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08:30
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Registration & Networking Coffee
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MORNING - REGULATION, RISK & THE CEE REALITY
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09:00
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Opening
PETCORE EUROPE & KÖR
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09:15
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Keynote: How the EU’s Circularity Agenda Is Being Shaped and What It Means for Industry
Stefano Soro — Head of Unit Sustainable Products, DG GROW, European Commission
- How DG GROW is translating the EU’s circularity ambitions into concrete regulatory action
- The policy priorities shaping sustainable products across European markets
- What the EU expects from industry as these frameworks come into force
- The direction of travel: where regulation is heading over the next years
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09:45
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The CEE Perspective: Competing and Complying in a Rapidly Changing Regulatory Environment
Session 1: Dariusz Lizak (President, National Chamber of Commerce Bottling Industry, Poland) · Session 2: Arpad Somlai (Managing Director CEE, Resilux) · Q&A
- How new EU packaging regulations are landing on the ground for Central and Eastern European businesses, from an industry and trade perspective
- The real competitive pressures facing CEE converters and manufacturers: cost, sourcing, certification and market access
- What the bottling and packaging industry in the region needs from regulators and institutions to remain competitive
- First-hand account of how a leading CEE PET operation is adapting its strategy and supply chain in response to evolving requirements
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10:30
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Networking Break
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11:00
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What Food Contact Compliance Really Demands: Testing, Risk and the Operational Reality
Raphael Jaumotte (Technical Manager, PETCORE EUROPE) · Bernd Schwarz (Chief Chemical Officer, KÖR)
- What NIAS (non-intentionally added substances) actually are, why they matter for food contact compliance, and why most CEE operations have not yet fully mapped their exposure
- The food contact testing requirements that apply to recycled PET materials: what regulators expect, what the certification process involves, and where the documentation gaps typically are
- The most common points of failure in food contact compliance audits, and what they cost operationally and commercially when they surface
- Where the regulatory expectation and current operational practice diverge most sharply in the CEE region: a frank assessment of where the industry stands today
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11:30
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PETCORE EUROPE & KÖR: Shaping the Future of Compliant and Competitive CEE Packaging
Antonello Ciotti · Roberto Bertaggia (PETCORE EUROPE) · Pauline Dirkmaat · Bernd Schwarz (KÖR)
- What PETCORE EUROPE’s three-year strategic roadmap means for CEE companies, and the concrete initiatives already underway to support the value chain
- How the European compliance mechanism works in practice
- How standardised testing methodologies and material certification reduce uncertainty and compliance cost for your operation
- What KÖR’s compliance model and digital testing platform deliver: from sample submission to supply chain documentation that satisfies European brand owner requirements
- What you can do differently starting now to reduce risk and strengthen your position in the European supply chain
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12:30
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Networking Lunch with Topic Tables
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AFTERNOON - PROJECTS, TOOLS & CASE STUDIES
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14:00
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Concrete actions, real deadlines: Projects Reshaping CEE Market Access
Jose Antonio Alarcon · Argiris Dabanlis · Karlheinz Hausmann · Christian Crepet · Raphael Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)
- Recyclability assessment frameworks: whether your current packaging design qualifies under European standards, and what to change if it does not
- Functional barriers and novel technology: where the regulation on barrier materials is heading and what your product development needs to account for now
- Chemical recycling and depolymerization: what food contact approval actually requires and what the realistic timeline looks like for CEE operators
- Data sharing and Certification Article 6: the documentation and traceability obligations arriving in 2027, and how to prepare your systems before they become mandatory
- Advocacy and regulatory intelligence: what PETCORE is negotiating on your behalf at DG Growth, DG ENV and DG Trade, and what the TAXUD customs code change means for trade flows
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14:30
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The Compliance Infrastructure That Gives You a Competitive Edge
Bernd Schwarz (Chief Chemical Officer, KÖR)
- What a compliance-ready operation looks like in practice: testing networks, data management and certification documentation
- How to move from reactive compliance to proactive competitive positioning
- The digital tools and laboratory infrastructure available to CEE companies today
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15:00
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Lessons from the Field: Industry Leaders on Their Compliance Journey
2 CEE companies (TBC) · Moderated panel
- Candid accounts from senior executives in the packaging, converting and recycling industry on what compliance has demanded of their organisations
- What they got wrong, what they changed, and what they wish they had known earlier
- Practical takeaways directly applicable to your own operation
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15:45
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Closing: What the Industry Told Us Today - and What Comes Next
Antonello Ciotti (PETCORE EUROPE) · Gyula Toth · Zsolt Puskas (KÖR)
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16:00
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Drinks Reception
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