10 – 12 November 2026
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Dubai World Trade Centre Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3
Nick Glover
Founder - The Signal Theory
Nick is a visionary leader, advocate for sustainability, and a driving force behind the mission to repurpose redundant items for good causes in Pakistan, India, and beyond. As a passionate changemaker, Nick operates at the intersection of social impact, environmental responsibility, and global community building, striving to redefine the way surplus resources are redistributed for maximum benefit.
At the core of Nick's work is a belief in Connection, Community, and Transparency, three pillars creating deep trust, serve as the foundation for creating meaningful, lasting change. By leading a true non-profit initiative, Nick ensures that the redistribution of educational resources, furniture, and essential goods happens at an "at-cost" model, removing profit barriers that typically restrict access and inflate expenses. This unique approach enables more items to be distributed at a fraction of the usual cost, resulting in greater carbon savings, reduced waste, and an exponential increase in support for underserved communities worldwide.
With a deep commitment to doing good, at scale, with integrity, Nick’s work serves as a testament to the fact that small, intentional actions can create powerful, global change. Whether through collaboration with schools, NGOs, or corporate sustainability programs, Nick is dedicated to turning excess into opportunity, waste into wealth, and disconnection into a thriving, engaged community of changemakers.
Speaker Sessions
Sustainability & Wellbeing
1610
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The Hidden Potential of Waste
Session Summary:
What if everything we call “waste” is really just a key that unlocks hidden potential we have not learned to read yet? In this session, Nick Glover and Elfyn Wyn Jones share how ethical redistribution and territory mapping can turn surplus items, unused spaces, and overlooked skills into engines of learning and social impact.
Drawing on real projects in schools and communities, they will show how simple visual tools help learners see the stories behind discarded objects, connect need with surplus, and design practical, values-driven solutions. Along the way, they explore how language, purpose, and shared responsibility can remove the “interference” that holds people back, and invite students to see themselves as makers of change rather than passive recipients of help.
Participants will leave with fresh ways to use waste as a starting point for curriculum, character education, and community partnership, and with questions that inspire learners to ask: if this is what we throw away, what else are we overlooking in ourselves and each other?
