The Slovenian Toolmaking Development Center TECOS organized an expertise conference on its premises on September 10th. Participants were proffesionals from the research and industrial environment, who shared their knowledge, experience and competencies in the field of circular economy. The umbrella theme of the event was the Slovenian industry of the future, and the emphasis of the lectures was on smart factories, digitalization of processes and connecting various actors for operational shifts in the direction of circular supply chains. The participants agreed that by exchanging and sharing ideas, we have a positive impact on the development of the environment for the implementation of a joint European Action Plan for the Circular Economy. Representatives of organizations and projects participated: https://srip-krozno-gospodarstvo.si/ https://ceplafib.eu/sl/domov/ https://lifebaqua.eu/index.php/en/ https://www.life-biothop.eu/sl/ http://lifeforacidwhey.arhel.si/ https://citruspack.eu/sl/domov/ http://hidaqua.zag.si/si http://www.rusalca.si/si/ https://www.podnebnapot2050.si/ http://ctop.ijs.si/sl/domov/ https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/circular4_0/en/home https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/S3HubsinCE.html https://www.ftpo.eu/Raziskovalna-dejavnost/Raziskovalni-projekti/Tekoči-projekti/mapgears https://www.kolektor.com/Cosima http://www.adma.ec/ https://dihslovenia.si/ https://www.kolektor.com/sl/o-nas/globalna-prisotnost/kolektor-ventures https://mps.si/sl/koc-top/ https://koc-krozno-gospodarstvo.si/ Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/tecos.si/posts/1502942989896368 https://www.tecos.si/index.php/sl/o-podjetju/novice/item/804-prehod-na-krozno-gospodarstvo-preko-industrije-4-0