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VINYLPLUS SUSTAINABILITY FORUM 2023
PROGRAMME

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Moderated by Frédéric Simon, EurActiv

09:00 - 09:05

Opening | Frédéric Simon - Moderator, Senior Editor, Environment and Energy, EurActiv

09:05 - 09:20

Opening Speech: An Italian Perspective on Making the EU Green Deal Happen | Francesco Virtuani, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Division, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

09:20 - 09:40

What is the PVC Industry Up To? Trends, Challenges and Achievements | Karl-Martin Schellerer, Managing Director, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co KG and Chairman, VinylPlus®

SESSION 1: MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

09:40 - 10:05

Keynote Speech: Current and Upcoming European Policy Initiatives on Plastics and PVC Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea | Director, Circular Economy, DG ENV, EU Commission

10:05 - 10:20

Chemicals management, sustainability and PVC Simone Doyle| Head of Risk Management Unit, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

10:20 - 10:35

Contribution of Medical Devices to the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability: Progress in Substituting DEHP in Broad Portfolio | Stefan Kolb, Vice President EU Governmental Affairs, Transfusion Medecine and Cell Therapies, Fresenius Kabi MedTech

10:35 - 10:50

PVC Route to Sustainability and Circularity| Zoran Davidovski, Head of R&D and Sustainability, Pipelife

10:50 - 11:15

Panel Discussion  | Facilitated by Sarah Debbiche Krichen, Public Affairs Senior Manager, VinylPlus®

Zoran Davidovski, Head of R&D and Sustainability, Pipelife

Simone Doyle, Head of Risk Management Unit, ECHA

Stefan Kolb, Vice-President EU Governmental Affairs, Frenesius Kabi MedTech

Arnaud Valenduc, Business Director, INEOS Inovyn

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee Break

SESSION 2: CIRCULARITY IN CONSTRUCTION

11:45 - 12:05

The Construction Product Regulation and the Implementation of the Eco-Design for Sustainable Products Regulation|Yannick Le Tallec, Certification Director, Efectis, and Representative of the Group of Notified Body for the Construction Product Regulation in the Sub-group of CPR acquis on Environmental Sustainability

12:05 - 12:25

How to Make Buildings More Circular: the Architect's Perspective|Paola Altamura, Architect and Researcher in Technology of Architecture, "Sapienza" University of Rome

12:25 - 12:45

Circularity in Construction: The PVC Industry in Action|Jane Gardner, Managing Director, European Resilient Flooring Manufacturers' Institute - ERFMI

12:45 - 13:15

Panel Discussion  | Facilitated by Sarah Debbiche Krichen, Public Affairs Senior Manager, VinylPlus®

Paola Altamura, Architect and Researcher in Technology of Architecture, "Sapienza" University of Rome

Jane Gardner, Managing Director, ERFMI

Yannick Le Tallec, Certification Director, Efectis

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch Break & Networking Opportunities

SESSION 3: THE FUTURE OF GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN EUROPE

14:15 - 14:30

Green Public Procurement and Circular Economy: A Strong Connection Fabio Iannone | Researcher, Institute of Management of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

14:30 - 14:50

The Role of Accreditation in Sustainability Product Certification and the Example of the VinylPlus® Product Label Emanuele Riva, Vice-General Director and Director of the Certification and Inspection Department, Accredia and Elena Battellino, Sustainability Responsible in Accreditation, Accredia

14:50 - 15:45

The VinylPlus Sustainability Certifications Award Ceremony: VinylPlus® Product Label and VinylPlus® Supplier Certificates

Companies to be awarded are: Akdeniz Chemson, Baerlocher, IKA, Polymer-Chemie, Reagens and Salamander

15:45 – 15:55

Closing speech| Karl-Martin Schellerer, Managing Director, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co KG and Chairman, VinylPlus®

15:55 - 16:00

Wrap-Up and Closure|Frédéric Simon - Moderator, Senior Editor, Environment and Energy, EurActiv

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End of the VinylPlus Sustainability Forum 2023

At 18h

#VSF2023 - Exhibition and Cocktail

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VinylPlus Sustainability Forum Dinner

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