| 10.30 - 11.00 |
10.30 - 11.00
Registration and welcome coffee (Foyer Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor)
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| 11.00 - 11.05 |
11.00 - 11.05
Welcome by Katrina Sichel, moderator
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| 11.05 - 11.20 |
11.05 - 11.20
Plastics, an innovation-driven material
Setting the scene by:
Daniele Ferrari, President, PlasticsEurope and CEO, Versalis
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| 11.20 -11.35 |
11.20 -11.35
Welcome by the Estonian Presidency
Ado Lõhmus, Deputy Secretary General, Environmental Management Department, Estonia
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| 11.35 - 11.50 |
11.35 - 11.50
Innovation to create social and economic value
Keynote speech by:
Charlina Vitcheva, Deputy Director-General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
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| 11.50 - 12.40 |
11.50 - 12.40
Eco-design with plastics: life cycle driven innovation
Introduction by:
Harald Pilz, Senior Consultant, denkstatt (15 min)
Followed by 5 min presentations:
- Packaging, Gerald Rebitzer, Director Sustainability, Amcor
Flexibles Sustainability Director, AMCOR
- Building & Construction, Eike
Messow, Head of Sustainability, Sto SE & Co. KGaA
- Automotive, tbd
20 min Q&A
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| 12.40 - 13.30 |
12.40 - 13.30
Networking lunch (Foyer Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor)
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| 13.30 - 14.20 |
13.30 - 14.20
Future feedstock for plastics
Introduction by:
Patricia Vangheluwe, Director Consumer & Environmental Affairs, PlasticsEurope
Followed by 5 min presentations: - Recycling, Klaus Wittstock, Chair of PlasticsEurope Waste Management Group, Head of Industry Advocacy & Environmental Policy, BASF SE / Zdenek Hruska, Public Affairs Director, VinylPlus
- Renewables, Henri Colens, representing PlasticsEurope Bio-Feedstock Group, Public Affairs Manager, Braskem Europe
- CO2, Berit Stange, Venture Manager cardyon™, Covestro
- Conventional feedstock, Philip de Smedt, Sector Group
Manager, Petrochemicals Europe
20 min Q&A
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| 14.20 - 15.30 |
14.20 - 15.30
Partnering to shape the future
Plastics industry initiatives explained, introduction by:
Karl-H. Foerster, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope Followed by panel discussion:
- Carlo Pettinelli, Director, Consumer, Environmental and Health Technologies, DG Growth, European Commission
- Michael Kundel (tbd), President, European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and CEO, Renolit
- Ton Emans (tbd), President, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Chairman of LDPE Films Working Group (CeDo)
- Daniele Ferrari, President, PlasticsEurope and CEO, Versalis
20 min Q&A
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| 15.30 - 15.40 |
15.30 - 15.40
Conference wrap-up
Karl-H. Foerster, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope & Katrina Sichel, moderator Followed by introduction to the European Plastics Innovation Awards (EPIA)
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| 15.40 - 16.30 |
15.40 - 16.30
Presentation of the European Plastics Innovation Awards (EPIA), with the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
Introduction by:
Wim De Vos, Member of the Board, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
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| 16.30 - 18.00 |
16.30 - 18.00
Networking Cocktail (Foyer Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor)
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