The 12th Zero Waste International Dialogue will be held in San Francisco on April 4th and 5th as part of the Zero Waste Forum - a week of events held in conjunction with International Zero Waste Day. This is a recognized Zero Waste Event by the United Nations. ZWIA President & founder Richard Anthony will open Day 2 of the Dialogue.
Keynote Speakers:
* [Dr. Zeynep Celikel](
https://www.un.org/pga/77/zeynep-celikel/), United Nations, Advisor in Human Rights & Humanitarian Team in the Office of the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly,
* [Crystal Dreisbach](
https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystal-dreisbach-09b52a163/), CEO of Upstream, Expanding the Reuse and Circular Economy,
* [Katie Patrick](
https://katiepatrick.com/), Environmental Engineer & Designer, How to Use Behavior & Gamification Design to Create Rapid Environmental Change,
* [Denaya Shorter](
https://www.no-burn.org/who-we-are/), Senior Director of GAIA (Global Alternatives to Incinerators Alliance) for the US & Canada
The Forum will take a deep dive into the following topics:
* The Science and Psychology of Environmental Behavior and Applying it to Zero Waste
* Past, Present, and New Ideologies and Techniques to Address Plastic Pollution
* Scaling Reuse Infrastructure & Expanding the Reuse Economy for a World Without Single-Use
* Transformative Zero Waste Programs
* Waste Colonialism and the Call for Equitable Zero Waste Solutions
See the [Zero Waste Forum International Dialogue Draft Program](
https://zerowasteforum.org/forum-%26-dialogue-speakers) for more detail.
Are you tired of Zoom? Speakers are in-person, on-site! An affordable online/hybrid option is available for out-of-town attendees. This is the first Zero Waste International Alliance International Dialogue held in the US in 11 years! Please consider attending - it will not be back anytime soon.