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Egor Dementev
ICIS
Speaker / Panellist
Egor leads the ICIS team of plastics recycling analysts for the EMEA region, researching and analysing markets across the region. His main responsibilities include analysing supply chains, regulations and policies relating to sustainability and recycling, assessing key industry initiatives and their impact on demand for recycled polymers, and forecasting prices. He also co-develops and expands the ICIS Recycling Supply Trackers for mechanical and chemical recycling, which aim to bring transparency to plastics recycling markets and support customers in sourcing secondary raw materials. Before joining ICIS, he worked in the petrochemical industry, focusing on strategic development and sustainability.
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Dr Andrzej Gantner
PFPŻ ZP
Panellist
Vice-President of the Management Board and Director General of the Polish Federation of Food Industry Union of Employers; Editor-in-Chief of the Food-Lex quarterly; member of the Council of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers; and member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Commerce. He represents PFPŻ ZP in FoodDrinkEurope, Europe’s largest food industry organisation. For more than 25 years, he has worked in the food economy in management, marketing, public relations and corporate social responsibility. Author of numerous publications and analyses on the food market and food economy.
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Michał Malka
Ela Folie
Speaker
Chief Technologist at Ela Wyrób Folii i Opakowań, specialising in plastics processing through multilayer polyethylene blown-film extrusion and in the design of packaging structures using established, upgraded and modern technologies. A graduate of the Faculty of Production Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, he is also pursuing an industrial doctorate at the university’s Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering. A practitioner who combines academic knowledge with hands-on industrial experience gained directly on production floors and at customers’ facilities. His professional and research work focuses on developing low-emission monomaterial polyethylene structures designed for mechanical recycling, supporting the circular economy and enabling recyclates to be reused in the same processes.
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Adriana Coppola
LYB
Speaker
Application and Product Development Engineer in the Circular and Low Carbon Solutions (CLCS) division at LyondellBasell, where she connects customer needs, application development and manufacturing capabilities to bring mechanical recycling solutions to market for rigid packaging, household goods and consumer products. With five years at LYB, including four in CLCS, she collaborates across the value chain to develop, test and commercialise innovations based on recycled polymers. Adriana holds a degree in chemical engineering. She previously worked in Technical Service and Product Development for olefins and polyolefins, supporting the medical sector, caps and closures, and applications based on virgin polypropylene (PP).
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Christel Marec
LYB
Speaker
Product Marketing Manager for Circular and Low-Carbon Solutions at LYB, where she drives cross-functional dialogue and translates customer needs into tangible circular projects, including through active collaboration with Western European packaging companies. With more than 15 years of experience across the refining, petrochemical, chemical and polymer sectors, she combines deep technical expertise with commercial acumen to accelerate the adoption of rPP/rPE and mass-balance solutions in real-world market applications.
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Jasper de Kruif
BOPS
Speaker
Since August 2025, Jasper de Kruif has served as President of the Management Board of Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż and as a Member of the Management Board and Sales Director at Basell Orlen Polyolefins. Before that, Jasper spent 17 years at LyondellBasell, holding leadership positions in operations, marketing, commercial management and process engineering, including responsibility for a European cluster of HDPE production sites. Jasper holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Delft University of Technology, specialising in sustainable processes and energy technologies.
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Izabela Jaskólska
BOPS
Moderator
Marketing Director at Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż, with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and business development in the FMCG, pharmaceutical, fuel and petrochemical sectors. She is responsible for developing the market strategy and product portfolio, with a focus on innovation and sustainable development in the plastics sector.
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Katarzyna Śliwa
Ergodesign
Speaker
President of Ergodesign, a consultancy and design studio. Previously a project leader, strategist and adviser. She has completed business studies in innovation management and management-system design, as well as sustainability and the transition to a circular economy. For the past 10 years, she has been transforming Ergodesign into an open hub that advises organisations on how to embark on their sustainability and innovation journey and designs and prototypes solutions for the future. Her key areas of interest and expertise are creative business consulting, innovation development and management processes, and design for the circular economy.
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Tomasz Listoś
BOPS
Speaker
He has been with the Basell Orlen Polyolefins Group since 2003. He currently serves as Business Development and Technical Service Manager for the injection moulding and extrusion segment. He works with leading customers in the rigid packaging and household goods segments. He is also actively involved in developing and launching new polyolefin grades for these segments, particularly polypropylene grades, in line with customer requirements and market trends in sustainability and the circular economy.
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Anna Góral
BOPS
Host
As Senior Customer Service Manager, she heads Customer Service at Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaż Sp. z o.o. With more than 20 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, she combines expertise in customer service, procurement, commercial processes and contract management. She champions a customer-centric approach, helping to build a customer-focused organisation and lasting business relationships. She was also responsible for designing and implementing the sales process for circular products, supporting the delivery of the company’s sustainability objectives.
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Paweł Maćkowiak
BOPS
Speaker
Business Development and Technical Service Engineer at Basell Orlen Polyolefins, responsible for the film and injection moulding segments. He graduated in Chemical Technology from the Silesian University of Technology and completed postgraduate studies in Plastics Processing at Częstochowa University of Technology. He gained his professional experience in industry, working in technology departments involved in the production of PE, PET and PP films, ISBM technology and the printing industry, where he specialised in lamination. By combining practical process knowledge with materials expertise, he effectively supports customers in raw material selection, formulation development and the creation of new solutions for the plastics and packaging market. He has been with BOPS for more than four years, where he is responsible for business development in the film and injection moulding segments, combining technical consultancy with hands-on support for customers implementing new projects and innovative material solutions. He has a particular interest in monomaterial structures for the flexible packaging market, enabling the design of packaging that meets both functional and recyclability requirements while supporting the development of a circular economy.
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Piotr Zimolzak
SW Research
Speaker
Piotr Zimolzak is a sociologist and mathematician by training. He has worked in marketing research for nearly 20 years. Since 2011, he has been a co-founder and Vice-President of SW Research, a research agency and leader in online research on the Polish market. He has independently led or supervised more than 2,000 research projects, mainly in brand and advertising research, health and social issues. He specialises in designing research processes, samples and tools. He has created training programmes for researchers and analysts, as well as university courses on selected data-analysis methods in marketing research.
For the past six years, he has led the recurring “EKObarometr — on the road to a green society” project, the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of data on consumer awareness, attitudes and behaviour in relation to ecology and the natural environment.
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Dominik Dyndał
BOPS
Speaker
Business Development and Technical Service Engineer at the Basell Orlen Polyolefins Group, responsible for developing packaging applications in thermoforming and blow-moulding technologies, as well as fibre and textile applications. He has worked in plastics processing for almost a decade, gaining experience in management positions in production.
He holds a master’s degree in Chemical Technology from the Faculty of Chemistry at Rzeszów University of Technology and completed postgraduate studies in plastics processing at Częstochowa University of Technology. In his work, he combines in-depth technological expertise with a business-oriented approach to challenges related to the circular economy.
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Artur R. Skonieczny
Grupa Plast-Box
Speaker
Member of the Management Board and Commercial and Sustainability Director of the Plast-Box Group. He has been with the company for more than 25 years, helping to shape its strategy and playing an active role in the Group’s dynamic growth in export markets. For the past two years, he has been responsible for sustainability and ESG activities.
Ezzog
Flexible packaging expert
Speaker
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FMCG industry expert
Speaker
EwrSH
Retail expert
Speaker / Panellist
Edpios
Plastics converting and rigid packaging expert
Panellist
Ebogitd
Flexible packaging and printing technology expert
Panellist
Edtipfelr
Film technology and converting expert, European market leader
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