Agenda

Day 1 - 04 February 2025

Session 1

A bird’s eye view: Market Dynamics

Session 2

Policy and regulatory update

Session 3

General European competitiveness

Session 4

European competitiveness - Circular PET

Session 5

Policy makers views

Day 2 - 05 February 2025

Session 1

Introduction: Updates from Working Groups and Innovation sessions

Session 2

EPBP/TCEP/Standardization and design for circularity!

Session 3

PET Thermoforms: the only circular and safe solution

Session 4

Depolymerization and textile: the new frontiers

Session 5

Digital platforms: data at the core of improvement

Session 6

Labels and O&F WG: supporting circularity

Day 1 - 07 February

Welcome coffee

Welcome and Introduction

Session 1- Market Dynamics

Overall

Updates from UNESDA

Retailer

PET producer

Q & A with Antonello Ciotti

Coffee break

Converter

Recycler

Systemiq "Circular PET and Polyester" study sponsored by Eastman

PET study - highlights from ICIS

Q & A with Antonello Ciotti​

Walking Lunch

Session 2 - Science and Regulatory

PPWR

Session 3 - Communication and Advocacy

Advocacy with Q&A

Com Campaign with Q&A

Updates from PAGEV

Coffee break

Session 4 - View from decision makers

View from decision makers

Q & A

Moderated by

View from decision makers

Q & A

Moderated by

View from decision makers

Q & A

Moderated by

Dinner at Le Plaza Hotel

Day 2 - 08 February

Networking coffee

Welcome and introduction

Session 1- Emerging technologies and applications

Depolymerisation overview

Accelerating a Circular Economy with Polyester Renewal Technology

Textile

Q & A session 1

Moderated by

Innovation updates

Moderated by

Coffee break

Session 2 - Improving purity

Analysis of NIAS in PET and evaluation of migration by use of an activation energy based diffusion modelling approach

NIAS PING and KÖR

Q & A session 2

Moderated by

Lunch

Session 3 - PET Tray circularity: Myth or Reality?

Functional Barrier

TCEP

PET T2T Mechanical recycling: Faerch's circularity Breakthrough

Q & A session 3

Moderated by

Session 4 - Design guidelines

EPBP

Labels

O&F

Standardisation

Q & A session 4

Moderated by

Session 5 - Supply chain optimisation

LCA, REUSE

Online

Q & A session 5

Moderated by

Wrap-up and conclusion

End of the conference

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