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  1. Registration and coffee

  2. Welcome and introduction

  3. Keynote: What the Draghi report, appointment of a simplification commissioner and EU Commission’s new ‘competitiveness’ mandate might mean for European chemicals legislation in the future

  4. Session 1: Developments from an EU level on the new policy context: The clean industrial deal

  5. European Commission status update for chemicals policy, including implementation, and outlook on the clean industrial deal

  6. The clean industrial deal and its impacts on chemicals management in Europe

    • The competitiveness challenge for the EU chemical industry: status, issues, causes, solutions 
    • Is the clean industrial deal the ‘shock treatment’ that Mario Draghi recommended?
      • Cefic views
      • priorities for the chemical sector
      • critical success factors 
    Sylvie Lemoine Sylvie Lemoine
    Executive Director Product Stewardship, Cefic

  7. Refreshment break

  8. Business perspective on the clean industrial deal

    • Why is a clean industrial deal necessary: Europe’s current challenge with competitiveness and attracting investments in decarbonization  
    • How to make the Green Deal into the growth driver it was designed to be 
    • The chemicals industry package and REACH simplification: Dow view on where the priorities should be 
    Alexander Majer Alexander Majer
    Government Affairs Director, Chemicals Management, Dow

  9. NGO perspective on the clean industrial deal

    Tatiana Santos Tatiana Santos
    Head of Chemicals, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Belgium

  10. Q&A and panel discussion

  11. Lunch and networking

  12. Session 2: Exploring the simplification of REACH

  13. EU commission perspective on the simplification of REACH

    Paul Speight Paul Speight
    Head of the Safe and Sustainable Chemicals Unit in DG Environment, European Commission

  14. Future challenges for ECHA in the new policy context

  15. Current FORUM work and outlook

    Henrik Hedlund Henrik Hedlund
    Chair of the ECHA Forum on Enforcement, The Swedish Chemicals Agency

  16. Industry perspective on the chemicals industry package

    Dunja Drmač Dunja Drmač
    Senior Chemicals Legislation Manager, Cefic

  17. Q&A and panel discussion

  18. Refreshment break

  19. Session 3: Industry responses in the new policy context

  20. Product stewardship 2.0 – interface sustainability / circularity & product safety

    Nino Papukashvili Nino Papukashvili
    PS Regulatory Advocacy Manager, Shell Deutschland

  21. How to deal with REACH, RoHs and EU sustainability regulations for the electronics industry

    Diana Radovan Diana Radovan
    Director Sustainability Policy, IPC Electronics

  22. Q&A and panel discussion with policy makers from earlier sessions

  23. Networking drinks reception

    Join us for relaxed networking with drinks and appetizers alongside our speakers and attendees. 

  24. Close of day one

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