25-26 January 2016, Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Unwrapping the Package ? towards a Circular Economy in Europe In the light of the European Commission?s new Circular Economy Package, published on December 2nd 2016, stakeholders from business, civil society and public authorities across the EU will discuss challenges and opportunities for a circular economy in Europe and the impact of the new proposals from the EU Commission.During the Netherlands? Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2016, this proposal will be discussed in the Environment and Competitiveness Council.
In order to gain insight into the views of European stakeholders regarding the challenges and opportunities for a circular economy in Europe, the government of The Netherlands will organize a European stakeholder conference in cooperation with the European Commission.Programme outline
January 25th: for stakeholders and policymakers (9.00-16.30)
On the 25th of January the programme is aimed at stakeholders with hands-on experience from business, civil society and public authorities across the EU, as well as policymakers from national Member States and the EU Commission.
The objective of the Stakeholder Event on 25 January is to discuss challenges and opportunities for the circular economy in Europe, based on practical experiences. These discussions should facilitate identification of common priorities for national and EU policy, and provide input for discussions in the Council of Ministers on the Commission proposal for a circular economy.
January 26th: closed session for policymakers (9.00-12.30)
In an exchange between policymakers on January the 26th, policymakers from national Member States and the EU Commission will be invited to consider how national and EU policies, as proposed in the Circular Economy package, will help to achieve common objectives at the national and EU level. The session should enable sharing best policy practices, raise awareness of different policy approaches, and facilitate enhancing existing policies, tools and mechanisms.
Pre-registration
If you are interested to participate in one of these events (January 25th for all stakeholders, January 25th and 26th for policymakers only), please pre-register by using the following link here.
Save the date! – Global Organic Resources Congress
GORC 2016, 3-4 May 2016 Dublin (IE)
We would like to announce the GORC 2016 organised by Cré (Composting & Anaerobic Digestion Association of Ireland), in cooperation with ECN (European Compost Network). This event will examine the opportunities in the organic waste sector, composting and anaerobic digestion sector, with a strong focus directed on the emerging bioeconomy sector.
The bioeconomy has the potential to provide many new opportunities to manage organic resources and get high value products from waste products. The event will have a session on healthy soils, which will highlight the benefits of using quality compost/digestate in the production of sustainable food production.
Conference Topics:
- Healthy Soils – Healthy Planet
- Vision 2050
- Promising Innovation
- EU Policy Updates
- Feedstock Quality Management
- Biomethane
- Operational Experiences of AD & Compost Plant
- Managers
The conference website will go live January 2016.
Further information: here
If you like to present your company or organisation at the GORC 2016, please find the Sponsorship leaflet here.
Abstract Submission until 31 December 2015
ORBIT 2016, 25-28 May 2016 Crete (GR)
ECN?s next ORBIT conference will be held in Heraklion, Crete on 25th to 28th May 2016. Focussing on the ?Circular Economy and Organic Waste Management?, it is the tenth biennial conference on Organic Resources and Biological Waste Treatment, signalling 20 years of excellence in scientific research and professional networking.
ORBIT 2016 will be organised by Harokopio University of Athens (Prof. Dr. Katia Lasaridi), the Technological Educational Institute of Crete (Associate Prof. Dr. Thrassyvoulos Manios) and ECN.
The Conference will run parallel oral and poster sessions, with sessions including:
Composting and anaerobic digestion technologies and processes;
- Food waste prevention;
- Bio-based economy and the biorefinery concept;
- MBT: technologies and products;
- Energy recovery from biomass / biofuels;
- EU policies and strategies for sustainable organic resources and waste management ? the challenge of circular economy; and
- Climate change, LCA and decision support tools.
The submission of abstracts is now open. Please submit your abstracts until 31 December 2015.
Further information and registration here. |
