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26th European Tyre Recycling Conference

2019 will feature the 26th Annual ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling ‘Responding to Market demands of the Circular Economy’. The three day event will take place from Wednesday through to Friday 20 - 22 March 2019 at the NH Collection Hotel, Grand Sablon, Brussels. The Conference is the culmination of a year-long series of ETRA-led activities and events that celebrated ETRA’s 25th anniversary as a European Association. 

We are pleased to announce that Dr.Fulvia RAFFAELLI will present the Keynote address opening the 26th ETRA Conference. Dr.Raffaelli is Head of Unit, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG Grow). Coordinator of the Circular Economy File on which the Conference Programme is built, Dr.Raffaelli will discuss the current Commission focus, the role of DG Grow and how it sets the stage for implementation of the Circular Economy policy. 

The Plenary sessions that follow will focus on the many potentials for tyre recyclers and the ever-broadening range of material users to respond to the challenges of the Circular Economy. Each panel includes a period of questions and discussion during which delegates may expand upon the subject. Further, there are also many informal opportunities for delegates and speakers to meet and discuss common interests during Matchmaking activities, cocktail receptions and meals, etc. 

Program

  • 10.00
    Registration begins
    11.00
    Display set-up
    12.00
    Green Public Procurement
    13.00
    Workshop with HUB, Brussels
    FINDING OPPORTUNITIES : The tools
    Opportunities for SMEs
    Evolution of the SME instrument
    Opportunities Matchmaking
    Limited to 30 delegates
    Working with the ETRA Partnership Registry
    15.00 – 18.00
    ETRA General Assembly (Members only)
    16.00
    ESEE Session (student participation)
    18.30
    Welcome reception
    20.00
    Gala Dinner in honour of Speakers and guests
  • 8.30
    Registration and Welcome Coffee
    9.00
    Welcome and Opening Comments
    9.15
    Keynote: Implementation of the Circular Economy
    Dr. Fulvia Raffaelli, DG Grow, EU Commission
    Questions and Discussion
    10.15
    PART A: Issues Confronting Tyre Recycling Today
    Panel 1: Quantifying ELTs in the EU
    Panel 2: Extended Producer Responsibility
    Questions and Discussion
    11.30
    Coffee break
    11.45
    Panel 3: EU responses re SBR
    Dealing with the Challenges
    Market reactions: New options
    Questions and Discussion
    13.00
    Lunch
    14.15
    PART B: Implementing the Circular Economy
    Panel 4: Mobility for the Future using GPP
    Road infrastructure, surface, maintenance -
    Urban mobility : Trains, trams, sea links
    New materials for improved sustainability
    International markets – storage issues
    Questions and Discussion
    16.15
    Coffee break
    16.30
    Panel 5: Working with Municipal Teams
    New partners: Design for constrution
    Assessing Life Cycle Costs and Benefits
    Questions and Discussion
    18.30
    The Spotlight: A Brief Introduction to Innovation
    Two 15 minute Presentations
    19.00
    Cocktail reception
    Matchmaking Opportunities for Professional Contacts
  • 8.30
    Registration and Welcome Coffee
    9.15
    Opening comments
    9.30
    PART C: Working with New Markets and Audiences
    10.00
    Panel 6: Devulc, Water jet, material activations, TPEs
    Automative and transport opportunities
    From tyres to dashboards and roads
    Questions and Discussion
    11.15
    Coffee break
    11.30
    Panel 7: Broadening the Material Horizon
    RTMs replacing virgin resources : Construction
    Moulding and manufacturing
    A resurgence of sports and leisure uses?
    Discussion and questions
    13.00
    Lunch
    14.15
    Panel 8: Pyrolysis – Moving ahead
    Review of current uses in compounds, products, etc.
    Round Table Discussion
    16.45
    Panel 9: Summarising Evolving Markets for RTMs
    The changing economics of tyre recycling
    RTMs in existing and innovatve markets
    From here to where? How can we define the future?
    17.30
    Summary and Discussion
    Closing comments
    19.00
    Closing reception

Speakers include EU and local government representat-ives, NGOs, industry profssionals, researchers, material, product and application developers, representatives of support industries, investment groups, among others.

2019 Conference Committee: Xavier Nicolay (Belgium), EtienneSavin, Elsa Weiss (France), Gabor Kostyal, Ferenc Kovacs (Hungary), Tommaso Verri, Bruno Marabotto, Maria Teresa Scriviani, Fabrizio Quadrini (Italy), Lital Feldman, Ushi Miller (Israel), Zvi Rubinchik (Latvia), Carl Thodesen (Norway), Bob Rooney (Scotland), Ake Paulsson(Sweden), Bagdagul Kargaac (Turkey), PeterTaylor (UK), SerjiAmirkhanian, ElroyFimrite (US)

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