10:00
ON-BOARDING SESSION
In this short introduction, Globuc will provide information on how to navigate through the virtual platform; how to watch presentations; how to create 1-2-1 video meetings and other benefits.
10:15
WELCOME SPEECH
10:30
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW ON THE PLASTICS CIRCULAR ECONOMY
- SESSION MODERATOR

Jan-Willem Muller
Co-Founder
Infinity Recycling
- Circular business models: a tour of the emerging landscape

Götz Erhardt
Senior Managing Director
Accenture
- Plastics in the new Circular Economy Action Plan

PAULO DA SILVA LEMOS
Policy Officer, DG Environment
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- WRAP – catalysing circularity through supply chain collaboration

Helen Bird
Strategic Engagement Manager
WRAP

Peter Skelton
Strategic Partnerships Manager
WRAP
LIVE Q&A SESSION
11:30
NETWORKING BREAK AND EXPO VISIT
Find your best way to get engaged with the conference attendees using online networking tools! Schedule 1:1 or group video calls or visit the event partners on their virtual stands.
BUSINESS NETWORKING
Before the event, you will have access to the virtual platform to schedule 1:1 meetings or small group meetings in advance. Nail your elevator pitch, share some valuable experience, and leave with meaningful connections.
EXPO AREA EVENTS
Take a seat and enjoy the virtual exhibition tour, join the exhibitors for presentations and engage in discussions.
12:00
ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES: PART 1
- SESSION MODERATOR

Inari Seppa
Innovation Director
Eastman
- Chemical recycling and recovery: environmental impact and regulation

Shanar Tabrizi
Chemical Recycling & Fuels Policy Officer
Zero Waste Europe
- Advanced recycling technologies: overview of where and how these processes are operated today.

Christine Leveque
Independent expert
ADVINSS
- ChemCycling™ - from plastic waste to virgin grade products

Christian Lach
Project Lead ChemCycling
BASF
- Advancing a circular economy for plastics

Andreas Neumann
R&D Strategic Lead
LyondellBasell
LIVE Q&A SESSION
13:00
NETWORKING BREAK AND EXPO VISIT
BUSINESS NETWORKING
Before the event, you will have access to the virtual platform to schedule 1:1 meetings or small group meetings in advance. Nail your elevator pitch, share some valuable experience, and leave with meaningful connections.
EXPO AREA EVENTS
Take a seat and enjoy the virtual exhibition tour, join the exhibitors for presentations and engage in discussions.
13:30
RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES: PART 2
- Applications of bioplastics packaging in achieving the sustainability targets.
- Sustainability vs financial profitability: how are mechanical and chemical recycling scoring?
- How can brands adapt the marketing requirements of their packaging portfolio in order to increase recycled content?
- Concerted efforts in unlocking circularity. Proven closed-loop recycling technologies for food packaging.

Julien Renvoise
Global Circularity Manager for Plastics
TRINSEO
Q&A AND DISCUSSION: CO-EXISTING RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES. HOW DOES CHEMICAL RECYCLING ADD VALUE TO THE EXISTING MECHANICAL RECYCLING?
- DISCUSSION MEMBERS:

Stefan Pirker
Head of plastic to oil
OMV
14:30
START-UPS CONTEST AND EXPO VISIT
- SPONSORED BY:

START-UPS CONTEST
Being a start-up company is not easy at all, competing with industry majors and having little funds at hand. Start-up companies will present here their technology, process, or product to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
EXPO AREA EVENTS
Take a seat and enjoy the virtual exhibition tour, join the exhibitors for presentations and engage in discussions.
15:00
INTEGRATING WASTE RECYCLING WITH EXISTING OIL REFINING INFRASTRUCTURE
- SESSION MODERADOR

Anthony Schiavo
Senior Analyst
Lux Research
- Recycling, we want it all

Frans Stokman
Executive Director
Petrochemicals Europe

Henk Pool
Innovation Manager
Cefic
- Topic TBA

Wolfgang Hofer
New Technology; Driving member of the Refinery Innovation Team
OMV
- How to produce oil from waste plastics and where to use it

Ilya Aranovich
Director Business Strategy
Lummus Technology
- CreaSolv® EPS Recycling Technology – Bridging the gap between mechanical and chemical recycling of Expanded Polystyrene

KAROL KERRANE
Business Development Director
EPC Engineering & Technologies
LIVE Q&A SESSION
16:00
END OF DAY 1
10:00
INCORPORATING CIRCULARITY TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
- SESSION MODERATOR

Stuart Foster
CEO
RECOUP
- Extended producer responsibility and treatment of packaging. Challenges in collecting and sorting.

Speaker TBA
ZERO WASTE SCOTLAND
- Applying mass balance approach in plastics recycling.

Trevor Davis
Head of Marketing, Consumer Products
Borealis
- Navigating a sustainable future for packaging.

Hans van Bochove
Vice-President Public Affairs and Government Relations
COCA COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS
Q&A AND DISCUSSION
10:00
ROUND TABLE BRAINSTORMING DISCUSSION: WHERE DO WE STAND TODAY AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET TARGETS?
- How do we scale plastics recycling with advanced recycling technologies?
- DISCUSSION MEMBERS

Sukhdev Saini
Packaging Lead
Colgate Palmolive
11:00
NETWORKING BREAK AND EXPO VISIT
BUSINESS NETWORKING
Before the event, you will have access to the virtual platform to schedule 1:1 meetings or small group meetings in advance. Nail your elevator pitch, share some valuable experience, and leave with meaningful connections.
EXPO AREA EVENTS
Take a seat and enjoy the virtual exhibition tour, join the exhibitors for presentations and engage in discussions.
11:30
DIGITAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY
- SESSION MODERATOR

Adriana Orejas
Director, Industrial & Deep Tech
Repsol
- Gaining advantages of traceability of recycled plastics.
- How to boost demand for recycled materials with standardisation and certification.
- Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 – pioneering digital watermarks for smart packaging recycling in the EU

Speaker TBA
AIM (THE EUROPEAN BRANDS ASSOCIATION)
LIVE Q&A SESSION
12:30
NETWORKING BREAK AND EXPO VISIT
BUSINESS NETWORKING
Before the event, you will have access to the virtual platform to schedule 1:1 meetings or small group meetings in advance. Nail your elevator pitch, share some valuable experience, and leave with meaningful connections.
EXPO AREA EVENTS
Take a seat and enjoy the virtual exhibition tour, join the exhibitors for presentations and engage in discussions.
13:00
PLASTICS VALUE CHAIN COLLABORATION CASES
Transitioning to plastics circular economy requires a collaborative approach throughout the value chain. In this session various joint ventures and consortiums will present their business case studies. Among invited cases are LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal; SABIC, The Estée Lauder Companies and Albéa; Aliplast and NextChem; Porsche and Circularise with Borealis, Covestro and Domo Chemicals, and others.
- SESSION MODERATOR

Alejandra Noren
Head of Partners Management
Neste
- Total’s ambition for recycled polymers supported by partnerships.

Sebastien Bariller
Vice President Polymers / Low Carbon Solutions
TOTAL
- Port of Antwerp: the circular hotspot

JESSICA GERRITSEN
Port Area Development Expert
PORT OF ANTWERP

DRIES VAN GHELUWE
Business Development Advisor
PORT OF ANTWERP
- CLOSING PRESENTATION:
The future of plastics: circular economy and CO2 scenarios

Ilhan Savut
Associate, Advanced Materials
BloombergNEF
LIVE Q&A SESSION
14:00
END OF THE CONFERENCE
9.00 am - 2.00 pm BST
10.00 am - 3.00 pm CET