📅 Tuesday, October 14
🕒 09:00-17:00 + cocktail party
📍 Skyline, Rue de Trèves 74, Brussels
Policymakers across Europe are facing a critical challenge: How do we strengthen EU competitiveness, build a circular economy and protect people and planet — all at the same time
The answer starts with safer chemicals.
In this full-day in-person event in Brussels, we will discuss how to future-proof EU chemicals policy, understand investors’ and companies’ needs, and learn which new chemicals have been added to the SIN List.
Agenda
Coffee and registration (09:00–09:45)
We are facing a chemical pollution crisis (10:00–11:30)
Anne-Sofie Bäckar, ChemSec
Martin Hojșik, European Parliament (Renew)
Rachel Crossley, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Oliver Loebel, EurEau
Coffee break (11:30–12:00)
How to clean up material flows (12:00–13:00)
Mirjam Luc, IKEA of Sweden
Sofia Andersson, Polestar
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, DG Environment
Lunch (13:00–14:00)
The new SIN List chemicals (14:00–15:10)
Hanna Holmquist, ChemSec
Hans-Peter Arp, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Martin Scheringer, ETH Zürich
Joëlle Rüegg, Uppsala University
Coffee break (15:10–15:40)
REACH and the impact of toxic chemicals on circular economy (15:40–17:00)
András Tivadar Kulja, European Parliament (EPP)
Paul Speight, DG Environment
Anna Forsgren, Marshall Group
Hans-Peter Arp, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Theresa Kjell, ChemSec
