9:30
Exhibition Booth open for Sponsors and their Visitors
10:55 – 11:00
Opening words – By Stephen Short, President Petcore Europe
11:00 – 11:15
Welcome by Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe
11:15 – 12:30
Session 1 “2019 PET market, Collection & Recycling Rates”
Moderated by Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe
11:15 – 11:35
PET market 2019 and impact of Covid 19 – Helen McGeough, ICIS
11:35 – 11:55
Update regarding PET trays – Ana Fernández, Klöckner Pentaplast
11:55 – 12:15
Update regarding Opaque and Functional PET bottles – Alessandra Funcia, Sukano
12:15 – 12:30
Panel Q&A
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00
Session 2 “EU Legislation – where are we headed?”
Moderated by Jim Armstrong, Recoup Recycling
14:00 – 14:20
EU Plastic Tax and its implementation in the member states – Emmanuelle Maincent, European Commission
14:20 – 14:40
The Circular Plastics Alliance – where do we stand? – Laure Baillargeon, European Commission
14:40 – 15:00
Panel Q&A
15:00 – 17:15
Session 3 “Changing supply & demand: viewpoints from the value chain”
Moderated by Stephen Short, Petcore Europe
15:00 – 15:20
VPET: PET producers’ view – Antonello Ciotti, Chairman of CPME
15:20 – 15:40
RPET: PET recyclers’ view – Casper van den Dungen, Poly Recycling Ag
16:10 – 16:30
PET converters’ view (Preforms) – Marc de Voogd, ALPLA Group
16:30 – 16:50
PET converters’ view (Trays) – Nicolas Lorenz, Paccor
16:50 – 17:15
Panel Q&A
17:15 – 17:30
Wrap-up and closing
Day 2 | Thursday, 3 June 2021
Trends in PET Collection, Sorting, Recycling & Circularity
9:00
Exhibition Booth open for Sponsor
09:45 – 11:05
Session 4 “2019 PET market, Collection & Recycling Rates”
Moderated by Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe
09:45 – 10:05
DRS – where are we headed? – Clarissa Morawski, Reloop Platform
10:05 – 10:25
Curbside – where are we headed – Patrick Laevers, Fostplus
10:25 – 10:45
Trends in Sorting – Roadmap for Digital Watermarks and Artificial Intelligence – Frédéric Durand, Tomra
11:05 – 12:00
Session 5 “Trends in Design for Recycling”
Moderated by Jim Armstrong, Recoup Recycling
11:05 – 11:25
PET Tray Recyclability Evaluation Platform and EPBP Update – Luca Stramare, Corepla
11:25 – 11:45
Update on Recyclass – Paolo Glerean, Aliplast
11:45 – 12:00
Panel Q&A
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00
Session 6 “Monomer Recycling – where is circular PET headed?”
Moderated by Stephen Short, Petcore Europe
13:30 – 13:50
Legislative Update – Mike Neal, Petkonsept
13:50 – 14:10
Update from The PET Monomer Recycling SIG – Martin Stephan, Carbios
14:10 – 14:30
The brand owner’s perspective – Jean-François Briois, Nestlé Waters
14:30 – 15:00
Panel Q&A
15:00 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:45
Session 7 “Circularity of PET – opportunities beyond recycling”
Moderated by Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe
15:45 – 16:00
Update from the PET communications campaign – Carl-Eric Portaels, Petcore Europe
16:00 – 16:15
Involving the consumer to increase circularity – Eric Schaffner, Zeloop
16:15 – 16:30
Reuse – how can the industry combine the concept with recycling? – Sebastian Lemp, ALPLA Group
16:30 – 16:45
Panel Q&A
16:00
Wrap-up and closing