ÖKOINDUSTRIA Opening program

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

Opening program on Day 1: 

9:45 - 10:00		Entry in virtual “lobby”
10:00 -10:05		Welcome Greetings and brief introduction, technical details on the session	Moderator: Zsófia Tomaj, Sustainable development expert
10:05 - 10:10		Welcome by the Organiser	Gary Hanko, managing director of Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprisesm (HAEE)
10:10 - 10:15		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 -Circular economy the guidelines of EU Green Deal -What are the most urgent tasks? -„Curse or blessing?” Role of plastic, future plastics, alternatives of SUP 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.
		Moderator: Dr. Krisztina Wégner (MAV Group), international waste management expert
		Antonis Mavropoulos, waste management scientist, former ISWA President Wasteless Future
		Bernard Merkx, Managing director of Green Wave Plastic and Co-founder of Waste Free Oceans Foundation
		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.