Webinar Technology leads to productivity in waste management

Get to know the webinar speakers

Antonis Mavropoulos is the founder and CEO of D-Waste consultants. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of UNEP’s International Environmental Technologies Centre, and he serves as a strategy advisor for the Let’s Do It and SEAQUAL foundations. He has served for 4 years as the President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and 8 years as the Chair of ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee. He has been involved in solid waste management projects for 25 years in 30 countries and he has extensive experiences working with both the public and the private sector. He has invented the Waste Atlas, and he has designed several information systems and mobile apps for resource recovery purposes. His recent book “Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy” (co-authored with Anders Waage Nilsen) deals with the dynamics between the on-going fourth industrial revolution and the challenge of circular economy. Several of his works have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindu, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Last but not least, he believes in scientific activism, he is a human rights advocate and a jazz lover.  

Imren Karalar is Product Manager at Evreka. She completed her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU) and did various internships at leading companies including Bosch, Accenture, and Enerjisa. Following her experience in different fields of business, she started creating advanced technology and smart solutions for waste management. Since 2017, Imren has been working at Evreka and designing high-tech systems to provide operational excellence for enterprises and municipalities in more than 40 countries. Today, she studies Master of Science in Industrial Engineering at METU on data mining.

Umutcan Duman is co-founder and CEO at Evreka. He is also the founder and member of many organizations operating to improve both entrepreneurship and the global network of entrepreneurs. In recent years, his success and visionary perspective are awarded by reputed organizations. He is ranked in important lists such as Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40. Today, Umutcan Duman manages Evreka with the objective of reshaping the waste management industry and creating greater value for the world. Besides, he strives to explore areas open for improvement and leads innovations that provide numerous industries with advanced technology for operational excellence. Additionally, he is a triathlete.

Mark is an IT executive with a track record of over 20 years in technology for the Waste & Recycling industry.  As the CEO of GMT Europe, a company that was acquired by AMCS in 2016, Mark led the company to international growth and successfully completed a number of acquisitions. Mark acts as evangelist in the Waste & Recycling market working closely with Customers, delivery and product teams to keep the IT solutions on the front line of innovation, designing new features and capabilities. As the CMO of the AMCS Group, Mark is responsible for planning, developing, implementing and monitoring the overall business marketing strategy, and also for the Digital Transformation journey of the AMCS Customers to the AMCS Platform in the cloud.