DAY 1 | 1 March 2022
Interpretation from and into EN, FR during the plenary sessions. Parallel sessions in EN only.<
09:30 | Introduction to the conference
- Dame Ellen MacArthur
09:50 | Moderator's opening of the working day
- Jennifer Baker
09:50 | Opening keynotes
- Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, European Commission
- Barbara Pompili, Minister for Ecological Transition, France
- Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, EESC
Morning session - Setting the scene for the new package: focus on products
10:30 | Moving to a joint agenda on sustainable products
11:35 | Coffee Break
11:45 | Making sustainable products a reality: experiences and perspectives from key products
12:45 | Lunch break
Afternoon session - Setting the scene for the new package: focus on consumers
13:45 | Keynote speech
- Didier Reynders - European Commissioner for Justice
13:55 | Consumers in the circular economy: new milestones to boost sustainable consumption
14:55 | Coffee break
15:25 | Parallel session
- Scaling up circular economy for ambitious climate objectives
- Advancing on the plastics agenda: focus on biobased and biodegradable plastics
- Boosting the EU market for secondary raw materials/recyclates
16:25 | Closing speech
- Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
16:35 | Online networking
Reporting from the #EUCircularTalks with:
- Freek van Eijk, Director at Holland Circular Hotspot and co-Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform's Coordination Group
Networking village and online match-making
17:30 | End of Day 1
DAY 2 | 2 March 2022
Interpretation from and into EN, FR during the plenary and marked parallel sessions.
09:30 | Opening plenary
- Jennifer Baker, Moderator
- Freek van Eijk, Co-Chair, ECESP Coordination Group
- Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General, DG ENV, European Commission
- Baptiste Perrissin-Fabert, Executive Director for expertise and programmes, ADEME
- Cillian Lohan - Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee
- Agata Meysner, Board Member, Generation Climate Europe
10:00 | Parallel Workshops
- 1A Food Waste, Food Systems and Bioeconomy
- 1B Cities and Regions
- 1C Circular Procurement
- 1D Network Governance and Circular Economy Hubs
11:15 | Coffee break and workshop changeover
11:30 | Parallel Workshops
- 2A Textiles: EU Textiles Strategy and Sustainable Product Initiative
- 2B Construction and Infrastructure
- 2C Consumers and skills
- 2D Economic incentives
12:45 | Lunch break and networking village
- Trashbeatz impulse
14:30 | Highlights from morning workshops
15:00 | Cross-cutting issues in the circular economy: Spotlight on Biodiversity and Climate
15:45 | Circular economy in practice - Making sustainable products for sustainable consumption
- Magnus Ericson, CEO of KAVAT
- Laurent Gilbert, Sustainable Innovation Director at L'Oréal
- Paola Migliorini, Deputy Head of Unit, DG ENV, European Commission
- Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Cillian Lohan, Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee
16:40 | Closing Plenary
- Cillian Lohan, Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee