IFAT Munich 2024

IFAT Munich—The World's Leading Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies boasts a high international presence and an impressive number of exhibitors and visitors. IFAT Munich is known as a industry platform for presentations and innovation in the water, sewage, waste and raw materials sector. All relevant key-players will present their latest products and services on environmental solutions. The technical supporting program is free of charge.

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea

Director - Circular Economy - European Commission (DG ENV)

Since May 2022 he is director in charge of Circular Economy in the European Commission's Directorate General for Environment.

Between January 2014 and April 2022 he worked as director in charge of enforcement, cohesion and the European Semester, in the same DG. Before that he was director for Equality in the Directorate-General for Justice since April 2011, in charge of equality and fight against discrimination, after having been director for Fundamental Rights and EU Citizenship within the same DG and in DG Justice, Freedom and Security since June 2009.

He joined the European Commission in 2009. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Illinois (US) and a Ph.D. from the University of Bucharest (RO).

Sessions

Raw material security and value creation – Securing Europe's future with the circular economy

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Herwart Wilms, Holger Lösch, Ministerin Mona Neubaur, Sandra Parthie

The European Commission plans to present an EU circular economy act in autumn. We are discussing with representatives of the Commission, industry, the recycling sector and the European Parliament what the law needs to contain in order to get the circular economy up and running and enable it to realise its potential for raw material security and value creation in the EU.
Reduction of resource consumption
Orange Stage (A5)
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Panel discussion
English
Conference
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