Day 2 | Venue: EESC - Rue Belliard 99, Brussels

DAY 2 | 10 March 2017

08.00 | Registration and coffee

09.00 | Welcome and outline of activities

• Luca Jahier, President of Various Interests' Group, European Economic and Social Committee (tbc)
• Cillian Lohan, Rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Circular Economy Package

09:45 | Interactive workshops

• 09:45-10.30 | Round 1: What should a European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform focus on?

• 10.40-11.30 | Round 2: How do we ensure the Platform is effective?

11.00 | Coffee break

11.30 | Putting it all together: synthesising the workshop results 

• Ladeja Godina Košir, Executive Director, Circular Change (SI)
• François-Michel Lambert, Chairman, Institute for the Circular Economy (FR)
• Máté Kriza, Chairman, Foundation for the Circular Economy (HU)
• Arthur ten Wolde, Expert, De Groene Zaak/Ecopreneur.eu (NL)

12.45 |  Next steps and formal launch of the Circular Economy Platform

• Brenda King, President of Sustainable Development Observatory, European Economic and Social Committee (tbc)
• Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director-General, Directorate-General for the Environment, European Commission