08:30-9:30 Registration
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09:30-9:40 Opening and welcome
Vivi Filippousi, SusChem Manager/ NTPs Coordinator
09:40-9:50 Opening by SusChem Chairman
Markus Steilemann, Chief Executive Officer, Covestro AG
09:50–10:05 Keynote speech from the European Commission Peter Dröll, Director of Prosperity, DG RTD, European Commission
10:05–10:20 'Global and societal challenges towards 2030' speech:
Sam Van den plas, Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch
10:20–11:10 Reaction & panel discussion (Q&A)
Moderator: Pierre Barthélemy, Executive director Innovation, Cefic
Peter Dröll, Director of Prosperity, DG RTD, European Commission
Tomas Wyns, Researcher, Institute for European Studies, VUB
Marco Mensink, Director General, Cefic Sam Van den plas, Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch
11:10–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–11:45 ‘The digital transformation of the industrial sectors’ speech
Nikos Kazazakis, CEO, Octeract
11:45–12:45 ‘The digital transformation opportunity for the chemical
and industrial biotech sectors’ panel discussion
Moderator: François Monnet, Advanced Technologies exec VP, Solvay
José Cotta, Head of Unit, DG RTD, Industry 5.0, European Commission
Jane Arnold, Head of Global Process Control Technology, Covestro
Nikos Kazazakis, CEO, Octeract
Flavio Manenti, Professor of Chemical Plants, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, IT
Nathalie Rigouts, Head of IT Innovation, Borealis Polymers N.V.
12:45–13:45 Lunch
SusChem National Technology Platforms (NTPs) booth area opening
13:45–14:00 ‘Innovation Partnerships addressing Key Challenges’ speech
Dusan Sandor, Policy Analyst, DG RTD, European Commission
14:00-15:00 ‘The role of Horizon Europe partnerships and platforms in addressing key
challenges at a national and European level’ panel discussion
Moderator: Agnes Borg, Director, Industrial Biotechnology, EuropaBio
Andreas Falk, SusChem Austria, SusChem NTPs Chair
Philippe Mengal, Executive Director, BBI JU
Philippe Jacques, Managing Director, EMIRI
Angels Orduña, Executive Director, A.SPIRE
Dusan Sandor, Policy Analyst, DG RTD, European Commission
15:00–15:20 Coffee break
15:20–16:50 ‘Circular economy and the energy transition: innovation challenges'
panel discussion
Moderator: Ann Dierckx, Director of Sustainability, Cefic
Michał Kubicki, Policy Officer for Circular Economy, DG GROW, European Commission
Josef Wünsch, Senior Vice President, Structural Materials & Systems, BASF SE
Andreas Förster, Head of Research Management and Conferences,
DECHEMA e.V.
Janne Hulkko, Research Team Leader, Industrial Synthesis and
Catalysis, VTT
16:50–17:00 Closing remarks
Vivi Filippousi, SusChem Manager/ NTPs Coordinator
17:00 onwards Networking & cocktails