2020. November 04. 10:00-13:00 (CET)
ÖKOINDUSTRIA ONLINE Opening Session
ÖKOINDUSTRIA ONLINE Keynote Speech-Antonis Mavropoulos
ÖKOINDUSTRIA ONLINE Roundtable
The ÖKOINDUSTRIA ONLINE INTRO event from November 4-6 took place as a preliminary program of the Budapest ÖKOINDUSTRIA Green Expo postponed to April 28-30, 2021 due to the pandemic situation. The venue of the first two days of the event was a Danube boat in style, adapted to the theme. The speeches on site and in the online space were determined by the adaptation to the current situation and the preparation for the future challenges. According to the statistics of the three-day event about 3000 visitors from 45 countries attended the online event. The videos of the programs are available in original English and some of them with Hungarian simultaneous interpretation as well on the expo page on a daily breakdown. You can also read the text summary of the online event.
Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises (HAEE) as the organiser of ÖKOINDUSTRIA Green Expo, with its 245 member organizations has been a representative organization of the green industry since 1993. The event is one of the most significant one in the Central-Eastern European region for environmental technologies, products and services and will be held 28-30 April, 2021
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Main patron: János Áder |
Patrons: István Nagy |
Péter Szijjártó |
Opening program on Day 1:
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Entry in virtual “lobby” | ||
| 10:00 -10:05 |  |
Welcome |
Moderator: Zsófia Tomaj, Sustainable development expert |
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Welcome by the Organiser |
Gary Hanko, managing director of Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprisesm (HAEE) |
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Welcome by the Guest Country, Kingdom of the Netherlands | René van Hell, Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Hungary |
| 10:15 - 10:20 |  |
Wetskills challenge promo |
Johan Oost, Managing Director, Wetskills Foundation |
| 10:20 - 10:25 |  |
Words from the strategic partner |
Dr. Kristóf Szabolcs, CEO, HEPA |
| 10:25 - 11:30 |  |
Keynote Speech Industry 4.0 and the circular economy, waste streams of the future, innovations in the waste management, IT solutions to create circular economy |
Antonis Mavropoulos, waste management scientist, former ISWA President Wasteless Future |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:45 - 13:00 | „Council of Wise men” – Roundtable dialogue on plastic and circular economy
We encourage and welcome industry decision makers, representatives of collectors, users, packaging manufacturers, FMCG companies and other interested parties to become an active participant in this session. |
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Moderator: Dr. Krisztina Wégner (MAV Group), international waste management expert |
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Antonis Mavropoulos, waste management scientist, former ISWA President Wasteless Future |
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Bernard Merkx, Managing director of Green Wave Plastic and Co-founder of Waste Free Oceans Foundation |
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Iván Ivanovics, managing director Mikrolin Ltd., Head of the Plastic Working Group at HAEE | ||
| 13:00 - 13:10 | Wrap up and closing remarks | ||
The official language of the conference is English but on the first day translation and interpreting services will be available.
