European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9.30 a.m. | Registration (and coffee)
10.00 a.m. | Opening remarks
- Bernd Dittmann, Vice-President, Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (EESC)
10.15 a.m. | Keynote speeches
- Sustainable consumption at the heart of the circular economy – Thierry Libaert, EESC rapporteur
- The role of the European Parliament in the transition to more sustainable consumption – Pascal Durand, MEP, EP rapporteur
- Open floor discussion
10.50 a.m. | Panel 1 – Action taken by the European Commission
- Cooperation in the area of consumer protection, Marie-Paule Benassi, DG JUST
- Research programme – Rossella Riggio, Eco-innovation, DG Research & Innovation
- The environmental aspect, Pierre Henry, DG ENV
- Open floor discussion
11.30 a.m. | Coffee Break
11.45 a.m. | Panel 2 – The role of stakeholders
Moderator: Thierry Libaert
- The consumer perspective, Sylvia Maurer, BEUC
- The business perspective, Erwan Bertrand, Eurochambres
- The NGO perspective, Laetitia Vasseur, Association Halte à l’Obsolescence Programmée (HOP)
- The role of standardisation – Cinzia Missiroli, CEN/CENELEC
- Open floor discussion
12.30 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion - Advances in research in sustainable consumption
- Sustainability or repairability - Valérie Swaen, President of the LouRIM (Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations), UCLouvain
- Sustainable consumption –Tim Cooper, Professor, School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University
- Open floor discussion