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Registration and welcome coffee
Welcome to Dublin – Ceád Míle Fáilte
Leo Donovan, CEO, WEEE Ireland
Introductory remarks – Conference Programme at a Glance
Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum
Video statement on the upcoming Circular Economy Act
Keynote address – Closing the Loop for a More Competitive and Resilient Europe
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director for Competitive Circular Economy and Clean Industrial Policy, European Commission
Keynote address – The Role of the Member State
Alan Dillon, Minister of State for Employment, Small Businesses and Retail & Circular Economy, Government of Ireland
Keynote address – European Parliament’s Vision
Member of the European Parliament
Panel discussion and Q&A – Designing Out Waste: How EU Policy and Industry can Deliver Circular Electronics for Europe
Speech – From Challenge to Change: EPR in a New Policy Era
Jan Vlak, President, WEEE Forum
Lunch
Speech – How Do We Safeguard the European Industry’s Competitiveness and Resilience?
Fabio De’Longhi, CEO, De’Longhi, Vice President, APPLiA
Fire-chat with Fabio De’Longhi, CEO, De’Longhi, Vice President, APPLiA
Panel discussion and Q&A – Proposed uniform call rate applied to the weight of uncollected e-waste as a new own resource (“e-waste levy”)
Presentation – It’s a Material World
Concluding remarks
Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum
Dinner
Registration and welcome coffee
Introductory Remarks
Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum
Keynote – Driving Transition to a Circular Economy
Kerstin Lichtenvort, Team Leader CRM and WEEE Directive, DG Environment, European Commission
Fire chat with keynote speaker
Kerstin Lichtenvort, Team Leader CRM and WEEE Directive, DG Environment, European Commission
Panel discussion and Q&A: Opportunities in the Circular Economy Act
Part A | Will the Circular Economy Act foster sustainability in the electronics sector?
Part B | How will the new WEEE rules simplify registration and reporting?
Coffee break
Brief statements – Challenges and Opportunities
Concluding remarks – Bringing It All Together: Where Do We Go from Here?
Pascal Leroy, Director General, WEEE Forum
Sandwich lunch
End of the conference
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The Conference “From Challenge to Change: Extended Producer Responsibility in a New Policy Era” is a high-level, high-impact, international event that will debate the role of the upcoming Circular Economy Act in addressing challenge of circularity of e-waste and its contribution to the resilience of the EU. Captains of industry and chief executives of Europe’s leading producer responsibility organisations as well as Members of the European Parliament and senior policymakers in public administrations will be in attendance. We expect the e-waste collection and recycling sector as well as authorities, producers, industry associations, academia, NGOs and the press to be in attendance, and join us in debating the future of the industry.
E-waste is a worldwide societal, economic and environmental challenge. The conference will therefore seek to address the following questions: How the current EU regulatory framework should be reshaped to make e-waste sector truly circular? How the #allactors principle in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) should be implemented? How EPR schemes should be harmonised to strengthen Single Market? What are the building blocks of future e-waste legislation? Are the current collection calculation methodology fit for purpose? What measures will get us on track to become a circular economy and a circular society? How can we incite citizens to return their waste electricals? How can the e-waste collection sector foster access to critical raw materials?
The programme with details of each speaker and panel will be published shortly.
The WEEE Forum, the world’s only network of reputable e‑waste producer responsibility organisations (PROs), serves as a leading platform for knowledge sharing and the exchange of best practices across the entire WEEE value chain.
The upcoming revision of the WEEE Directive, as part of the Circular Economy Act, represents a pivotal moment for the electrical and electronics sector.
This event will provide a unique opportunity to hear directly from key decision‑makers about their priorities and vision for the future WEEE legislation. It will also bring together representatives not only from the PRO community but also from industry, civil society, and other stakeholders – creating a space to network, debate, and exchange perspectives on the future of the electrical and electronics sector.
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