| Wednesday, 24 September 2008 |
 |
| 14.00 – 17.30 H | Pre-Conference Meetings
(on special invitation only) |
| 14.00 – 17.30 H | Social Programme
(reservation necessary) |
| 19.00 – 22.00 H | Welcome Reception at the Grand Hotel Esplanade
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| Thursday, 25 September 2008 |
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| 09.00 - 12.30 H
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PLENARY SESSION: |
| Tapping unused potentials |
| 09.00 – 09.20 | Welcome address and introduction
Jan van der Meulen, Managing Director, CEPE |
| 09.20 – 10.00 H | Cultural Intelligence: Helping you to manoeuvre through the do’s and don’t’s in global business
Dr. Ursina Boehm, Founder, Cross Cultural Competence |
| 10.00 – 10.40 H | Russia, an attractive country for European paint manufacturers?
Bail out market potentials
Olga Andrutskaya, General Director, Paint-Media Ltd. |
10.40 – 11.10 H |
Coffee Break & Time to Network
|
| 11.10 – 11.50 H | Enabling Technologies for the Coatings Industry:
Sustainability is Profitability
Dr. Cheryl Martin, Vice President and General Manager, Paint and
Coatings Materials Europe Middle East and Africa, Rohm and Haas |
| 11.50 – 12.30 H | Benchmarking for European paint and coatings manufacturers
what characterizes an innovative company?
Dr. Rudolf Dömötör, Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation,
University of Vienna
|
12.30 – 14.00 H |
Lunch Break & Time to Network |
PARALLEL SESSIONS: |
| 14.00 - 17.00 H
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SESSION 1:
Decorative Coatings Session
Chairman: Kees Kuijken, Akzo Nobel |
| 14.00 – 14.30 H | Introduction by EU sector group |
| 14.30 – 15.00 H | 2010 – perspectives for SMEs
Giorgio Rupnik, CEO, Boero Group |
15.00 - 15.30 H |
Coffee break & Time to Network
|
| 15.30 – 16.00 H | Today and tomorrow: plaster and décor in Europe, USA, Asia
Dr. Hans Klein, Head of Corporate Databasemanagement, Sto AG |
| 16.00 – 16.30 H | Face the highly competitive market: innovative decorative and
architectural coatings
Markku Immonen, Vice President Deco International, Tikkurila Oy
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| 14.00 – 17.00 H
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SESSION 2:
Industrial Coatings
Chairman: Peter Rieck, Sonneborn & Rieck |
| 14.00 – 14.30 H | Introduction by EU sector group |
| 14.30 – 15.00 H | Promise or green-wash: Do solvent free systems really protect the environment?
Dr. Claudio Magagnoli, R&D Manager Wood Coatings, Akzo Nobel Europe |
| 15.00 - 15.30 H |
Coffee break & Time to Network
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| 15.30 – 16.00 H | Protective coatings – what can they accomplish in the near future?
Malcolm Gaffing, Global Sales Director HPI & ISM UK,
Jotun A/S |
| 16.00 – 16.30 H | Ways to more innovation by identifying market trends and working
with partners
Erik Graversen, R&D New Technologies Manager, Hempel A/S |
| 16.30 – 17.00 H | Coating’s rival: the foil – risks only or also prospects?
Dr. Karl Dössel, Strategic Technology and Global Product Manager,
DuPont Performance Coatings
|
| 14.00 – 17.00 H
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SESSION 3:
Nanotechnology / Functional coatings
Chairman: Michael Bross, Director German Paint Industry Association (VdL) |
| 14.00 – 14.30 H | Introduction by EU sector group
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| 14.30 – 15.00 H | With new technology to new applications – overview on the market
Gulsen Celiker, R&D Coordinator, Yasar Paint and Chemicals Group |
15.00 – 15.30 H |
Coffee break & Time to Network
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| 15.30 – 16.00 H | Buying “nano” – What do consumers want to know and what
should a paint manufacturer has to know to give right answers
(trust building)
Dr. Rolf Buschmann, Consumer Advice Centre Northrhine-Westfalia |
| 16.00 – 16.30 H | “Nano” – only hype or true innovative technology?
Corné Rentrop, TNO Science and Industry
|
19.00 – 22.30 H |
CEPE Night
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| Friday, 26 September 2008 |
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| 09.30 - 12.30 H | CEPE General Assembly (members only) |
| 09.30 - 12.30 H | Social Programme |
| 12.30 - 14.00 H | Closure Lunch |
| 14.00 - 16.00 h | Post-Conference Meetings (on special invitation only) |
| 14.30 - 16.30 h | Social Programme |
(subject to change) |
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