CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Day 1, Wednesday, 5 March 2008
  Session 1: GLOBAL AND MIDDLE EAST RECYCLE STRATEGY
9.30 am – 9.45 am Welcome Introduction - Setting the Scene
Barry Read, Chairman, Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) Environmental Working Group, UK
10.15 am – 10.45 am Opening Ceremony, Welcome Address & Keynote
H.E. Abdulla Rafee, Assistant Director General for Environmental & Health Services Sector
10.45am – 11.15am The global perspective on recycling
Dr Martin Kay, Strategic Consultant, Paper Industry Research Association (PIRA), UK
11.15 am – 11.45 am A UAE perspective on recycling and recovery rates
Lina Caaban, Envirocare Manager, Tadweer
11.45 am – 12.15pm Saudi Arabia’s positioning in the Middle East recycle sector
Abdula Al Murmar, Managing Director, Middle East Paper Factory, Saudi Arabia
12.15 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch
  Session 2: COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND SECURITY
2.00 pm – 2.20 pm Collection systems in the UK
Peter O’Connell, Director of Environmental Services, Sutton Council
2.20pm – 2.40pm Trends in Municipal and commercial waste
Logistics and end process technology options

Peter Jones, Director, Biffa, UK
2.40pm – 3.00pm Waste Collection - a property developer's perspective
Mick Dalton, Senior Director, Asset Management, EMAAR Properties
3.00pm – 3.20pm Collection and disposal of confidential data
Patrick Aura, Territory Manager, Shred-It, Abu Dhabi
3.20pm – 3.40pm Shredding
Gert Buchholz, Product Director, Martin Yale International Ltd, UK
3.40pm – 4.00pm Data security – Case study with Microsoft
Gary Griffiths, Environmental & Quality Systems Manager, RDC, UK
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm Coffee/Tea break
  Session 3: NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PAPER MAKING
4.30pm – 4.50pm Process and implementation
Graham Toft, CEO, Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) Environmental Working Group, UK
4.50pm – 5.10pm Screening and pulping technology
Pekka Moisio, Sales Director, Metso, Finland
5.10pm – 5.30pm De-inking, the latest technology
Roland McKinney, Managing Director, Fibre Research Consultant

Day 2, Thursday, 6 March 2008
  Session 4: FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
9.30 am – 10.00am Linear board production
Roland McKinney, CEO, Fiber Research Consultant Ltd. UK
10.00am – 10.30am Financial implications of recycling
Ilpo Ervasti, Leading Advisor, Poyry, Finland
10.30am – 11.00am Coffee / Tea Break
  Session 5: WORLD TRADE AND GLOBAL SOURCING
11.00am – 11.30am Global drive for recycled paper products
Ranjit Baxi, Director, J&H Sales International & President, Paper Division, B.I.R – Bureau of International Recycling
11.30am – 12.00pm Recycling in the Middle East – 12 months on
Samer Kamel, Managing Director, The Sharjah Environmental Company, UAE
12.00pm – 12.30pm Waste Scavenging
Deirdre Dudley-Owen, Senior Waste Consultant, Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd
12.30pm – 2.00pm Lunch
  Session 6: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & CONFERENCE ROUND-UP
2.00pm – 2.20pm Carbon systems & sustainable management
Marco Mensink, Energy & Environment Director, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
2.20pm – 2.40pm Q&A
2.40pm – 3.00pm Round up
Barry Read, Chairman, Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) Environmental Working Group, UK
  Close

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