Wednesday 29 November 2023
08:30 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 10:45
Creating a level playing field for investments in renewable carbon: Dutch proposal for an EU Industrial Sustainable Carbon Regulation
- Mr. Karlo van Dam - Director Sustainability Industry Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy of The Netherlands
- Ms. Sandra Onwijn- Head of unit Circular Economy Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management of The Netherlands
- Mr. JP Kuijpers - Managing Director EMEA region & Global Transformation Leader Eastman
- Mr. Martijn Amory - CEO Fibrant
- Mr. Jeroen Bulk - CFO Ioniqa
- Mr. Jeroen Verhoeven- Vice President Value Chain Development Neste Renewable Polymers and Chemicals Neste
- Ms. Kirsten Paulus (moderator)
11:00 - 12:30
State of play of transition finance in the EU & future outlook – Transition pathway of Chemelot Industrial Park as example
- Mr. Thomas Schneider - Director CVC Capital Partners
- Ms. Eila Kreivi - Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor European Investment Bank / Member of EU Platform on Sustainable Finance
- Dr. Michiel Scheffer - President European Innovation Council
- Mr. Luc Arnouts - Vice President International Relations and Networks of Port of Antwerp-Bruges
- Mr. Karlo van Dam- Director Sustainability Industry at Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy of The Netherlands
- Mr. Frans Stokman - Executive Director of Petrochemicals Europe (moderator)
Co-host
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Changing the game of waste management and its financing challenge: RWE’s FUREC-project
- Mr. Loek Radix – Managing Director Chemelot Industrial Park
- Mr. Denis Aarssen - Project Director FUREC RWE
14:00 - 15:30
Financing energy transition projects within industrial clusters in Europe – case studies on shared infrastructure projects
- Mr. Marc Borghans - Head of Sustainable Structured Finance ING
- Mr. Frank Kuijpers - Executive Advisor SABIC
- Ms. Lia Voermans - President Steering Group Brightlands Circular Space
- Mr. Jörgen Sandström – Head Transforming Industrial Ecosystems World Economic Forum
- Mr. Robert Clover - Managing Director Sustainability Strategy & Finance Accenture (moderator)
15:30 - 16:00
Tea break
16:00 - 17:30
Closing the plastic loop and its investment gaps – project experiences & perspectives on the investment needs of plastics recycling
- Ms. Lia Voermans - Project Coordinator Syschemiq / President Steering Group Brightlands Circular Space /Board Member Brightlands Chemelot Campus
- Ms. Dorota Pawlucka - Project Coordinator Circular Foam / Vice Chair for Competitiveness of the Advisory and Programming Group A.SPIRE / Global Alliances Manager Covestro
- Mr. Henk-Jan Vink - Managing Director TNO Energy & Materials Transition TNO
- Mr. JP Kuijpers - Managing Director EMEA region & Global Transformation Leader Eastman
- Mr. Ian Freelance - Director Investments Europe & Asia SABIC Ventures
- Mr. Torben Kabbe - Head of Business Development Interzero
- Mr. Jürgen Tiedje - Head of Unit Industrial Transformation DG Research & Innovation European Commission
- Dr. Torsten Heinemann - Head of Group Innovation Covestro
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Engell – Chair of the A.SPIRE Advisory and Programming Group, Professor of Process Dynamics and Operations, TU Dortmund, Germany (moderator)
18:00
Networking dinner – Limburg Circular Hotspot & Innovation Vall
Location: Kasteel Limbricht
Shuttle service to network dinner
The shuttle service will depart at 17:30 from the Brightlands Chemelot Campus, short stop for pick up at the Van der Valk hotel Stein-Urmond and will then drive to the dinner location: Kasteel Limbricht.
- Ms. Claudia Deben - Director Province of Limburg
- Mr. Jo Peters - President Board Chemelot Circular Hub
Subsidized by:
Thursday 30 November 2023
09:00 - 11:00
Business modelling & blended finance for industrial-urban symbiosis – Hubs4Circularity
- Ms. Angels Orduna - Executive Director A.SPIRE
- Mr. Frank Berkers - Senior Scientist Strategic Business Analysis TNO / Professor Business for Societal Transition at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
- Mr. Maurice Olivers - Public Relations Manager Brightlands Circular Space / Brightlands Chemelot Campus
- Prof. Dr. Hannes Utikal, Head of the Center for Industry and Sustainability, Provadis Hochschule, representing the Hoechst Industrial Park.
- Mr. Per Møller- Head of Kalundborg Symbiosis Denmark
- Dr. Tjerk Wardenaar - Managing Consultant Environment EGEN
- Mr. Thomas van den Nieuwenhuizen - Consultant Environment EGEN
- Mr. Christophe Pinck - Chair Hubs 4 Circularity Community of Practice / International affairs and EU-Advisor Eyde Cluster (moderator)
- Mr. Ron Weerdmeester - European Innovation Manager PNO (moderator)
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee break
11.15 - 12:45
Transition finance in practice in the EU: key messages on to do’s & work in progress
- Ms. Angels Orduna - Executive Director A.SPIRE
- Prof. Dr. Kevin van Geem - Professor Laboratory for Chemical Technology Ghent University
- Mr. Ralph Jansen - Investment Manager Polestar Capital
- Ms. Elia Trippel - Special advisor to the Directors Environment Directorate OECD
- Dr. Tony Rooke - Executive Director, former Head of Transition Finance Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
- Mr. Frans Stokman - Executive Director of Petrochemicals Europe (moderator)
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
12:45 - 14:00
Bustour Chemelot Industrial Park (lunch included)
- The bus will leave in front of Center Court
- Lunch boxes will be provided
- Duration: one hour
- Mr. Frank Schaap – Director Business Development Chemelot Industrial Park
14.00 - 15:30
Boosting finance for green chemistry - initiatives and practices from the Netherlands and beyond
- Mr. Arnold Stokking - President Platform Green Chemistry New Economy
- Ms. Angelique Erkenbosch - Senior Business Developer Circular Innovationquarter
- Ms. Martine Rousseau - Business Developer LIOF
- Ms. Chantal Schrijver – Head of EIB Group Representation in the Netherlands
- Ms. Nathalie Binet – Climate Officer EIB
- Mr. Guy de Sévaux – Lead Biobased & Circular Economy InvestNL
- Ms. Marissa de Boer - CEO Susphos
- Ms. Sylwia Sztark - Head of Unit Department of Regional Development and European Funds & Representative European Chemical Regions Network of Mazovia Region, Poland
- Ms Jacqueline Vaessen - Lead ChemistryNL
- Ms. Kirsten Paulus (moderator)
Co-host
Dutch Platform Green Chemistry New Economy (Platform Groene Chemie Nieuwe Economie)
15:30 - 18:00
Cocktail drinks