Circular Plastics Packaging Europe - 24th GEPET Series,

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06-07 May, 2024 - Rotterdam, HYBRID

Hilton Rotterdam

12:30

Conference Registration & Light Finger Food

13:20

Chairman's Introduction

Polony Istvan, Founder

Oonly Tisztan

13:30

Round Table Discussion - Will the EU PET and rPET industry see better days ahead ?

Antonello Ciotti, President

Petcore Europe

Trade dynamics of rPET import into the EU

Ahmed Nabil Elmizayen, Development Strategy Lead

Bantam Materials UK Ltd

Upstream trends and regional competition

Stewart Hardy, Senior Consultant

NexantECA

14:45

Accelerating the transition of the EU plastics to circularity and net zero

Drea Berghorst, Managing Director

Plastics Europe

15:10

Discussion followed by Tea Break

15:30

Towards harmonization of plastics packaging & recyclability claims across the world

  • New DFR guidelines & recyclability certification schemes moving forward

Paolo Glerean, Chairman

RecyClass

15:50

Sustainable shrink sleeves labels compatible with different recycling stream

Marika Knorr, Head of Sustainability and Communication

CCL Label GmbH

16:10

Plastics value chain in the Port of Rotterdam

Monique De Moel, Business Devt Manager - Circularity

Port of Rotterdam Authority

16:30

Discussion. Close of Day 1

16:45

Assemble at Hilton Hotel Lobby. Board the bus to Networking Yacht Reception



17:00 - 19:00 hrs.
Networking Yacht Reception

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08:50

Chairman’s Introduction

Antonio Protopapa, Operations Director

Corepla

09:00

EU Food safety & packaging regulations towards sustainable, safer materials

  • key considerations for 2024 for recycled plastics for food contact packaging

Tom Gillett, Associate

Steptoe International (UK) LLP

09:30

Future of plastic packaging amid circularity pressures

  • Understand the position, and outlook, for plastic packaging in today’s retail landscape.
  • Discover the business and consumer values influencing packaging strategy
  • Corporate sustainability actions to advance circularity

Rosemarie Downey, Head of Packaging Research

Euromonitor International Ltd

10:00

Discussion followed by Coffee Break

10:50

Advance recycling of PLA – the solution to increasing circularity of biobased material

Maelenn Ravard, Regulatory and Sustainability Manager

TotalEnergies Corbion

Dr. Gerrit Gobius du Sart, Corporate Scientist, Technology Development

TotalEnergies Corbion

11:20

Round Table Discussion - Chemical Recycling of Plastics Waste

Scaling up chemical recycling & achieving mandatory targets
  • Can chemical recycling technologies play a role in establishing a circular and sustainable economy
  • Environmental impact and GHG emission reductions
  • Mass balance fuel use exemption for allocating recycled content from chemical recycling

Jeroen Kelder, Founder & Managing Partner

Infinity Recycling

Erica Ross, Commercial Lead

BlueAlp BV

12:30

Discussion followed by Lunch

13:50

Chairman's Remarks

Tom Gillett, Associate

Steptoe International (UK) LLP

14:00

Launching the first refillable PET bottle for the Hungarian market

  • designing for reusability
  • how does Oonly intend to collect back the bottles ?

Polony Istvan, Founder

Oonly Tisztan

14:30

Sustainability packaging roadmap for pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products – Perspective of a leading consumer healthcare company

Vincent Raspail, Packaging Development Manager – R&D

Haleon

15:00

Round Table Discussion – Uniting the packaging industry towards sustainable circular packaging

Sustainable Packaging PreZero International

Alexander Reitz, Customer Development and Consulting

PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG

Implementing DRS - Success rates & challenges to date
Perspective from Belgium

Thomas De Meester, Public And Regulatory Affairs Manager

FOST Plus

EPR scheme for plastic packaging in Italy

  • reaching the challenging target of the SUP Directive in our country

Antonio Protopapa, Operations Director

Corepla

16:15

Final Discussion. End of Conference. Followed by Networking Tea Break

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