PETCORE EUROPE
Annual Conference 2021

Agenda

Day 1 | Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Perspectives, Strategy and Legislative Challenges for the PET value chain

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

15:40 – 16:10 Coffee Break

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

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