Reminder: Petcore Europe Annual Conference 2022

This HYBRID event will be held on the 2nd-3rd of February 2022

January 17, 2022

First of all, we would like to wish you and your beloved ones a healthy year and much success on all fronts in 2022! Also on this occasion, Petcore Europe would like to remind you kindly that our Annual Conference 2022 is almost at the corner, and in this regard we have a few updates to be shared:

According to the Belgian government the current Covid-19 precautions measures still allow us to accommodate physically 200 participants max during our HYBRID event. Thus, we would be very grateful if you could confirm shortly (by the 19^th of January, the end of the business day), your availability to travel and to be physically present at the event.
Here you could find the most updated covid-19 measures in Belgium & some other practical information regarding the event.
In case you face any travel restrictions, please be so kind and let us know by the 19^th of January, the end of the business day, so we act accordingly in order to make sure you will be able to access our HYBRID event offline.
If you have not purchased your ticket yet, please bear in mind that you can select Online Ticket if you wish to participate online. The tickets are available right here.

Thank you very much and we are looking forward to meeting you online & offline already very soon!

Prior to the Annual Conference 2022 our Annual General Assembly will be held from 09:00 to 10:30 AM CET.

Day 1: Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Perspectives, Strategy and Legislative Challenges for the PET value chain

10:30 - 11: 00 Networking Coffee

11:00 - 11:15: Welcome – Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe

11:15 - 12:30: Session 1

Moderated by Christian Crepet, Executive Director, Petcore Europe

11:10 - 11:30: Petcore PET market State of Play 2020 – Andy Grant (Eunomia)

11:30 - 11:45: Covid Learning & end to end supply chain – Argiris Dabanlis (Petcore Europe)
11:45 - 12:00: 2021 Petcore PET Communication Campaign: Preparing 2022 – David Turier (Fleishman & Hillard)
12:00 - 12:15: Panel Debate – Q&A

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

        13:30 - 15:30: Session 2

Moderated by Jim Armstrong, Recoup UK

13:30 - 13:45: PET Producers' view: How virgin production industry is preparing for conversion to R PET – Antonello Ciotti (CPME)
13:45 - 14:00: PET converters’ view: Impact from disconnection from virgin – Filip de Botton (Logoplaste)
14:00 - 14:15: PET trays Converters’ view: Towards Circularity – Nicolas Lorentz (PACCOR)
14:15 - 14:30: PET recyclers’ view: How to cope with demand and long-term view with investment? – Casper van den Dungen (Plastics Recyclers Europe)

14:30 - 14:45: PET retailers' view: Consumers habits versus plastic packaging – Zoom on Bottles – tbc
14:45 - 15:00: Unesda: Which future for PET Bottle? – Antoon Spiessens(Coca-Cola)
15:00 - 15:15: Microplastics: a big step towards rationalising the debate through harmonization & normalisation of analytical methods – Nizar Benismail (NMWE)
15:15 - 15:30: Panel Debate – Q&A

15:30 - 16:15: Networking Coffee Break

        16:15 - 17:15: Session 3 Regulation & Legislative Update

Moderated (tbc) 

16:15 - 16:30: Circular Plastic Alliance: Monitoring standardization and state of play – Laure Baillargeon (EU Commission)
16:30 - 16:45: Single Use Plastic Directive by DG environment – Mattia Pellegrini (EU Commission)
16:45 - 17:00: Deposit for better collection and better PET sorting Scheme – Maria Spyraki (EU Parliament)

17:00 - 17:15: Panel Debate – Q&A

17:15 - 17:30: Wrap-up and closing

19:00: Networking

Dinner _________________________________________________

Day 2: Thursday, 3 February 2022

PET Collecting, Sorting, Recycling & Circularity

09:00 - 09:45: Welcome Coffee

        09:45-11:05: Session 4: Working's Group Update

Moderated by tbc

09:45 - 10:05: PET Depolymerization and Food contact – Stephen Short (Petcore Europe)
10:05 - 10:25: PET Depolymerization Technology Status – Martin Stephan (Carbios)

10:25 - 10:45: Labels: Turning labels circular – Sofiane Mameri (Sleever)
10:45 - 11:05: Going beyond recycling – why PET reuse solutions matter – Sebastian Lemp (Alpla)
11:05 - 11:20: Comparative LCA Analysis – Argiris Dabanlis (Petcore Europe) & Klaas Geneyn (McBride)

11:20-11:45: Networking Coffee

11:45 - 12:00 PET Trays: Evaluation working group update, design guidelines and last technical development – Ana Fernandez (Klöckner Pentaplast)
12:00 - 12:15: Trays to trays recycling: a new implementation from collection to rPET manufacture – Hélène Legrand (Valorplast) & François Lagrue (Wellman)
12:15 - 12:30: Feedback on white containers circularity in France – Vincent Colard (CITEO)
12:30 - 12:45: EPBP: Building a solid Governance System for closed loop PET recycling in Europe together – Bruno Van Gompel (UNESDA)
12:45 - 13:00: Recyclass – Fabrizio Di Gregorio (Plastics Recyclers Europe)
13:00 - 13:15: Panel Debate - Q&A

13:15 -14:30: Networking Lunch

        14:30-16:00: Session 5 Trends in Sorting and Collection

Moderated by tbc

14:30-14:45: Digital Watermarks: 2022 Final Stretch? – Larry Logan (Digimarc)
15:00-15:15: Deposit return system: State of play the best solution! – Clarissa Morawski (Reloop)
15:15-15:30: Digital Deposit Return System: How does it work? – Eric Randall (Bryson Recycling)
15:30 -15:45: The SamurAI and the impact of AI in the design of Material Recycling Facility – Ian Smith (Machinex)
15:45 -16:00: Panel Debate – Q&A