No Time To Waste!
Synergies and strategies to tackle waste crime.
Venue: Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rue Montoyer / Montoyerstraat 47, Brussels, Belgium
23 November 2017
BLOCKWASTE and DOTCOM Waste are delighted to announce details of their Final Conference. Illegal management and trade of waste cause significant damage to the environment, undermine the health of millions of people and distort fair competition. This interactive conference, brought to you by the BLOCKWASTE and DOTCOM Waste projects, will present the main results of the two Internal Security Fund financed projects on illegal waste management and transport followed by a roundtable discussion with contributions from experts.
Participants: Professionals and decision makers involved in targeting waste crime such as regulators including EC representatives and European Parliament members,environmental authorities, law enforcement agencies, other stakeholders and researchers.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Morning Session
8.30–9.30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE / POSTER SESSION
9.30–9.40 Introductory Remarks – Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia, DOTCOM Waste and Terhi Kankaanranta, BlockWaste
9.40–10.15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS –
Marina de Gier, Chair of the IMPEL Working Group of TFS
David Ellero, Business Manager, O2-B Operations Economic Property and Crime unit, EUROPOL
10.15–11.20 HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE: RECENT EU COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderators: Peter Wessman, DG Environment and Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia, DOTCOM Waste
Panelists:
Howard McCann, ENPE
Prof. Luc Lavrysen, EUFJE
Marina de Gier, IMPEL
Ioana Botezatu, INTERPOL
David Ellero, EUROPOL
Hee Min, WCO
— Break —
11.35–12.35 UNDERSTANDING ILLEGAL WASTE TRADE: TODAY’S REALITY AND TOMORROW’S PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Howard McCann, ENPE and Ieva Rucevska, GRID Arendal
Joint presentation by BlockWaste and DOTCOM Waste
— Discussion —
12.35–13.35 LUNCH
Poster session (12.50-13.25)
Group photo (13.25)
Afternoon Session
13.30–14.30 PRACTICAL TOOLS TO COUNTER ILLEGAL WASTE TRADE
Moderators: Robert Murphy, DG TAXUD and Sangeeta Mohanty, DOTCOM Waste
Introduction by moderators
Joint presentation by DOTCOM Waste and BlockWaste
Discussion
14.40–14.55 COFFEE BREAK
14.55–16.35 FUTURE ACTIONS: PROPOSALS TO POLICY MAKERS ON PREVENTION AND DETECTION AND NEEDS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Moderator: Tatiana Terekhova, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat and Ernesto Savona, BlockWaste
Introduction by moderators
Presentation by DOTCOM Waste
Presentation by BlockWaste
Comments from Panelists
Discussion
16.30 – 16.45 CLOSING REMARKS
Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia, DOTCOM Waste and Jarmo Houtsonen, BlockWaste
17.00–18.30 COCKTAILS
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
The BLOCKWASTE and DOTCOM Waste projects have been funded by the European Commission Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs under Grant Agreement Number HOME/2014/ISFP/AG/EFCE/7205 and HOME/2014/ISFP/AG/EFCE/7199
