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PETCORE EUROPE Annual Conference 2023

Agenda

  • 1 & 2 February 2023

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

DAY 1 – Technical updates from Petcore Europe Working Groups

  1. 10:00 – 10:15

    Networking Coffee

  2. 10:15 – 10:30

    Moderated by Antonello Ciotti from 10:15 – 12:00

    Welcome

    Speaker

  3. 10:30 – 12:00

    WORKING GROUPS SESSION 1: Focus on PET Depolymerization, Reuse & PET LCA

  4. 10:30 – 11:00

    Introduction by chairs of WG - PET Depolymerization WG

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speakers

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  5. 11:00 – 11:30

    Introduction by chair of WG - Reuse: towards a well-managed complementarity of recycling and reusable systems recycling

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  6. 11:30 – 12:00

    LCA Updates

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    A holistic multi-indicator approach for sustainability decision making

    Speaker

    Moderated by

  7. 12:00 – 13:30

    Lunch

  8. 13:30 – 15:30

    WORKING GROUPS SESSION 2: Bottles Recyclability and circularity focus

  9. Moderated by Christian Crepet from 13:30 – 17:45

  10. 13:30 – 14:00

    Introduction by chair of WG - O&F WG: white opaque PET, from a recycling issue to a value chain opportunity

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  11. 14:00 – 14:30

    Introduction by chair of WG - The label of the future

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  12. 14:30 – 15:00

    Introduction by chair of WG - ING/NIAS - To a common methodology and understanding

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  13. 15:00 – 15:30

    Introduction by chair of WG – EPBP: Strengthening a recognized platform towards circularity

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry: Andreas Christel (Polymetrix) & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  14. 15:30 – 16:15

    Networking Coffee Break

  15. 16:15 – 17:45

    WORKING GROUP SESSION 3: Thermoforms, TCEP & BOPET Focus

  16. 16:15 – 17:15

    Introduction by chair of WG - Thermoforms WG

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speakers

    Introduction by chair of WG - Thermoforms evaluation Platform- Ways ahead for common protocols and tests

    Joint Panel discussion for the Thermoforms WG and TCEP and Q & A session with audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  17. 17:15 – 17:45

    Introduction by chair of BOPET WG - BOPET lidding positive impact on recyclability

    followed by debate and Q & A session with experts from the industry & audience

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  18. 19:30-22:30

    Cocktail and Gala Dinner at Le Plaza Hotel

    Welcoming

    20:00-20:05

    Keynote speakers at the dinner

    20:30-20:40

    21:00-21:10

    21:30-21:40

    22:00-22:10

    Closure

    22:10-22:15

Thursday, 2 February 2023

DAY 2 – PET value chain in a fast-moving environment

  1. 09:00 - 09:45

    Networking Coffee

  2. Moderated by Jim Armstrong from 09:45 – 12:20

  3. 09:45 - 10:00

    Introduction : how to navigate in a world with multiple storms?

  4. 10:00 – 10:40

    Fundamental objectives for the PET Industries: running several hares at once

    Speaker

  5. 10:40 – 11:20

    Energy and Geopolitics: the never ending crisis?

    Speaker

  6. 11:20 – 12:20

    Net zero Carbon Strategy

    Presentation by the European Commission

    Speaker

    Presentation by P&G

    Speaker

    Participants of debate

    Moderated by

  7. 12:20 - 14:00

    Lunch

  8. Moderated by Ermis Panagiotopoulos from 14:00 – 16:30

  9. 14:00 – 14:30

    EU Regulatory landscape

    Speakers

  10. 14:30 – 15:15

    Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation

    Speaker

    Followed by DEBATE with invited Guests (Unesda, NMWE, PRE, Remondis)

    Participants of debate

  11. 15:15 – 15:35

    Spreading the word on the role of PET in a circular economy

    Speaker

  12. 15:35 – 16:15

    PET Market "R"evolution (prospectives: offer & demand vPET & rPET)

    Speaker

  13. 16:15 - 16:30