEO of MIPS Protection shares the vision for sustainability and core values of his team, a leader in the field of brain protection systems within helmet-based safety manufacturing for over 25 years. The mission at MIPS is to reduce head injuries, save more lives, protecting people and the environment.  Max became CEO in 2019 bringing a long career in finance from the fast-moving consumer goods sector and now leads the sustainable design and manufacture of a range of products that are sustainable, enduring and fit for purpose. MIPS have stepped up on their sustainability commitments to protect people and the environment. Join here to hear why MIPS care, dare, and want to share their efforts centred around their employees, products, and their supply chain.

Sonali Rastogi, Founding Partner of Morphogenesis together with Founding Partner Manit have created one of the most successful architectural design companies in the world. She joins the Think.Future podcast to share her wisdom and vision for a sustainable India. Sonali has a unique perspective on sustainable architecture, and soulfully blends tradition, heritage, culture, and history, offering a bespoke and heartwarming quality to the design world.

Dr. Dennis D. Truax joins the Think.Future podcast to share his experiences with over four decades working in water management and a long tenure teaching Water Treatment Systems Design at Mississippi State University. He contributes to the global conversation on water circularity from an engineering perspective with personal hands-on experience in solving water supply and waste water challenges in some of the dryest places on earth.

Thesla Collier, Design Technology Manager at HNTB joins the Think.Future podcast and shares her expertise in using technology to design for sustainable outcomes in buildings. Thesla is known as a ‘Cheerleader for Sustainability’ and works in the intersection between Sustainability and Design Technology across Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure Design projects. Listen in to hear Thesla’s approach at the project design phase.

Professor Aldo Ometto and Mr. Sergio Monforte join the Think.Future conversation to talk about a new International Standard for a circular economy driving innovative business opportunities as waste from one form of material is potentially a resource for another. In addition to the usual costs associated with production, they present the idea of generating economic, environmental, and social value from a new 21st-century strategic business model based on the principles of circularity and whole systems thinking.

Valentina Petrone is WSPs Circular Economy Lead in Australia. Valentina has unique skills combining 16 years’ experience as a trained Architect focused on implementing sustainable and climate resilience practices in the built environment with in-depth knowledge of Circular Economy design principles. She has co-authored the Circular Design Guidelines for the NSW Government to facilitate the transition to a Circular Built Environment and is currently working on pioneering Circular Economy projects in the design and advisory space ranging from master planning & urban design, building design & materials selection through to Government strategies and roadmaps.  She joins the conversation to share the principles of circular design for the construction industry, infrastructure, mining to make sure circular design is embedded across all sectors in the Built Environment.

James Slattery is a Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Specialist at the San Francisco Department of the Environment. James joins the Think.Future podcast on 6 March to share his strategies on leading resource conservation, debris reduction,  material recovery and taking environmental action in solid waste management. He has worked for the Department of the Environment for the past 12 years and is proud to share his story about his contribution to San Franciscos’s journey to Zero Waste.

Two entrepreneurs, Markus Ostermeier of ostermeier H2ydrogen Solutions and his project partner, Joel Vogl of INFENER are thinking future and sharing the inspiring idea of being self-sufficient with decentralized Hydrogen solutions for the Built Environment. They both share an aspiration to become a market leader as a hydrogen producer and supplier on a local level and are expanding into new market opportunities in Europe.

David Clark of Positive Zero is a chartered structural and building services engineer with over 30 years of design experience in Australia and the UK. Since 2001 he has specialised in providing sustainable design solutions and strategy in all building sectors and transport infrastructure. David developed the first Green Star rating tool with the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003 and has chaired their Technical Advisory Group for the past nine years. He is the author of What Colour Is Your Building (www.whatcolourisyourbuilding.com) and has recently written industry guidance on the electrification of buildings and precincts in Australia. David joins the Think.Future podcast to share his thoughts on how to electrify buildings and make them more flexible and responsive as the grid shifts rapidly to renewables.

Jodie Bricout is the Circular Economy Leader at international design, engineering and advisory company, Aurecon. She is a globally recognised sustainability leader with two decades of experience working with industry, research and policymakers in several countries including Australia, New Zealand, France, and Dubai. She is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of Adelaide, a Circular Australia Board Member and a member of the CRC Advisory Committee of Industry Innovation and Science Australia and the Victorian government’s Circular Economy Innovation Advisory Committee. Join the conversation with Jodie on Think.Future to understand the principles behind a circular economy, how they relate to the planetary boundaries and why designing for circularity is a powerful lever for sustainable development in the Built Environment.