The Annual Plastics and Waste Conference organised by the Australia-New Zealand Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers will be run as a series of webinars under the title of “Plastics and the Circular Economy – The Virtual Edition” and will feature 19 presentations. The Conference will have 4 separate sessions during the week from Monday 16th to Friday 20th November 2020.
Program:
Monday evening, 16th November, from 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm
Technology and Equipment – Moderator – SPE ANZ – Han Michel - President
7.00 pm
Efficiency in Pelletising Post Consumer Plastic Waste – New opportunities and current product innovations: PE & PET food grade recycling in the focus
Fritz Wimmer, Erema, Austria
7.30 pm
Real Design for Recycling
Professor Edward Kosior, Nextek, UK and Australia
8.00 pm
Operation Clean Sweep – capturing plastics in the supply chain
Heidi Tait, Tangaroa Blue, Proserpine, Queensland
8.30 pm
LDPE recycling in Europe
Ton Emans, President, Plastics Recyclers Europe, Belgium
9.00 pm
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and Local Level Action in Plastics Pacts Around the World to Address Plastics Waste and Pollution at Its Source
Juliet Lennon, Project Manager, Plastics Pact, New Plastics Economy, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK
9.30 pm
Advancing the Circular Economy: Strategic partnership between LyondellBasell and Suez with Quality Circular Polymers
Paula Sanabria, Project Manager Circular Economy, Global Sustainability, LyondellBasell, The Netherlands
Tuesday Morning, 17th November from 10.00 am to 12.00 Noon
Australian Impact – Moderator – Dr Kevin Thomson – SPE ANZ – Chair Corporate Affairs
10.00 am
Keynote Presentation – How 2025 Targets are Driving a Circular Economy for Plastics in Australia
Brooke Donnelly, CEO, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation, Sydney, NSW
10.30 am
Presentation – Current Drivers and Barriers in Public Policy to Improved Plastics Recovery
Pete Shmigel, CEO Australian Council of Recyclers, Sydney, NSW
11.00 am
Presentation – Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Justin Wood, Vice-President, Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Singapore
11.30 am
Plastic Revolution to reality – halving Australia’s plastic litter
Katinka Day, World Wildlife Fund, Ultimo, NSW
Thursday morning 19th November from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
Local supply chain – Moderator – Dr Steve Petinakis – SPEANZ – Member Committee of Management
10.00 am
Presentation – Waste Value Chain Extension and Plastics
Vik Bansal, CEO and Managing Director, Cleanaway, Chatswood, NSW
10.30 am
LyondellBasell Australia Circular Programs
Mitchell Killeen, Managing Director, LyondellBasell Australia, South Yarra, Vic
11.00 am
Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics
David Francis, Marketing and Technology Manager, Qenos, Altona, Vic
11.30 am
Presentation - Building Recycling Capability at Scale
Andrew Smith, Executive General Manager, Astron Sustainability, Cheltenham, Vic
Friday morning 20th November from 8.30 am to 11.00 am
Americas – Moderator – Dr Craig Benson – SPEANZ – Councillor
8.30 am
New solutions for demanding recycling processes: Decontamination and Deodorization of Polymers
Daniel Gneuss, President of Gneuss Inc (USA) and Managing Partner, Gneuss GmbH
9.00 am
Contributions of the SPE to the Plastics Industry
Dr Jaime Gomez, President, Society of Plastics Engineers, USA
9.30 am
Presentation – Plastics Recycling Industry Efforts to Boost the Circular Economy
Steve Alexander, CEO, Association Plastic Recyclers, USA
10.00 am
Plastics Recycling Legislation: The California Experience
Angela Vincent, CalRecycle, California, USA
10.30 am
One Man’s Rubbish
Conor Carlin, Managing Director, Illig ILP North America - and SPE USA, Vice President Sustainability
For the complete program see below or our local website: www.plastics.org.au
For more information on the program, please contact: Han Michel, mobile 0416 168 255, email: hanmichel@bigpond.com
Overall technical coordination of the webinar by Hamed Ghajarnia, mobile 0410 816 075, email: publicity@plastics.org.au
General remarks
The SPE: A-NZ Section retains the right to alter and/or substitute components to the event or
program as deemed appropriate. The information which we supply in relation to the event is
accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of providing this information.