European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft programme
Language regime:
Interpreting: FR-EN-IT-ES-PL into FR-EN-ES-PL
2.30 p.m. -2.35 p.m. | Introductory remarks and welcome of participants
- Martin Siecker, EESC Member
2.35 p.m.-2.45 p.m. | Keynote speech
- Walter Stahel, expert to the EESC rapporteur on the circular economy
2.45 p.m. -4.00 p.m. | First panel: Making Consumption and Production More Sustainable
- José María Fernández, The Basque Eco-design Centre
- Ben Butters, director for European Affairs, EUROCHAMBRES
- Laurent Zibell, policy advisor, IndustriAll
- Karolina D'Cunha, deputy head of unit "Eco-innovation and Circular Economy", DG Environment, European Commission
- Michal Kubicki, policy officer, Clean Technologies and Products Unit, DG GROW, European Commission
Q&A
4.00 p.m. -5.30 p.m. | Second panel: Repairing, Re-Using, Recycling – New Opportunities for Waste and Secondary Raw Materials
- Emmanuel Katrakis, secretary-general, European Recycling industries' Confederation (EuRIC)
- Thomas Opsomer, repair policy engineer, iFixit Europe
- Michal Len, director, RREUSE
- Françoise Bonnet, secretary-general, ACR+, Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management
- Piotr Barczak, policy officer, European Environmental Bureau
- Rozalina Petrova, policy officer, "Waste Management and Recycling" unit, DG Environment, European Commission
Q&A
5.30 p.m. -5.45 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- Cillian Lohan, rapporteur of the EESC on the circular economy package
* Please note this programme is subject to change
Venue:
EESC, meeting room VMA3,
Rue van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels