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Annual Meeting 2020 & 2021 have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
Previous edition: 2019 programme
Day 1
PRE Working Group Meetings
10.00 - 13.00h Morning Sessions
PET Working Group Meeting; open to public
Introduction by PRE PET Working Group Chairman, Casper van den Dungen
Recycling: Driving innovation or killing virgin polymer demand?
Benjamin Brooks, Senior Specialist, EMEA Petrochemicals, SP Global Platts
Sorting of PET trays: Struggle for sorter and recycler
Berry Bellert, Manager Plastics, Attero
Developments in PET thermoforms recycling
Ana Fernandez, Global Innovations Director, Klöckner Pentaplast
This is Forward - Towards a world without waste
Bruno Van Gompel, Technical & Supply Chain Director, Coca Cola
Challenges and requirements of the bottled water producers
Ermis Panagiotopoulos, Sustainability Director, European Federation of Bottled Waters
Update on the new B2B system VACUNITE®
Cristoph Wöss, Business Development Manager, Application Bottle, EREMA
PET industry, victim of its own success. Our solution for an effective circular economy
Anna Horecica-Csiki, Preform Systems Product Manager, SIPA
PVC Working Group Meeting; closed session
14.30 - 17.30h Afternoon Sessions
HDPE/PP Working Group Meeting; open to public
Introduction by PRE HDPE Working Group Chairman, Herbert Snell
Embracing change: Sustainability, recycling and challenges for polyolefins business
Kaushik Mitra, Executive Director, Polyolefins EMEA, IHS Markit
COOP EXPERIENCE - Material & the circular economy: a Multi-stakeholder approach
Chiara Faenza, Responsible for Sustainability and Values Innovation, COOP Italia
HolyGrail 2.0 – Revolutionize sorting by intelligent packaging enabled by Digital Watermarks
Gian de Belder, Packaging Technologist, Procter & Gamble & Larry Logan, Chief Evangelist, Digimarc Corporation
Chemical recycling: Upcycling hard-to-recycle plastics
Carlos Monreal, CEO, Plastic Energy
HDPE/PP rigid recycling for packaging products
Clemens Kitzberger, Business Development Manager, Application Post Consumer, EREMA
Enhance circular economy in plastic packaging
Matteo Calloni, R&D Department, Bandera Luigi Costruzioni Meccaniche SPA
LDPE Working Group Meeting; open to public
Introduction by PRE LDPE Working Group Chairman, Ton Emans
Recycling of household flexible packaging in France: More than yesterday, less than tomorrow
Thomas Etien, Responsible for Recycling Development, CITEO
Recycling economy on the move - Adventure of sorting and recycling post-consumer film
Valerie Bürstner, Head of Sales, Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH
Brand owner´s perspective on plastics recycling
Pavel Komurka, Packaging Innovation - Sustainability Coordinator, Orkla ASA
Recycling Technologies & the role of chemical recycling to help close the loop on residual plastic wastes
Rudolf Pfaendner, Divison Director, Plastics, Fraunhofer Institute
Quality improvement of recycled polyethylene through tailor-made stabilizer systems
Marvine Besong, Technical Director, Recycling Technologies
PROCESS-Control – PERFORMANCE – BluPort
Michael Heitzinger, Managing Director, EREMA
Technical Plastics Working Group Meeting; closed session
18.00 - 19.00h PRE General Assembly; closed session
20.30 - 00.00h Networking Dinner
Day 2
Design for Recycling - Where quality plastics recycling begins
10.00 - 17.00h
Introduction
Welcome from the PRE President, Ton Emans
Perspectives on recyclability: the EU approach and global trends
The new Commission priorities related to the Plastic Strategy
Carlo Pettinelli, Director for Consumer, Environmental and Health Technologies, European Commission
EMERGENCE OF AN ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS:
Towards new industrial paradigms
Christian Guellerin, Executive Director, L'École de design Nantes Atlantique
Recycled plastics make the world go round
Kim Ragaert, Professor Sustainable Use and Recycling of Polymers and Composites, University of Ghent
Session 1
What do we expect from recyclability? Working on design for recycling across the value chain
Design for recycling of food packaging – Challenges and Opportunities
Franz Liebenspacher, Environmental Sustainability and Packaging Lead, Nestlé
How designing for recyclability can help close the loop
Fatma Sahin, European External Affairs Manager, Unilever
Design for Sustainability
Flor Peña Herron, Sustainability Project Manager Europe, Avery Dennison Label and Graphics Materials
EcoLam - New development of recyclable high barrier mono-material laminates
Achim Grefenstein, Senior Vice President Group R&D, Constantia Flexibles GmbH
Supporting circular economy via additivation & coloration
Joao Bomfim, Research & Development Manager, Ampacet
Panel Discussion
The future of recyclability: advancing quality recycling, sustainability and circular economy?
Vincent Colard, Packaging Ecodesign Project Manager, CITEO
Karen van de Stadt, Sustainable Packaging Expert, KIDV
Pavel Komurka, Packaging Innovation – Sustainability Coordinator, Orkla ASA
Gerry McGarry, Business Director, Berry bpi recycled products
Vincent Mooij, Head of SUEZ.circpack®, SUEZ
Session 2
Design for recycling: beyond packaging
Volvo Cars Sustainability Strategy
Anders Kärrberg, Head of Global Sustainability, Volvo Cars
Flokk - Pioneers on Design for Recycled Plastics
Alte Thiis-Messel, Vice President Sustainability, Flokk
Tarkett: Ecodesigned solutions and transparency for a circular economy
Myriam Tryjefaczka, Sustainability and Public Affairs Director EMEA , Tarkett Group
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