Circular Cities: Innovating to tackle plastic waste

On 16 May 2019, PlastiCircle and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability will host a special conference on the circularity of plastics in European cities. The conference – through panel sessions and interactive parallel workshops – will gather multiple stakeholders to assess the challenge of a circular economy for plastics, and the innovations which aim to tackle plastic waste in Europe’s urban areas. The event welcomes policy makers at national and EU levels, cities, civil society, business, Horizon 2020 projects and academia, all sharing solutions and networking for better mutual understanding of the challenges of the day.

PROGRAM:

08h45 - 09h15 Registration

09h15 - 10h30 Panel 1: Circular plastics in Europe? A political perspective Moderator: Peter Defranceschi, ICLEI Europe Paolo Lemos, European Commission (DG ENV) Maria Nikolopoulou, European Economic and Social Committee André van de Nadort, European Committee of the Regions

10h30 - 10h45 Coffee break

10h45 - 12h15 Panel 2: How can cities solve the plastic challenge? Moderator: Iain Gulland, Zero Waste Scotland Jan Bloemheuvel, City of Utrecht Cristina Monge, AVEP Jonas Mortensen, City of Copenhagen Ana Moya, ITENE

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and Innovation Space

14h00 - 15h30 Interactive parallel workshops / A / New materials and ecodesign for plastics in a circular economy / B / Digitalization for a circular economy / C / Measuring the circular economy: a local approach

15h30 - 16h00 Coffee break

16h00 - 17h00 Panel 3: Can innovations in plastics make cities more circular? Moderator: César Aliaga, ITENE Ana Allué Poc, CIRCE Foundation Hildagarde McCarville, Veolia Nederland BV Eric Velthuizen, City of Utrecht Howard Waghorn, Plastics Conference of HAHN

17h00 - 17h30 Close - Sotirios Kanellopoulos, European Commission (EASME)

DATE: Thursday 16 May 2019

TIME: 08h45 - 17h30

VENUE: Scotland House conference centre, Rond-point Schuman, Brussels