PROGRAMME OUTLINE
The 15th International Aluminium Recycling Congress will take place in Colmar, France on the 26th and 27th of February 2019 with a programme tailored to engage participants on topics related to market trends, innovations, applications and the latest political developments in the field of aluminium recycling and circular economy.
Experts from across the globe will cover a wide range of topics:
- The future of circular economy potential
- Aluminium recycling market outlook
- Trade
- Shipment of aluminium scrap
- Innovations in recycling
- The aluminium industry and the end-use markets
- Trends in technology
CONTACT INFO
For further information please contact our secretariat congress@european-aluminium.eu
Opening session
09:00 – Congress welcome
Gerd Götz, Director General, European Aluminium
Agenda, process and participant introductions
Aminda Leigh, Congress facilitator
09:20 – Keynote Speeches
Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission (by video)
Roland Scharf-Bergmann, Norsk Hydro ASA & Chair of the European Aluminium Recycling division
Session 01
09:40 – The aluminium recycling market outlook
Forecast on international aluminium recycling – Paul Williams, Head of Aluminium and Research Manager, CRU International
Impact of trade measures and the role of WTO: challenges affecting aluminium scrap flows and the European aluminium market – Prof. Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair for the Economy of East Asia/ China, Mercator School of Management & Institute of East Asian Studies
Round table participants discussion and Q&A
10:35 – Coffee break
Session 02
11:05 – Will the circular economy continue to prioritise aluminium recycling?
Circular economy from European perspective-implementation – Anne Sander, Group of the European People’s Party, Member of the European Parliament (by video)
The circular economy implementation in France – Mostafa Aboulfaraj, General Representative, France Aluminium Recyclage (FAR)
Priority measures towards a green and circular non-ferrous metals industry – Christian Lehmann, Resource Conservation, Material Cycles, Minerals & Metal Industry, German Environment Agency
Forward looking responsible recycling: journey through innovation, partnership and sustainability commitments towards closing the loop in circular economy – the Aluminium plant perspective – Olivier Neel, Sustainability Manager, Constellium & Edouard Marchant, Recycling Segment Manager, Constellium
Participants in table groups consider key theme areas (as identified in the European Aluminium policy recommendations) and identify issues for the panel discussion
Feedback and panel for discussion
12:30 – Welcome lunch
Session 03
13:30 – Secondary raw materials shipment – market opportunitie and challenges
Waste Shipment Regulation review – Kastalie Bougas, Principal Consultant Environmental/ Chemical Policy & Economics, Wood PLC
Aluminium scrap processing and shipment: technology prospects in view of changing Waste Shipment legislation and other international policies – Denis Reuter, Chief Operational Officer, TSR Recycling
Waste Shipment Regulation: more opportunities or risks for recyclers and the aluminium value chain? – Murat Bayram, Director & Head of European Non-Ferrous, EMR – European Metal Recycling
Table discussions
14:40 – Coffee break
Session 04
15:10 – Spotlight on innovation in recycling
Introduction – Magdalena Garczynska, Recycling Director, European Aluminium
LIBS – the game changer for industrial close loop production of secondary aluminium? – Karl Hoffmann, Global Sales Director Separation Technologies in Metal Recycling, Steinert
Understanding and exploiting the formation of intermetallic compounds and their interaction with impurities – Alexander Lutz, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
LIBS: Using Laser for inline analysis of aluminium recycling products – Christian Bohling, General Manager, Secopta
Q&A
Expert panel/discussion
16:50 – Closing session
18:30 – Coach departure from Hotel L’Europe to the dinner venue
19:00 – Networking dinner in Cité de l’Automobile museum, Mulhouse
Session 05
09:00 – The aluminium industry and the end-user markets
Boost for electric buses, cleaner trucks and other upcoming legislative changes and initiatives for clean transport – James Nix, Freight and Climate Director at Transport & Environment
Aluminium cans as a source of end user’s scrap – Anna Sapota, Vice President, CanPack Recycling
Deposit systems towards reaching the European aluminium recycling rate targets – Julia Patorska, Senior Manager, Deloitte
Panel discussion
Q&A
10:20 – Coffee break
Session 06
10:50 – Trends in technology
Aluminium cycle: machining, briquetting, melting – Andreas Jessberger, Sales Manager, RUF Maschinenbau
Aluminium scrap melting: different ways – different results – Günther Wimroither, Senior Process/ Design/ Sales Engineer, Hertwich Engineering
The industry 4.0 applied to furnaces: an existing technology to optimize performance of the equipment and improve working processes – Laura Manzanal, Project manager, GHI Smart Furnaces
A new dross salt slag recycling process – Implementation – Alan Peel, Managing Director, Altek Group
Panel discussion
11:45 – Closing session – Gerd Götz, Director General, European Aluminium
12:00 – Lunch
13:30 – 18:00 Field trip to Constellium’s aluminium plant located in Neuf-Brisach, France
European Aluminium has organised a field trip to Constellium’s aluminium plant in Neuf-Brisach exclusively for the Congress participants.
The Neuf-Brisach plant is one of Constellium’s largest sites with a capacity of 450 000 tons. Perfectly located in Europe’s industrial heartland, this unique integrated aluminium rolling, finishing and recycling facility designs and produces a wide portfolio of coil and sheet products, servicing customers in can stock and food stock, automotive (body sheets, heat exchangers and equipment parts), as well as industrial application sectors.
Please note that this visit has limited places, therefore the booking is on a first come, first served basis.