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Day 1 – Thursday 28th November

08:30 - 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee



10:00 - 10:50 Welcome
Jean-Paul Delevoye – President of the Conseil économique, social et environnemental (Economic, Social and Environmental Committee)  10'


Towards zero plastic to landfill by 2020 – an ambitious challenge 20'

Carl van Camp - Senior Vice President Polymers, Total


Panorama of plastics waste management in Europe 20'

Martin Engelmann – Resource Efficiency Director, PlasticsEurope



10:50 - 12:30 4 visions: from prevention to treatment options
How can plastics contribute to waste prevention? - working title 20'

Graham Houlder – Sustainable Director, Flexible Packaging Europe &
Founder of Sloop Consulting b.v.



To what extend is the recovery industry impacted by the conditions of waste collection and on-site sorting?  20'

Cyril Fraissinet - Deputy CEO, in charge of strategic operations, SITA 


Criteria for sustainable plastics recycling  20'

Bernard De Caevel - Managing Director, RDC Environment


Energy recovery - working title 20'

Luc Valaize – President of SVDU (Syndicat national du traitement et de la Valorisation des Déchets Urbains et assimilés – French association of 
waste-to-energy plants for municipal waste / mber of CEWEP)




Moderator: Peter Sundt – General Secretary, EPRO (European Association
of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations)


Questions & answers 20'



12:30 - 14:00 Lunch



14:00 - 16:00 How to recycle and recover 100% plastics?
Introductory speech 15'

Philippe Martin - French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable development and
Energy - TBC




Introductory speech 15'

Member of the European Parliament - TBC



Discussion panel
60'

Koos van Haasteren - Vice President Europe, SABIC 
Philippe Martin - French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable development and
Energy - TBC
Vanya Veras - Secretary General, MWE (Municipal Waste Europe)





Moderator: Laura Shields - former BBC journalist
Questions & answers 30'


16:00 - 16:30 Break



16:30 - 16:50 EPRO Award of the best recycled product of the year


Géraud Delorme – Co-Chairman of EPRO 
with the participation of cartoonist David Cessac




16:50 - 17:15 Conclusion of the discussion panel & perspectives


Wilfried Haensel – Executive Director, PlasticsEurope



19:30 - 23:00 Gala dinner - cruise on the river Seine




Day 2 - Friday 29th November

08:00 - 08:30 Welcome coffee



08:30 - 10:00 Change perspective: plastic waste as a resource to generate economic and social value in Europe
Introductory speech 15'

Arnaud Montebourg – French Minister of Industry - TBC




Discussion panel
Moderator - TBC
60'

Julio Garcia Burgues - Head of Unit Waste Management & Recycling, Green economy Directorate, DG Environment of the EU Commission - TBC
Ton Emans – President of EUPR (European Plastics Recyclers)
Arnaud Montebourg – French Minister of Industry - TBC
Michel Valache – Deputy CEO, Veolia Propreté



Questions & answers
15'



10:00 - 10:30 Break



10:30 - 12:00 Second life for used packaging
Moderator - TBC
Innovations in optical sorting extend the frontiers of recovery for plastic films, pots and trays 15'

Frédéric Demarez - Director of the Recycling Department, Communication and Strategy, Pellenc selective technologies (FR)


Let’s recycle more plastics but in the right way
15'

Michael Scriba - CEO of MTM Plastics Gmbh (GE)



Collecting all household plastic packaging waste - Key learning from the French pilot test

Géraud Delorme - General Manager, Valorplast (FR) 20'
Eco-Emballages (FR) - TBC 20'


Questions & answers 15'



12:00 - 13:00 Lunch



13:00 - 14:00 Quality recycling
End of waste criteria as a tool to achieve quality recycling 15'

Alejandro Villanueva - Scientific Officer, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - Joint Research Center (SP)


State of the art recycling and perspectives for the recovery of plastics from WEEE 15'

Richard Toffolet - Technical Director, Eco-Systèmes (FR)


Recycled plastic bumpers out of various waste streams 15'

Frédéric Viot - Eco-design and Recycling Manager, Plastic Omnium (FR)



Moderator - TBC
Questions & answers 15'



14:00 - 15:00 What role for energy recovery of plastics tomorrow?
Pan European study on SRF potential 15'
Marc Cheverry - Head of Unit Waste prevention and management, Ademe (FR)


The benefits of energy from waste / The Danish example 15'
Professor Thomas Hoejlund Christensen, Danish Technical University (DK)


The benefits of using SRF in a dedicated thermal plant 15'
Norbert Mingels - Head of Energy Sourcing, Solvay Group (DE)



Moderator – Christophe Journet, Chief Editor, MPE Media

Questions & answers 15'



15:00 - 15:30 Break



15:30 - 16:10 Back to the future thanks to feedstock recycling?
Conversion of plastics waste into gas - working title 15'

Roland Möller – Chief Operations Officer, Ecoloop Gmbh (GE)



Fuels from end of end of life plastics – working title
15'
Still TBC



Moderator - Christophe Journet, Chief Editor, MPE Media
Questions & answers 10'



16:10 - 16:25 Closing remarks

Michel Loubry - Director West Region of PlasticsEurope



16:25 - 16:30 Invitation to IdentiPlast 2014



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