Morning
- 9:30 -12:00 Open Shop Floor - LIPOR
(Registration done separately)
Afternoon
Moderator: Cristina Esteves, Journalist, RTP
- 14:00 Hosting of Attendees
- 14:30 Welcoming - Aires Pereira, Mayor of Póvoa de Varzim City Council
- 14:35 Speech - João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of the Environment and Climate Action
- 14:50 Keynote - Kirsi Seppäläinen, Vice President, Strategic Projects, Stora Enso
- 15:10 Panel I - Frontrunners in sustainable sourcing
- Ana Silva Tavares, Head of Sustainability, Tintex
- Carlos Bernardo, Emeritus Professor of the Polymer Engineering Department at Minho University
- Carlos Ramalho, Head of Sales, United Biopolymers
- Luís Simões, CEO, Soditud
- Simão Soares, CEO, SilicoLife, President, P-BIO Association
- 16:00 Networking Break | Better Choices Lounge
- 16:30 Panel II - Sustainable sourcing practices
- Alexandra Abreu Loureiro, Partner, Brunswick
- Ana Cristina Carrola, Head of Waste and Circular Economy, APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente
- Gisela Pires, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Corticeira Amorim
- Pedro Lago - Sustainability / Circular Economy Director - SONAE MC
- Alexandra Abreu Loureiro - Partner - Brunswick Group LLP
- Miguel Barbosa - Projects and Commercial Director in Amyris Bio-Products Portugal
- 17:15 Taking stock of business innovation practice - round table
- Pedro Pacheco, President and CEO, BERD
- Teófilo Ribeiro Leite, President, ICC - Indústrias e Comércio de Calçado
- Jorge Portugal, General Manager, COTEC Portugal (moderator)
- 17:35 Introducing the new members of the COTEC SME Innovation Network - Gonçalo Salazar Leite, President of the Monitoring Committee, COTEC SME Innovation Network
- 17:40 Announcement of the SME Innovation Award COTEC-BPI - Pedro Barreto, BPI, President of the Jury of the SME Innovation Award COTEC-BPI
- 15:55 Closing - Isabel Furtado, President of the Board, COTEC Portugal