Manuel Maqueda

Manuel Maqueda is an international teacher, speaker and innovator with a focus on restoring the balance of living systems, and reversing climate change.

Maqueda teaches Circular Economy at Harvard University, and created the Circular Economy Online Course at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches and lectures on Circular and Regenerative Economics and Innovation at other international universities and business schools.

Recognized as an expert in plastic pollution, Manuel Maqueda is co-founder of several notable organizations, such as the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and SUPER (Single-Use Plastics Elimination or Reduction), a nonprofit enabling businesses to eliminate single-use plastics through a tiered certification program.

As a forward-thinker, Manuel has consulted for notable futurist organizations, such as Jeff-Bezos-funded Long Now Foundation, dedicated to fostering long-term thinking in the context of the next 10,000 years.

Manuel researches how Artificial Intelligence can partner with human ingenuity to enable a regenerative economy. He co-founded Viento.ai, an organization pioneering the use of machine learning to design proactive responses to climate disasters.

As a speaker, Manuel Maqueda’s clients include Google, Salesforce, Santander, LinkedIn, NASA, Institute for the Future, Dell, Foresight Institute, Green Festival, Circular City Week, New Plastics Economy Conference, Plastic-Free World and the Government of the State of Washington, among dozens of others.

Manuel Maqueda’s speaking style is mind-opening, memorable, and empowering.

Conference topics include

-Circular economy and innovation
-Elimination of single-use plastics
-Transition towards sustainability
-Artificial Intelligence to avert climate disasters