1.45 pm

The participants will join the online conference via a link sent to them in advance.   

2.00 pm

Welcome note by the moderator:

                Dr. Volker Ludwig

                CEO of Dr. Ludwig Intelligent Projects GmbH, Bonn,

                Working Group on Sustainability and Product Responsibility of DGAW

The moderator will explain the background of the project SCRCE and of the work of the DGAW working group and give a real short introduction about the topic, additionally the moderator will give some informations about how to pose questions and comments by using the chat function.

2.10 pm

Short greeting by

                 Dr. Werner Hoyer,

                 President of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

2.20 pm

Presentation:

The 5 theses and positions on the role of waste management in a circular economy

                 Mr. Stefan Ebelt and Dr. Max Regenfelder

                 Head of the Working Group on Sustainability and Product Responsibility of

                 DGAW, Berlin

The speakers will point out the 5 theses and the connection between the ideas of the working group and the SCRCE project. The theses are the result of the identification of the problem areas and the spheres of       activity needed to realize a circular economy worth mentioning by having the realities in mind founded in the waste management sector.

2.45 pm

Presentation:

The Ideas, Progress and Results of the Erasmus + project SCRCE

                 Dr. Kitty Panourgia

                 President of the Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group Greece,

                 Athens, (EKOGREECE)

The speaker will introduce the topic cross-border circular economy. She will explain the concept and how industry and consumers see it. She will report about the SCRCE project and the obstacles the partners had to meet. She will outline the discussions in the project, the way to handle the topic and what methodologies the partners agreed on to get forward. She will provide an insight into the results of an questionnaire, the best practices found and the input papers developed. As a highlight she will present „The CE Lifestyle Manual“ as an interesting result of SCRCE as a first simple instrument for all citizens to enable them to live a circular economical lifestyle in the future.

3.10 pm

Bridging remarks by the moderator Dr. Ludwig to a short conference circuit concerning the practical problems of implementing of a circular economy from the point of view of the VIPs.

The VIPs will share their main obstacles within these 5 minutes. The VIPs may also comment on the presentations of DGAW and SCRCE as well, but they will mainly focus on their professional point-of-view       concerning circular economy within their fields of activity. The idea is to roughly estimate the actual state of affairs concerning circular economy due to their professional experience.

3.15 pm

Comments of VIPs:

                  MinR Dr. Andreas Jaron

Head of Division „General, Principle and International Matters of Circular Economy; Transboundary Movements of Waste” of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,     Bonn

3.20 pm

                  Mr. Werner Schmidt

Director of Projects Directorate Environment & Sustainable Territorial Development Department (ETD), European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

3.25 pm

                  Ms. Isabelle Henkel

                  Managing Director of the German Association for Waste Management

                  DGAW, Berlin

3.30 pm

                  Mr.  Ulrich Reifenhäuser

                  Chairman of the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association of VDMA 

                  CEO of Company Reifenhäuser, Troisdorf

3.35 pm

                 Mr. Rolf Waldeck

                 CEO of Shiftphone (Shift GmbH), Wabern

3.40 pm

                  Ms. Nele Renée Kammlott,

                  CEO of  kaneo GmbH, Lüneburg

3.45 pm

Summary by

                  Prof. Dr. Henning Friege, 

                  N³ Thinking Ahead, Voerde,

                  Working Group on Sustainability and Product Responsibility of DGAW

4.00 pm

Gratitude, Q&A, outlook and farewell by

                  Dr. Volker Ludwig

References to planned follow-up events of the Sustainability working group with a stronger focus on waste management in the 2nd part and a results event in the 3rd part and the planned further activities in follow-up projects  of SCRCE with the European partners and hope to meet in person again after Corona.

4.15 pm

(Buffer time for delays in the program)

4.30 pm

End of program