CIRFS Annual General Meeting & Executive Seminar 2025

8:30 AM — 9:00 AM

WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION

9:00 AM — 9:30 AM

CIRFS AGM - CLOSED SESSION - Full members only

Full members only

9:30 AM — 10:00 AM

COFFEE BREAK & REGISTRATION TO OPEN SESSION

10:00 AM — 12:15 PM

CIRFS AGM - OPEN SESSION - CIRFS Full & Associate Members

CIRFS Full & Associate Members

10:00 AM — 10:05 AM

Welcome by the CIRFS President

10:05 AM — 10:30 AM

The Economic Outlook

Juliette Vitaloni

10:30 AM — 10:50 AM

Man-Made Fibre Outlook

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Paola Corbani

10:50 AM — 11:15 AM

Polyester & Polyamide Value Chains Market Outlook

Tatiana Bondar

11:15 AM — 11:50 AM

Report on CIRFS Activities

- Economic Issues

- Environmental Issues

11:50 AM — 12:15 PM

COFFEE BREAK & REGISTRATION EXECUTIVE SEMINAR

12:15 PM — 1:10 PM

EXECUTIVE SEMINAR - Part 1 - Open to All Delegates

12:15 PM — 12:20 PM

Welcome by CIRFS President

by Mr Arnaud Closson, Indorama Ventures

12:20 PM — 12:45 PM

Navigating a Compass in a World Without North Pole

Marco Mensink

12:45 PM — 1:10 PM

The EU Textile Strategy – Update from Brussels

Dirk Vantyghem

1:10 PM — 2:10 PM

LUNCH BREAK

2:10 AM — 5:00 PM

EXECUTIVE SEMINAR - Part 2 - Open to All Delegates

All Delegates

2:10 PM — 2:35 PM

The Textile Strategy, Circular Economy and Ecodesign

Antonio de Sousa Maia

2:35 PM — 3:00 PM

Textile EPR in the EU: Challenges, Comparisons & Acceleration Needs

Christian-Yves Crépet

3:00 PM — 3:25 PM

Changing Plastics for Good - The Future of the Plastics Industry

Virginia Janssens

3:25 PM — 3:50 PM

Time to Compete: Reigniting European Manufacturing

Inès Van Lierde

3:50 PM — 4:10 PM

COFFEE BREAK

4:10 PM — 4:35 PM

EU-US Relations – State of Play and Prospects

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Angelo Torrente

4:35 PM — 5:00 PM

Opportunities in the European Defence Fund

Paul Kruis

5:00 PM — 5:10 PM

CLOSING REMARKS