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DRAFT PROGRAMME

8:30 AM — 9:00 AM
WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION
9:00 AM — 9:45 AM
CIRFS AGM - CLOSED SESSION

Full members only

9:45 AM — 10:15 AM
COFFEE BREAK & REGISTRATION TO OPEN SESSION/EXECUTIVE SEMINAR
10:15 AM — 12:15 PM
CIRFS AGM - OPEN SESSION

CIRFS Full & Associate Members    

10:15 AM — 10:20 AM
Welcome by the CIRFS President
10:20 AM — 10:40 AM
Report on CIRFS Activities

- Economic Issues

- Environmental Issues

10:40 AM — 11:00 AM
The Economic Outlook
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Juliette Vitaloni
11:00 AM — 11:25 AM
Man-Made Fibre Outlook
11:25 AM — 11:50 AM
Polyester & Polyamide Value Chains Market Outlook
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Tatiana Bondar
11:50 AM — 12:15 PM
COFFEE BREAK
12:15 PM — 1:10 PM
EXECUTIVE SEMINAR - Part 1
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
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Marco Mensink
12:45 PM — 1:10 PM
The EU Textile Strategy – Update from “Brussels
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Dirk Vantyghem
1:10 PM — 2:10 PM
LUNCH BREAK
2:10 AM — 5:00 PM
EXECUTIVE SEMINAR - Part 2

All Delegates 

2:10 PM — 2:35 PM
The Textile Strategy, Circular Economy and Ecodesign
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Antonio de Sousa Maia
2:35 PM — 3:00 PM
The EU Textile Recycling Value Chain Must Harmonized Across Europe. Will the EPR’s Be Enough
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Christian-Yves Crépet
3:00 PM — 3:25 PM
Changing Plastics for Good - The Future of the Plastics Industry
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Virginia Janssens
3:25 PM — 3:50 PM
The Clean Industrial Deal: the Right Answer?
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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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Matthias Jørgensen
4:35 PM — 5:00 PM
Opportunities in the European Defence Fund
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Paul Kruis
5:00 PM — 5:10 PM
CLOSING REMARKS