DAY 1 | 9 March 2017
08.15 | Registration
09.15 | Introduction- An inter-institutional endeavour
- A sustainable model for the EU and the world, Frans Timmermans – First Vice President of the European Commission
- Connecting with stakeholders, Georges Dassis – President of the European Economic and Social Committee
- One year of Circular Economy, Presentation of the report – The ambition goes on – Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs and Karmenu Vella – Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
10.00 | Plenary Session I - Keynotes - The Circular Economy in motion
- What a city can do – Guido Braam – Circular Valley
- What a business can do – Reinhard Schneider – CEO Werner & Mertz
Moderated panel discussion and debate with the audience
The keynote speakers will be joined by:
- Ladeja Godina Košir, City of Ljubljana, cities and government platform, Circular Change
- Ursula Pachl, Deputy Director-General of Bureau Européen des Unions des Consommateurs (BEUC)
- Peter Schmidt, German Food, Beverages and Catering Union, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
- Alexandre Affre, Industrial Affairs Director, BusinessEurope
12.00 | Lunch
13.00 | Split-up sessions
During the afternoon, the participants will have the opportunity to discuss in details and share their views on upcoming deliverables and work-streams:
Parallel sessions from 13.00 to 14.30
- The Plastics Strategy
- Monitoring Framework
- Promotion of water reuse
Parallel Sessions from 14.45 to 16.15
- Options for the interface between waste, chemicals and products legislations
- Innovation for Circular Economy
- Product policy for resource efficiency: how to make progress?
16.15 | Coffee break
16.30 | Plenary Session II - Introduction: "A financial endeavor"
- Jyrki Katainen, Vice President of the European Commission
- Markku Markkula, President of the Committee of the Regions and rapporteur on the opinion "Bridging the investment gap"
Moderated panel discussion with:
- Simona Bonafé, Member of the European Parliament: Forward looking legislation to leverage investments
- Constance Kann, Director of EIB: The Circular Economy Finance Support Platform
- Sławomir Mazurek, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Poland: Market Based Instruments for the Circular Economy
- Rik Plomp, Head of real assets, JGGM: Investments opportunities in the circular economy
- Michael Steurer, Senior Policy Advisor, Eurochambres
17.45 | Summary-key messages for the next day
- Brendan Burns, President of the European Economic and Social Committee's Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment