2023 Conference

The 2023 Charitable Reuse Australia conference was held on 16-17 October 2023.

Our conference theme for 2023 was ‘Next Generation Strategies’. Here you will find recordings of sessions and pdf presentations.

Conference Recordings

KEYNOTE – A Sustainability Renaissance – New Patterns of Consumption Demand Bold Pathways
Presenter: John Gertsakis, Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence

Reuse Policy Development – A Codesign, Systems and Stakeholder Approach
Presenter: Asela Atapattu, NSW EPA

PANEL – Codesign Partnership – Advocating at the Top of the Waste Hierarchy
Yolanda Saiz, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society NSW
Kirsten Junor, CEO, Reverse Garbage
Annie Walker, Senior Coordinator Circular Economy, SSROC

A National Enforcement Strategy to Counter Illegal Dumping
Presenter: Samuel Lawson, Managing Director, Waste Enforcement Association Australia

How to Measure Reuse & Scale it’s Impact for Circularity
Presenter: Mark Rawson, Managing Director, Rawtec

The Role of Investment & Policy in Scaling Textile Recovery Opportunities
Presenters: Catherine Hill, Senior Advisor Circular Economy, Austrade
Kylie Hughes, Director Waste Policy, Department of Environment and Science

Community & Circularity: Expanding the Opportunities for Connection
Presenter: Nicole Garofano, Head of Circular Economy Development, Planet Ark

The European Agenda Driving Global Product Reuse – Implications for Australia
Presenter: Helen Millicer, Director, One Planet Consulting

Economic Dignity & Stigma Reduction – Lessons for Charity Shops to Attract Sceptics
Presenter: Dr Michelle Blanchard, Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Back to the Future – How UK’s Online Past Informs Australia’s Online Future
Presenter: Thom Bryan, Business Development Director, Shopiago by World of Books Group

Online Retail – Vital Impact for Charities & the Preloved Channel
Presenters: Anne-Marie Cheney, Strategic Partnerships Manager (Pre-Loved) eBay Australia
Geraldine Torrens, eBay Australia

Vintage Revival – Attracting Next Generation Customers
Presenters: Angela Clark, Greater Brisbane, Regional Business Manager, Lifeline Retail Queensland
Jessica Kiddle Woods, Greater Brisbane, Retail Support Supervisor, Lifeline Retail Queensland

QLD Innovation on Donating Behaviour Change & Circular Economy
Presenter: Andrew Connor, Executive Director, Department of Environment and Science

A Better Way to Design, Make, Wear and Circulate Clothing for a More Equitable and Sustainable World
Presenter: Courtney Holm, Founder, A.BCH – A Circular Fashion Label

Charity Shop? Concept Learning, Analytics & Opportunities for Scale & Participate Nationally
Presenters: John Elliott, Owner, Save Our Soles
Charlene Perera, Charlene Perera Consulting
Miles Ruge, Client Director, Kepler Analytics
Jacob Miller, Senior Manager – Op Shops, Uniting VIC TAS
Omer Soker, CEO, Charitable Recycling Australia
Leigh Murphy, Regional Manager, Salvos Stores

Digital Strategies to Engage the Next Generation of Shoppers, Donors & Volunteers
Presenter: Hadrien Bassens, Director, Reef Digital

Minister Plibersek

Charitable Retail Learning

Conference Presentations

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Economic Dignity and Stigma Reduction: Lessons for Charity Shops
Dr Michelle Blanchard

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Charity Shop? – Concept Learnings
John Elliott, Save Our Soles
& Charlene Perera, Charlene Perera Consulting

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Charity Shop? Performance Analytics
Miles Ruge
Kepler Analytics

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A Better Way to Design, Make, Wear and Circulate Clothing for a More Equitable and Sustainable World
Courtney Holm, A.BCH
A Circular Fashion Label

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Community and Circularity: Expanding the Opportunities for Connection
Nicole Garofano
Planet Ark

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Digital Strategies to Engage the Next Generation of Shoppers, Donors and Volunteers
Hadrien Bassens
Reef Digital

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Europe & Australia : Circular products and low emissions future
Helen Millicer
One Planet Consulting

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Keynote : A Sustainability Renaissance – New Patterns of Consumption Demand Bold Pathways
John Gertsakis
Product Stewardship

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A National Enforcement Strategy to Counter Illegal Dumping
Samuel Lawson
WEAA

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Measureing Reuse and its impact on the transition to a Circular Economy
Mark Rawson
Rawtec

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Online Retail – Vital Impact for Charities and the Preloved Channel
Anne-Marie Cheney
eBay

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Queensland Innovation on Donating Behaviour Change and Circular Economy
Andrew Connor
Department of Environment and Science

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Reuse Policy Development – A Codesign, Systems and Stakeholder Approach
Asela Atapattu
NSW EPA

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The Role of Investment and Policy in Scaling Textile Recovery Opportunities
Catherine Hill
Austrade

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The Role of Investment and Policy in Scaling Textile Recovery Opportunities
Kylie Hughes
Department of Environment and Science

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Vintage Revival – Attracting Next Generation Customers
Angela Clark & Jessica Kiddle Woods
Lifeline Retail Queensland