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21 May 2008 / 23 May 2008  -  Belgium / Greece

EuPC annual meeting

EuPC annual meeting will take place on 21-23 May 2008 in Athens, Greece.

Programme

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
16.00h Steering Committee meeting
16.00h ETHIC Excom meeting
19.00h Welcome Cocktail & Informal Dinner

Thursday, 22 May 2008
Packaging Forum
9.30h-13.00h
Opening of the Packaging Forum by Bernhard Borgardt, Chairman EuPC Packaging Division 
• Megatrend Energy Saving and Ressource Conservation - What is the contribution of rigid polystyrene foams? By Mr. Manfred Pawlowski, Director, Business Management Styropor / Neopor / Styrodur, Global Business Unit Foams, BASF SE
• The EU Packaging and packaging waste Directive: current implementation and work in progress by Mrs. Artemis Hatzi-Hull, DG Environment, EU Commission, Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit
• Innovative polyolefin solutions to address new packaging trends by Mr. Carlos Mueller, Divisional Vice President - Polypropylene Europe - LyondellBasell Industries
• The presentation of the Greek Packaging Industry
• Challenges and opportunities for bioplastics packaging in Europe
• How can the retailers and plastics industry work together to improve the littering issue?
• Election chairman 

13h-14.30h Common Lunch 

Building & Construction Division
9.30-13h
Welcome by Alain Requillart, B&C Division Chairman
• "Biopolymers - Between Rationality and Emotion" presented by Dr. Michael Stumpp, Group Vice President, Global Business Unit Specialty Plastics, BASF SE
• Revision of construction products directive and the energy use in buildings by Mr. Vincente Leoz Arguilles (EU Commission, Construction Unit)
• The presentation of the Greek Building and Construction market
• Greening of public procurement, a European wide initiative by ICLEI
• Election chairman

Automotive & Transport Division
14.30h-18h
Welcome by Felix Loose, EuPC A&T Division Chairman
• BASF Automotive Solutions - Innovative Concepts for the cars of tomorrow presented by Dr. Michael Stumpp Group Vice President, Global Business Unit Specialty Plastics, BASF SE
• Delivering industry-leading solutions to the automotive value chain. By Mr. Michael Pohl, Head of Automotive Business Development - Advanced Polyolefins - LyondellBasell Industries
• JAMA - presentation by Mr. Hiroki Ota
• General Motors - presentation by Mr. Michael Hodac
• Pegasus (Eu-funded project) - name speaker tbc
• Election chairman 

13h-14.30h Common Lunch 

Session for members only
14.30h-18h
• EuPF meeting (European Plastic Films)
• ETHIC meeting (European Thermoplastics Independent Compounders)
• ADBIC session
• BSP session

20.00h Gala Dinner at Yacht Club

Friday, 23 May 2008
General Assembly
9.00h - 9.45h Internal Session (EuPC members only)
1. Welcome by EuPC President
2. EuPC activities by Managing Director Alexandre Dangis
3. EuPC finances by Treasurer Claude Thibaut de Maisières
4. Proposal for elections
5. AOB
6. Date of next meeting 

10.00h Opening Public Session by David Williams, EuPC President
• Energy, geopolitics and sustainable development: which equilibrium’ by Mr. Samuele Furfari, DG Transport, EU Commission
• Guest Speakers from Greek Ministry and member of EU Parliament
• Presentations and debate on ‘Plastics global development and oil prices’ - participation from converters and plastics producers 

Report of EuPC Market Divisions
- Packaging
- Building & Construction
- Automotive & Transport 

Report of EuPC Horizontal Committees
- Raw Materials (Joachim Eckstein)
- Communication (Philip Law)
- Trade (Erik De Ruijter)
- HSE (Tony Torreele) 

17.00h Optional visit Acropolis 

20.00h Informal dinner

Source : EuPC