The blue way
Blue Economy – Blue Chemistry – Blue Competence
fourthbluesign® conference
SUNday
July 12
2015
20:00
07:30 Registration & Coffee
08:45 Welcome 1st day and information
Peter Waeber, bluesign technologies ag, Switzerland
Phil Hadridge, Moderator, iDENK, UK
08:55 Keynote
Changing The Rules Of The Game
Prof. Dr. Gunter Pauli, Author, Activist and Entrepreneur, ZERI Institute, South Africa
09:35 Q&A
09:45 Introduction - The resource productivity challenge of the textile supply chain
Peter Waeber, CEO, bluesign technologies
10:00 Live press conference - A revolutionary approach from bluesign technologies in collaboration with the leading innovators from the chemicals industry to bring resource
productivity to the next level. Made possible by a new on-line tool which combines input
streams for clean chemistry and textile process optimization.
Alexander Wessels, CEO, Archroma; Eric Hopmann, CEO, DyStar; Paul Hulme, President,
Huntsman Textile Effects; Peter Waeber, CEO, bluesign technologies
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Less is more – crossing limitations with advanced materials chemistry
Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner, Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry II, University Bayreuth
11:25 INSQIN Waterborne PU: Addressing the sustainability challenges of a key material
in our industry
Nick Smith, Vice President Global Head of Textiles, Bayer Material Science, China
11:50 Sustainable use of textile auxiliaries and dyes in the surrounding of legal
requirements and market needs
Andreas Bayer, Head of Product Safety, CHT, Germany
12:15 Q&A
12:30 Lunch
13:45 How to achieve more with less – The blue-competence initiative in practice
Regina Brückner, CEO, BRÜCKNER Trockentechnik GmbH & Co KG, Germany, Chairperson
of VDMA Textile Machinery Association, Germany
14:10 Eco-€co approach for a sustainable yarn dyeing plant
Mauro Fassi, Sales Manager, Loris Bellini SRL, Italy
14:35 Workshop resource productivity
14:35 Workshop resource productivity
14:35 Workshop resource productivity
14:35 Workshop resource productivity
15:15 Coffee Break
15:45 Talking strategy: How companies in the apparel industry can use the power of finance
to raise sustainability standards AND increase competitiveness
Dr. Maximilian Martin, Founder & Global Managing Director of Impact Economy and
Founder of Apparel Innovation Consortium (AIC), Switzerland
16:10 Sustainable resource use and the role of the financial system
Dr. Alois M. Flatz, Partner, Zouk Capital LLP, UK, Co-Founder Dow Jones Sustainability Index
16:35 Q&A
16:45 Closing first day and information
Phil Hadridge, Moderator, iDENK, UK
17:00 Event «Appenzell»
18:00 Apero
20:00 Dinner
23:00 Back in St.Gallen
Monday
July 13
2015
Einstein Entrance
Plenum Room Einstein
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
Plenum Room Einstein
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
Plenum Room Einstein
Tuesday
July 14
2015
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
Plenum Room Einstein
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
07:30 Welcome Coffee
Plenum Room Einstein
08:30 Welcome 2nd day and information
Phil Hadridge, Moderator, iDENK, UK
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18:00 Get Together for bluesign® system partners
Registration, networking
Happy hour including museum visit
Textilmuseum St.Gallen
fourthbluesign® conference
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July 13/14, 2015, St.Gallen, Switzerland
08:40 Keynote
Giving Nature A Voice
David de Rothschild, USA, Adventurer and environmental storyteller,
Founder of The Lost Explorer
9:20
Q&A
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
9:30
Coffee Break
Plenum Room Einstein
10:00 Business Sustainability: On the way to true sustainability?
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick, University Delegate for Responsibility and Sustainability,
Director Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St.Gallen
10:25
Resource Efficiency in the Supply Chain
Stefan D. Seidel, Global Teamhead Environmental Affairs, Puma SE, Germany
11:15
Seeking Brand confidence through supply chain assurance
David Labistour, CEO, MEC, Canada
11:40
Driving change in global supply chains
Frank Henke, Global Director Social & Environmental Affairs, adidas Group, Germany
12:05
Q&A
12:15
Beaches. Airplanes. Freedom - and the Formula to Change your Life and the World!
Bruno Poirier, Founder Lift-Up Productions, Switzerland
12:40
Closing of bluesign® conference
Phil Hadridge, iDENK, UK, Peter Waeber, bluesign technologies ag
Einstein Foyer/Galerie
13:00
Lunch
Plenum Room Einstein
13:00
News and Information about the bluesign® system
Postersessions
Optional: Individual meetings with bluesign employees by appointment
Transfer
Individual walk
from hotel to
«Einstein» (Conference Venue)
Dinner
Conference Venue
A E
instein St.Gallen –
Hotel Congress Spa
Berneggstrasse 2
9000 St.Gallen
www.einstein.ch/en/congress.html
Accommodation
& map
A Hotel Einstein ****
(at the conference venue)
Berneggstrasse 2
9000 St. Gallen
T +41 71 227 55 55
hotel@einstein.ch
www.einstein.ch
Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte
Ziegeleistrasse 14
9050 Appenzell
b Hotel Dom ***
d Sorell Hotel City Weissenstein ***
c Radisson Blu Hotel ****
e Hotel Metropol ***
(200 m walking distance)
Webergasse 22
CH-9000 St.Gallen
T +41 (0)71 227 71 71
F +41 (0)71 227 71 72
info@hoteldom.ch
www.hoteldom.ch
a Hotel Walhalla ****
(600 m walking distance)
Bahnhofplatz / Poststrasse 27
CH-9001 St.Gallen
T +41 (0)71 228 28 00
F +41 (0)71 228 28 90
walhalla@bestwestern.ch
www.bestwestern-walhalla.ch
(1300 m walking distance)
St.Jakob-Strasse 55
CH-9000 St.Gallen
T +41 (0)71 242 12 12
F +41 (0)71 242 12 00
reservations.stgallen@radissonblu.com
www.radissonblu.com
(600 m walking distance)
Davidstrasse 22–24
9000 St. Gallen
T +41 71 228 06 28
F +41 71 228 06 30
info@cityweissenstein.ch
www.cityweissenstein.ch
(600 m walking distance)
Bahnhofplatz 3
9001 St.Gallen
T +41 71 228 32 32
F +41 71 228 32 00
info@hotel-metropol.ch
www.hotel-metropol.ch
f Hotel Vadian **
c
a
e
b
f
A
d
(200 m walking distance)
Gallusstrasse 36
9000 St.Gallen
T +41 71 228 18 78
F +41 71 228 18 79
info@hotel-vadian.com
www.hotel-vadian.com
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Information
16:00 Closing of Event
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10:50 One company’s journey to be more responsible
Donna Carpenter, President, Burton Snowboards, USA