Don't miss the event of the year for the PET value chain: "Strategy and Trends for the Circular PET Economy".

Building up on the success of 2021 with more than 250 visitors, Petcore Europe is happy to announce its 2022 conference over two days, from 14-15 June, at DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City.

The first day will focus on Perspectives, Strategy and Legislative Challenges for the PET value chain. The second day is dedicated to trends in PET Collection, Sorting, Recycling and Circularity.

 

Day 1: Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Perspectives, Strategy and Legislative Challenges for the PET value chain

This event will be moderated by Jim Armstrong (Recoup UK), Antonello Ciotti (Petcore Europe), Christian Crepet (Petcore Europe) & Raphael Jaumotte (Petcore Europe)

10:30 - 11: 00 Networking Coffee 

        11:15 - 12:30: Session 1: Macro Operating Environment - Moderated by Christian Crepet (Petcore Europe)

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

  • 11:30 - 11:45: Geopolitical and Pandemic Learnings for end-to-end supply chain – Argiris Dabanlis (Petcore Europe)
  • 11:45 - 12:00: Spreading the word on PET as the sustainable packaging choice – Sam Rowe (Caro Consulting)
  • 12:00 - 12:15: Panel Debate – Q&A

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

        13:30 - 15:30: Session 2: Strategy Towards the Future - moderated Jim Armstrong (Recoup UK) & Antonello Ciotti (Petcore Europe)

     13:30 - 13:45: PET Packaging: From Challenges to Opportunities – the role of PET EUROPE – Alessandro Pirondini (CPME)

  • 13:45 - 14:00: PET converters’ view: the challenges in conversion to address the balance of RPET vs Virgin resin  – Filipe de Botton (Logoplaste)
  • 14:00 - 14:15: PET trays Converters’ view: Towards Circularity – Nicolas Lorenz (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 seen from retailers' view: Consumers habits and plastic packaging – Bernhard Heisel (Schwarz Gruppe)
  • 14:45 - 15:00: Circular PET in World Without Waste – Stefan Kunerth(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 by Antonello Ciotti (Petcore Europe) 

  • 16:15 - 16:30: Circular Plastic Alliance: Monitoring standardization and state of play – Laure Baillargeon (EU Commission)
  • 16:30 - 16:45: Navigating through regulatory developments – Suzanne De Cort & Leonor Garcia (Uetliberg Partners)
  • 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: Wednesday, 15 June 2022

PET Collecting, Sorting, Recycling & Circularity 

09:00 - 09:45: Welcome Coffee

        09:45-11:05: Session 4: Working's Group Update - moderated by Christian Crepet & Raphael Jaumotte Christian Crepet (Petcore Europe) & Raphael Jaumotte (Petcore Europe) 

      09:45 - 10:05: PET Depolymerization and Food contact – Mike Neal (CPME)

  • 10:05 - 10:25: PET Depolymerization Technology Status – Bruno Langlois (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 – Luc Desoutter (Sidel)

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 New Operating Model – Argiris Dabanlis (EPBP)
  • 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 Jim Armstrong (Recoup UK)

  • 14:30-14:45: Digital Watermarks: 2022 Final Stretch? – Larry Logan (Digimarc) & Gian De Belder (P&G) & Antoine Bourely (Pellenc)
  • 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

16:00: Wrap-up and closing

 

Sponsors 

The Petcore Europe Conference will be sponsored by organisations or individual companies, and we invite you to contact us should you wish to join this growing list.

As sponsor, your company's name and logo will be displayed on all our communications material (including invitations, agendas, press releases and website) as well as promoted during the event.

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Gold Sponsors

 

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Silver Sponsors

 

  Unesda      NMWE     Sukano  REBOUND Site      

 

 

Media Partnership

As a media partner, your organisation's name and logo will be displayed on all our communications materials (including agendas, press releases and websites) as well as promoted on social media during the event, you will also be granted one free access for the event. If you are interested to hear more about our media partnership package, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

 

 

 

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Registration

To view the delegate rates and to register, please click here.

 

Delegates

The participants include PET resin manufacturers, packaging designers and manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, label producers, brand owners, EPR schemes, waste management organizations, recyclers, recycling machines manufacturers, representatives from the European institutions and European organizations interested in PET.

         

 We are looking forward to welcoming you at our conference in June 2022!

 

Sincerely yours,

Petcore Europe Team