Session around international policies, the use of policy targets and international solidarity.
Karmenu Vella (European Commissioner) - What approach sees the EU Commission for the future waste management policy?
Philip Heylen - The view from a politician, responsile for the local implementation of EU policy. Can international cooperation help us get all the low hanging fruit before we try to reach for the more difficult objectives?
Debate
Flanders and the circular economy: different initiatives
James Wrap - Economic growth potential of more circular economies (TBC)
Debate
Woodard - Waste management in SME's: A barrier to the circular economy (TBC)
The challenge in large communities
Mike Gardner (WRARP) - The WRARP-UK love food - hate waste initiative (TBC)
Vivek - Food waste prevention in India (TBC)
Jane Gilbert - ISWA's Key Issue paper in food waste (TBC)
Q&A and debate
Danilo Vismara - Separate collection of food waste in Milan city (TBC)
Murad Qureshi - Managing London's domestic food waste (TBC)
Gabriela Otero - The CACC initiative for the city of Sao Paolo (TBC)
Wilbert Smeets - Composting and anerobic digestion in mega-platns: the case of SESA
Q&A and debate
Koel Delie - Successfull communication on household waste management: the Flemish experience
Sarahjane Widdowson - Social media, analytics and effective data usage - lessons from round the UK (TBC)
Gunilla Carlsson - Waste prevention, communication issues and the need for reliable and robust data - the Swedish perspective (TBC)
Sonia Dias - Engaging the informal sector, lessons from Brazil on the use of technology in communications and engagement
Woodard - Increasing recycling through effective resident engagement at mutiple occupancy housing developments: the Waste Its Mine Its Yours project
Friege - Best practice WEEE collection systems in Europe (TBC)
Borthakur - Electronic waste in India: disposal behavior, public awareness, opportunities and challenges (TBC)
Dos Santos - Improving the reuse potential of electric and electronic devices (TBC)
Von Gries - Analytical framework for the integrated assessment of reusing WEEE (TBC)
Vermoesen - Belgium at the top of post shredder technology to achieve the WEEE and ELV recycling ojectives (TBC)
Bjorn Appelqvist, Andreas Bartl and Jeff Cooper - Definition of recycling: preparing a level playing field
Jo Buekens - Big data in the waste management sector
Almut Reichel - Waste prevention in Europe: an update on progress
Geert Boonzaaijer - Reversing the waste collection system: the experience of Arnhem
Mark Leemans - The 100-100-100 project: 100 households, 100% waste free for 100 days
Rolph Hultermans & Maarten Goorhuis - The ISWA sorting plants project
The fundamentals of preparing a manuscript for publication in an academic journal
Loisa Morphy (SAGE publications)