On the road to sustainable packaging

Time: 12:00 - 15:00 Registration: Link

Venue: British Embassy in Warsaw, Kawalerii 12 street, Warsaw (Google maps)   12.00 – 12.10  |  Welcome speech

• Anna Clunes, Ambassador of British Embassy,
• Agnieszka Sznyk, INNOWO,
• Robert Chciuk - Ministry of Climate,

12.10 – 13.20  |  Keynote speeches - introduction to the topic:

1. “Packaging Waste Regulation”, Wolfgang Trunk (PhD), Team Leader at European Commission,
2. “Bio Plastics – How Are we Going to Achieve Commercial Scale”, Paul Davidson, Director of the Smart Sustainable, Plastics Packaging (SSPP) Programme, UKRI,
3. “CBE JU as a catalyst for innovation in the biobased sector: the example of the textile project portfolio”, Simone Maccaferri, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) European Commission,
4. “Sectoral overview at national level”, Anna Kozera-Szałkowska, Managing Director, Plastics Europe Polska,
5. “End of Plastic Pollution”, Maria Andrzejewska, Director General, UNEP GRID.

13.20 – 14.50 | Panel discussion including presentation of partners sustainable solutions "Redefining Packaging – what are sustainable solutions?”

Moderation: Michael Dembinski, British Polish Chamber of Commerce Panelists:

• Reinier Schlatmann, CEO CEE at DS Smith,
• Jerome Acosta,NPD Project Manager at Albéa Group,
• Anna Kozera-Szałkowska, Managing Director at Plastics Europe Polska,
• Michał Mikołajczyk, Sales and Marketing Director at REKOPOL,
• Anna Sapota, Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North at TOMRA,
• Maria Andrzejewska, Director General at UNEP GRID,
• Michael Hoffmann, Sustainability and Communications at Huhtamaki Foodservice Poland,

14.50-15.00 | Q&A

15.00 |  Catering and networking