Highlights!

Video Podcast Studios

50 Talks (12-15 min.) with 100 circular shapers

B2B Marketplace

20 solutions and 50+ companies along the value chains

6 Focus Lounges

Curated, interactive Working Sessions on both days

Investor x Entrepreneur Speed Dating

6 types of capital

Shorts

Social storytelling with Shorts directly from the forum

PowerHour

Tasting & networking

VIP Apero

With the Finnish Embassy in Berne: 50 experts (Mon, Nov. 9)

LiveLabs

Company visits in Berne & Switzerland (Thu, Nov. 12)

The world is becoming more complex. We are becoming more aware. People – Relationships – Financing.

Monday, 9 Nov

Arrival & VIP Apéro

17.00–18.30 VIP Apéro · City Visit Bern
18.30–21.00 Dinner @ Tramdepot Bern

Tuesday, 10 Nov

Solutions & Session 1

08.30–10.00 Speed Dating Breakfast · Investors meet companies
10.00–10.30 Welcome · CF26: People – Relationships – Financing
10.30–12.00 B2B Marketplace: SOLUTIONS · 2× pitches with 20 solutions
12.00–14.00 Lunch · Networking · B2B Marketplace · Video Podcasts
14.00–15.30 Working Session 1: WIN-WINs & Challenges · 6 Focus Lounges in parallel
15.30–16.00 Break · Networking
16.00–17.00 PowerHour · Tasting & Networking
17.00–18.30 City Visit Bern (optional)
18.30–21.00 Dinner @ Tramdepot Bern

Wednesday, 11 Nov

Session 2

08.30–10.00 Speed Dating Breakfast · Investors meet companies
10.00–10.30 Welcome Day 2 · Storytelling, business & entertainment
10.30–12.00 Shorts Production · Social Media Storytelling Live
12.00–14.00 Lunch · Networking · B2B Marketplace · Video Podcasts
14.00–15.30 Working Session 2: NEXT STEPS · 6 Focus Lounges in parallel
15.30–16.00 Break · Networking
16.00–17.00 PowerHour · ZENventures · Apéro, Tasting
17.00–17.30 Farewell

Thursday, 12 Nov

LiveLabs Field Trips

all day LiveLabs · Company visits in Bern & Switzerland (individual)

Focus Lounges

Exchange ideas with passionate professionals in the 6 Focus Lounges. Contribute your own ideas, surprise us with creative concepts and questions, and expand your knowledge base. Each Focus Lounge is co-curated by expert partners and delves into the latest key questions and trends.

Finance & Purpose for Generations

How to make your circular solution investment-ready and self-financing? How to find the most suitable investors and entrepreneurs?

Lifestyle, Fashion & New Luxury

How does circular design allow for ideas and products to become 'must have' lifestyle trends? What will luxury and success look like in the future?

Industrial, Life Science & Digital/AI Trends

What are circular success strategies in multinational companies (industry, life sciences, digital/AI)? What can SMEs and startups learn from them?

Circular Campus & Future Skills

How to turn large university construction projects into catalyst for circular procurement and training? What skills will be in demand in 5 years?

Regional Value Chains & Side Streams

How do we strengthen informal, material, and financial cycles in regions? How do we create local, long-term win-win collaborations?

Cross-Border Business & Regulations

How do we create understanding and trust across borders? How do we navigate European and global trends, risks, and opportunities?

Video Podcasts

Make your solution visible and share your vision. In 5 studios, 50 talks are created with 100 experts in their respective fields. Together, we show how a circular economy can be implemented in practice and distribute these ideas across the web. This is how we multiply our impact.

Video Podcasts
B2B Marktplatz

B2B Marketplace

We make concrete solutions and the value chains and people behind them visible: in the B2B marketplace, you'll get to know 20 selected products and over 50 companies. The concentrated energy, knowledge, and passion for innovation will inspire and excite you!

Speed Datings

To start the day, we'll enhance the breakfast buffet and connect ambitious investors and entrepreneurs from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. In six investor lounges, you'll meet six different types of capital – tailored to your financing needs.

Speed Datings
Networking

Networking

For years, this has been our specialty: bringing the right people together, strengthening existing relationships, and creating new ones – across industries and borders. In doing so, we create unforgettable experiences that form the basis for professional success and personal friendships.

Act Circular – together. Act Circular    
Act Circular – together. Act Circular    
Act Circular – together. Act Circular    
Act Circular – together. Act Circular