Our annual Circular Plastics Conference gives you an opportunity for vivid exchanges, new insights and networking.
Program ’24 – Let’s Reflect and Act
9:30 Registration & coffee ☕
10:00 – A warm welcome – Start plenary program
We kickstart the conference with an opening session that sets the stage for the parallel sessions. CPI Director Ronald Korstanje will welcome you and the event will be kicked off by three keynote sessions:
- Cascading model for the future of plastics – By Jean Paul Lange (University of Twente)
- Market needs into feedstock and process requirements – By Philip Knapen (Borealis)
- Data-driven insights towards a viable business case – By Husam Taha (Wood Mackenzie)
11:10 – Round the table
A captivating table discussions with the speakers of the opening program complemented by key players and experts in the value chain of Circular Plastics.
- Mark Schmets -Directorate Sustainable Industry at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate.
- Frans Beckers – Owner at FBBasic
- Thor Thummers – External Affairs at Unilever
12:00 – Lunch
An interactive lunch session, focusing on the latest developments.
13:30 – Parallel sessions, part 1
The workshops are intended to inform, inspire and to provoke guided dialogues. We’ve created a set-up that is focussed around different value chains. Within each value chain, we will put the spotlights on the:
- Legal perspective with respect to responsibility that producers bear for the products they put on the market. We will do so through the position of the Dutch Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) organisations.
- User perspective, learn how companies ensure that their suppliers provide high-quality feedstock that meet specific application standards.
- Analytical perspective, which bridges the gap between the EPR responsibility to reuse waste and the demand-driven quality standards that are used by producers.
You can choose between:
- Session 1 – Packaging value chain
- Chris Bruijnes – Head of Knowledge Development at Verpact
- Homer Genuino – Senior researcher at NTCP
- Rob Verhagen – Sustainability Director at OPACKGROUP
- Session 2 – Automotive value chain
- Thorsten Friedrich – Coordinator of Innovations at Auto Recycling Nederland
- More to be announced
14:00 – Parallel sessions, part 2
You can choose between:
- Session 3 – Textile value chain
- Peter Koppert – Innovation and Sustainability manager at MODINT
- More to be announced
- Session 4 – Waste Electronics and Electronic Equipment value chain
- Lein Tange – Director Sustainability at ICL Industrial Products
- More to be announced
15:30 – Network break
16:00 – Wrap-up and summaries (plenary)
This final session of the Circular Plastics Conference 2024 will be started by Ronald Korstanje, who will give a compilation of the insights from each session, gathered throughout the day.
17:00 – 19:30 Walking dinner, drinks and networking
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