2nd Sustainable Polyolefins, Markets & Innovations,

21-22 Jun, 2023 - Brussels, HYBRID

Novotel Brussels City Centre

08:00

Morning Registration & Coffee/Tea

09:00

Chairman’s Introduction

Mr. Graham Houlder, Project Coordinator & Managing Director

CEFLEX

09:10

GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

  • What’s in the horizon for global economy, energy prices and inflation?
  • Have we reached the peak of interest rates?
  • Financial stability risks & currency development

Ms. Charlotte de Montpellier, Senior Economist

ING Economic Research

09:40

STRATEGIES TO SURVIVE IN UNCERTAIN POLYOLEFINS MARKETS

  • Virgin vs recycled Polyolefins - supply/demand dynamics 
  • Impact of rising costs on polyolefins production economics & profitability
  • Challenges of transitioning to Sustainable Polyolefins production

Mr. Robert Hogan, Consultant - Energy & Chemicals Advisory

NexantECA

10:10

Networking Refreshment Break

10:40

EU POLICIES ON PLASTICS

Dr. Werner Bosmans, Team leader ‘Plastics’, DG Environment

European Commission

11:10

SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE AND IMPLEMENT THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

  • Strategy & plans moving forward
  • Investing in biobased, advanced recycling and mechanical recycling projects
  • Circular plastics solutions

Mr. Bart Van Hoof, Global Marketing & Competence Center Leader – Circular Economy

Sabic Europe B.V

11:40

BRAND-OWNER’S PLASTIC PACKAGING INNOVATIONS & THE NEED FOR CIRCULARITY

12:10

Networking Lunch

13:30

Chairman’s Introduction

Prof. Edward Kosior, CEO and Founder

Nextek Limited

13:35

DISRUPTION TO LINEAR VALUE CHAIN (TOPIC TO BE FINALIZED)

Mr. Jeroen Kelder, Founder & Managing Partner

Infinity Recycling

14:05

CLOSING THE LOOP ON POLYPROPYLENE

  • Ultrapure PP technology update
  • Feedstock supply chain management
  • Update on plastics recycling project in Belgium & investment globally

Wiebe Schipper, VP European Operations

PureCycle Technologies

14:35

SUSTAINABLE POLYOLEFINS FOR RIGID & FLEXIBLE PACKAGING & CONSUMER PRODUCTS

  • Innovations in recycling processes
  • Application to food safety authorities
  • Waterless cleaning process for films
  • Processing & properties of post-consumer polyolefin resins

Prof. Edward Kosior, CEO and Founder

Nextek Limited

15:05

Networking Refreshment

15:35

PLASTICS CIRCULARITY: A JOURNEY IN VALUE CHAIN COLLABORATION

  • Polyolefins play a key role in society, for example in protecting our food and ensuring safe and efficient transport. However, strategies to tackle plastic waste and increase circularity remain key focus areas – doing more with less, designing for recycling; facilitating the incorporation of recycled content; and deploying advanced recycling technologies such as Exxtend™. These efforts cannot succeed with one party alone, they require a collaboration across the full value chain: brand owners, retailers, equipment manufacturers, additives and resins suppliers… In this presentation, we shall present some examples of successful collaborations.

Mr. Olivier Adam, Head of Primary Packaging Europe

ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical BV

16:05

REDESIGNING FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FOR MAXIMUM CIRCULARITY

Mr. Graham Houlder, Project Coordinator & Managing Director

CEFLEX

16:35

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ON PURIFICATION OF WASTE PE FOR FOOD GRADE APPLICATION

Steven Burns, Commercial Director

ReVentas

17:05

End of Day One

17:15

Networking Reception for all speakers and delegates

09:00

Chairman’s Introduction

09:05

ISCC PLUS CERTIFICATION IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

  • ISCC PLUS overview & outlook 2023
  • Licensing Scheme
  • Logos and claims

Ms. Jiwon Sung, Senior System Manager

ISCC System GmbH

09:35

SOLUTIONS TO DECOUPLE FROM FOSSIL FUELS

  • Sustainable developments & new investments

Mr. Brendan Hill, Sustainable Market Development & Sales for EMEA

Braskem Netherlands BV

10:10

PLASTICS CIRCULARITY & INNOVATION IN COSMETICS, FOOD & BEVERAGE CLOSURES

Ms. Nathalie Jude, Director Sustainability Closures global

Aptar Closures

10:40

Networking Refreshment

11:10

ACCESS TO WASTE PLASTICS FEEDSTOCKS & CHALLENGES

  • Obstacles to access waste plastics for recycling
  • Misconception about chemical recycling feedstocks
  • Feedstocks competition between mechanical recycling vs chemical recycling
  • Qualities / supply chain challenges

Christian Abl, Director Recycling

Reclay Group

11:40

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING INNOVATIONS - REUSABLE PACKAGING AT SCALE AND FILMS & FLEXIBLES REVALORISATION

  • Plastics packaging is coming under two sets of environmental pressures (CO2 and pollution)
  • SSPP is funding key innovation projects in the top half of the waste hierarchy to make the system around plastic (predominantly polyolefin) packaging more sustainable and circular.
  • Introductions to Refill Coalition and Project ‘Re’
  • Introductions to Impact Recycling’s “BOSS 2D” and Interface Polymers’ “Recycle Ready Multi-layer Barrier Films” projects

Mr. Gavin Lewis, Innovation Lead - Smart Sustainable Plastics Packaging

Innovate UK

12:10

Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch

13:45

End of Conference.

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