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  • Avenue de Broqueville 12, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
  • +32 (0) 2 315 24 88
  • info@petcoreeuropeannualconference.org
  • www.petcore-europe.org

Karlheinz Hausmann

PETCORE EUROPE

Dr Karlheinz Hausmann, is holding a doctoral degree in Material Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Engineering degree of the FAU (Friedrich Alexander Universität) Erlangen-Nürnberg. He has more than 30 years of experience in polyethylene and ethylene copolymers. He joined DuPont in 1987 in Geneva to work Packaging and Industrial Business Unit.

Here he had a number of R&D and Technical and Market Development assignments including packaging, polymer modification, cosmetic packaging and automotive and started the development of DuPonts reactive modifier and compatibilizer business for polymer modification and recycling.

As global sustainability leader he has been contributing to the development of the sustainability strategy of DuPonts Packaging and Industrial Polymers business unit.

After the merger between DuPont and Dow in 2017 he has been  heavily involved in Sustainability aspects associated with recycling and lightweighting of packaging Structures as SR TS&D Fellow at Dow Europe in Horgen, Switzerland.

In his  current function as Sr Advisor at Dow  he is representing Dow in various Industry. Organisations and  working groups on circular economy aspects such as CEFLEX, RecyClass and in particular in CEN working groups TC261 SC4 WG3 and 10 contributing to the creation of Design for Recyclability and Recycling methodology Standards for Packaging.

Furthermore as of October 1, 2025 Karlheinz is contributing to the work of the TCEP Platform in PETCORE EUROPE aiming for the circularity of Polyester Trays in Europe.

How to enter the event

 

  1. Click on the link that will be sent on the day of the conference

  2. It is recommended that you use Chrome web browser.

  3. Select an attendee ticket and click “join event”.

  4. You will be redirected to a sign-up page. Please create an account with the email address you have registered with and click sign-up. If you already have a Hopin account, please log in with your details.

  5. You have now entered the conference. On the left side of your screen, you will see different tabs:

Reception

is where you can find all the information about the conference (agenda, bio of speakers, schedule with timings etc.)

Stage

is where the main speeches and the panel discussion will happen.

Networking

for a better connection, we recommend you close any video call softwares of websites. During the breaks, you have the possibility to connect with other participants. You can do so in two ways:

Click on the Networking tab and you will be connected automatically with a fellow event participant who also wants to network.

Look for the person you want to connect with on the attendee list (this list can be found by clicking on "people" on the right side of your screen) click on the name of the person you would like to talk to and invite him/her for a video call.

How to ask a question to the panelists

Write your question on the event chat, the moderator will have it in front of her/him and will pick relevant questions to ask the speakers.