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

11:15 | Coffee break and workshop changeover

11:30 | Parallel Workshops

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