International Congress & Marketing
International Electronics Recycling Congress
Preliminary Congress Program
Wednesday, 18th January 2006
10.00 – 10.30 "Welcome and Introduction"
Roger Burri, Chairman of the Steering Committee

Session 1: Keynote speakers from industry and government
Session Chairman: Roger Burri, Chairman of the Steering Committee

10.30 – 11.00
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr. Werner Marnette, Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, Chairman of the Board, Germany
11.00 – 11.30 Hiroyuki Furukawa, Panasonic Europe Ltd., General Manager, Germany
11.30 – 12.00 Jan Johansson, Boliden AB, President and CEO, Sweden

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch
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Session 2: Challenges of the recycling industry 1
Session Chairman: Dr. Mike Biddle, MBA Polymers Inc., USA
13.30 – 14.00 "Management of outlet streams from WEEE recycling in a global resources market"
Jan F. Visser, Coolrec B.V., Netherlands
14.00 – 14.30 "Possible ways for the treatment of WEEE - State of the art? What are the possibilities today?"
Nico Krukenberg, REMONDIS Electrorecycling GmbH, Germany
14.30 – 15.00 "Transboundary movement of waste from Europe to China - The legal aspects"
Manfred Eckert, Dietiker AG für Rohmetalle, Switzerland

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break
Session 3: Challenges of the recycling industry 2
Session Chairman: Dr. Viktor Haefeli, RUAG Components, Switzerland
15.30 – 16.00 "Transparency and quality assurance in the implementation of the WEEE Directive: The RAL quality mark for the demanufacture of refrigeration equipment containing CFCs"
Christoph Becker, RAL Quality Assurance Association, Luxembourg
16.00 – 16.30 "Simple and efficient WEEE recycling"
Helmut Oberguggenberger, MeWa Recycling, Germany
16.30 – 17.00 "CRT-recycling in closed-loop"
Andreas Bock, NORDEG mbH, Germany
17.00 – 17.30 "Coping with challenges in WEEE recycling by using state-of-the-art metals smelting and refining processes"
Dr. Christian Hagelüken & Thierry Van Kerckhoven, Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Belgium

19.00 Networking Dinner
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Thursday, 19th January 2006
Session 4: How do electronics manufacturers close the recycling loop 1?
Session Chairman: Filip Geerts, Recupel, Belgium
09.00 – 09.30 "2006 challenging year for the ICT industry for WEEE and RoHS"
Hélène Fauve-Buresi, EICTA EPG Vice Chair, Alcatel
09.30 – 10.00 "Ericsson's end of life take-back program"
Stephen Rodgers, Ericsson, Sweden
10.00 – 10.30 "Converting the supply chain into a supply cycle"
Gerhard Ohler & Chris Slijkhuis, MBA Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH, Austria

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
Session 5: How do electronics manufacturers close the recycling loop 2?
Session Chairman: Steve Skurnac, Noranda Recycling Inc., USA
11.00 – 11.30 "Cooperation with companies in reverse supply chain"
Helena Castrén & Pia Tanskanen, NOKIA, Finland
11.30 – 12.00 "The effect of RoHS and WEEE legislation' on electronics manufacturing"
Dr. Marjory Craw-Ivanco, Celestica, Canada
12.00 – 12.30 "Coordination and cooperation of national registers of producers - Status of transposition and perspectives for the future"
Otmar Frey & Sigrid Linher-Deutschmann, ORGALIME, Belgium
12.30 – 13.00 "CECED's view on treatment and recycling requirements for household appliances"
Marc Heude, FagorBrandt, France

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
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Session 6: New initiatives and country reports
Session Chairman: Victor Duart, IBM Europe / Middle East / Africa
14.30 – 15.00 "New WEEE legislations all around the globe are not uniform"
Julia Lietzmann, Levinson Law Firm, Israel
15.00 – 15.30 "From zero to full compliance, the Irish experience"
Brendan Palmer, TechRec Ireland Ltd, Ireland
15.30 – 16.00 "Current status of recycling of WEEE in Korea"
Dr. Jae-chun Lee, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.00 "An update on waste electronics requirements in North America"
Catherine Goodall, Environmental Packaging International, USA

17.00 – 17.30 "Added values of producer-made take backs"
Armin Kienle, TechProtect GmbH, Germany
from 17.30 Cocktail reception in the exhibition hall

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Friday, 20th January 2006
Technical visits leaving in front of the CCH Congress Center Hamburg:

Visit to Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, Hamburg
09.00 Departure by bus to Norddeutsche Affinerie AG
09.30 Arrival at Norddeutsche Affinerie AG
09.30 – 13.00 Visit of the copper smelter and electronics recycling plant
14.00 Arrival at Hamburg Airport
14.30

Arrival at the CCH Congress Center Hamburg

Visit to Behrendt Recycling GmbH, Neumünster
09.00 Departure by bus to Behrendt Recycling GmbH
10.30 Arrival at Behrendt Recycling GmbH
10.30 – 12.30 Visit of the electronics recycling plant
14.30 Arrival at Hamburg Airport
15.00

Arrival at the CCH Congress Center Hamburg

Visit to UNI-CYC GmbH, Bremerhaven
09.00 Departure by bus to UNI-CYC GmbH
11.00 Arrival at UNI-CYC GmbH
11.00 – 13.00 Visit of the battery sorting plant
15.30 Arrival at Hamburg Airport
16.00

Arrival at the CCH Congress Center Hamburg

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