THURSDAY 13 OCTOBRE 2016 | LA TRICOTTERIE BRUSSELS more info: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu

THE THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2016 9.00 AM - 7.00 PM CIR ULAR LA TRICOTERIE

EVENT ECONOMY

PROGRAM GENERAL POLITICAL DEBATE

9.00 - 9.10 Welcome address by Gianni PITTELLA, President of the S&D Group in the EP

9.10 - 9.30 Introduction on The Circular Economy by , European Commissioner for the Environment

How the EU will close the Circle. State of play of the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy

9.30 - 10.00 Key note speech on The Circular Economy by Walter STAHEL Architect and Industrial analyst, co-Founder of the Product-Life Institute Geneva

10.00 - 11.00 From a materials’ perspective : plastics, technology metals and biomass

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, rethinking the future of plastics Rob OPSOMER, Lead, New Plastics Economy Initiative

The Urban Mine : recycling technology metals, Umicore Dr. Christian HAGELÜKEN, Director EU Government Affairs, UMICORE

The bio-based economy, Dirk CARREZ, Executive Director bio-based Industries Consortium

11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break

11.20 - 11.30 Circular Economy from a regional perspective Manuela BORA, Regional Industry Ministry, Marche Region

11.30 - 11.50 The debate in the by Simona BONAFE, Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur on the Circular Economy package

11.50 - 12.20 Question and Answer session

12.20 - 12.30 Closing remarks by , Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President for sustainable development

12.30 - 14.00 Walking Lunch

RETAINING VALUE BEFORE IT IS WASTED

PANEL 1 : The importance of ecodesign, reuse and remanufacturing

14.00 - 14.40 ECODESIGN : Carsten WACHHOLZ, Senior Policy Officer on Product Policy and Resource Conservation, EEB : How ecodesign can drive a circular economy in Europe Open Discussion with the floor

RE-USE : Mathieu RAMA, Policy Officer, RREUSE : The importance of reuse and repair

RE-MANUFACTURING : Regis Dando, REMAN : Catching the value with remanufacturing

14.40 - 15.30 Open discussion with the floor

15.30 - 15.45 Coffee Break

PANEL 2 : Closing the loop for transport vehicles - On the road, in the air and over the sea

15.45 - 16.25 AIR : Koen STAUT, Chief Executive Officer or Toon WASSENBERG, Chief Sustainability Officer at AEROCIRCULAR : Recycling and upcycling of aircrafts

SEA : Patrizia HEIDEGGER, Executive Director (NGO Shipbreaking platform) : How to tackle unsustainable shipbreaking practices

ROAD : Patrick VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Head Center of Expertise Envivronment of AGORIA or Kris De CRAENE,Environmental Manager of the Port of Antwerp: The Carloop Project : Reversed logistics to recycle end-of-life vehicles from Africa

16.25 - 17.15 Open Discussion with the floor

17.15 - 18.15 Reception

CONFERENCE VENUE La Tricoterie 158 rue Théodore Verhaegen 1060 Saint-Gilles 0032 486 882 996 [email protected]

How to get there

• TRAIN : Brussels Midi station (walking distance 10 minutes or tram 81-82) • METRO : 3-4-2-6 - Stop Porte de Hal • TRAM : 81-82-83 - Stop Bethléem, in front of la Tricoterie • BUS : 49-50-32 - Stop Avenue du Roi Come to La Tricoterie by bike ! • Bicycle parking is available in front of La Tricoterie and on Place Bethléem. • VILLO! station on Place Bethléem

ENTRANCE FEE The event is free of charge.

REGISTRATION Registration starts at 8.30 am, with the welcome word scheduled to start at 9.00 sharp.

LANGUAGES During the morning session, some presentations will be held in Italian. Translation IT/EN is foreseen. All other presentations will be held in English.

MORE INFORMATION

[email protected] Marie Christine Pohlen S&D ENVI TEAM European Parliament 0032 2 284 25 78