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PVC4CABLES CONFERENCE: PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Moderated by Peter Mapleston

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09:00 - 9:30

Registration of participants and welcome coffee

09:30 - 09:40

Opening and Country Welcome | Carlo Ciotti - Spokesperson, PVC4Cables

Session 1:
MARKET AND PERFORMANCES
09:40 - 10:00

Market Update | Paolo Arcelli - Director, Plastic Consult

10:00 - 10:15

Standardisation Review | Roland Dewitt - Manager, ACCIPIS

10:15 - 11:30

Review of Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

Current Status

History & Activities for CPR Revision about Smoke Acidity |Silvio Messa - Research Director, L.S. Fire

Smoke Acidity Tests and Results | Gianluca Sarti - R&D Manager, Reagens

Discussion with Q&A - Gianluca Sarti, Marco Piana Director, PVC Forum Italia and Silvio Messa,  

11:30 - 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 - 12:00

VinylPlus® Product Label and Supplier Certificates for Compounders | Vincent Stone - Technical and Environmental Affairs Senior Manager, VinylPlus®

12:00 - 12:30

How to Apply the Additive Sustainability Footprint (ASF®) Methodology to Key Additives in Cables Ettore Nanni - Chair of the Sustainable Use of Additives Committee, VinylPlus®

12:30 - 14:00

Networking lunch

Session 2:
INNOVATION: SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
14:00 - 14:30

Innovations in Cables 

Introduction| Carlo Ciotti - Spokesperson, PVC4Cables

 New Resins and New Eco-Friendly Additives for Fire Safe PVC Cables Compounds| Camillo Cardelli - Senior Technologist, I-Pool and University of Pisa 

Requirements for PVC Jackets for Charger Cables in Electric Vehicles | Laura Mazzocchetti - Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna

14:30 - 15:30

Comparative Testing of PVC Cables and Halogen-Free Cables Regarding Gas Emission Toxicity | Camillo Cardelli - Senior Technologist, I-Pool

Toxicity of Smoke in the New Standards on Cables | Luca Ermini - Technical Director, LAPI Laboratories

Followed by a Q&A session

15:30 - 16:00

Coffe break

16:00 - 16:15

PVC Cables Recycling in Europe: Today and Tomorrow | Daniele Redaelli - Italian Regional Representative,  Recovinyl®

16:15 - 16:40

Cost Benefit Analysis on Cable Recycling | Alessandro Marangoni - Chief Executive Officer, Althesys

16:40 - 16:50

Closing Remarks | Peter Mapleston, Moderator

16:50 - 17:00

Looking Ahead | Zdenek Hruska - Project Leader, PVC4Cables

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