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14 OCTOBER 2024
15 OCTOBER 2024
3:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Task Force meetings / Interest Group meetings

Confirmed meetings :

15:00  17:00  Meeting Steering Committee Landscape Turf Producers (Committee members only)

16:00 – 17:00  Meeting Interest Group Water Management

17:00 18:00  Meeting Interest Group Shockpad

Invitations for these will be sent separately.   Please note that not all the groups will be organising a meeting.  More info to follow soon.

 

 

7:00 PM — 10:30 PM
Networking Event

This includes a buffet dinner, open bar and entertainment (beer tasting)

8:30 AM — 9:00 AM
Welcome Coffee & Registration
9:00 AM — 9:15 AM
Welcome and Introduction

Stefan Diderich, ESTC

Session I : PEFCR Project - Getting ready for Implementation 

9:15 AM — 10:00 AM
PEFCR Project - Next Steps
  • General Update : Alastair Cox, ESTC
  • Software Tool : Marisa Vieira, Pré
  • Verification & Validation of PEF results : Wouter van Kootwijk, Ecomatters
  • Cost & Implementation : Stefan Diderich, ESTC
10:00 AM — 10:30 AM
Sustainable Sports Infrastructure
  • Certification of sports facilities in the Netherlands
  • First steps towards sustainable sports facilities
  • Sustainability level

Wilko Zuidema, NOC*NSF

10:30 AM — 11:00 AM
Coffee break and networking
11:00 AM — 11:30 AM
Update from the Scale Up Project in the Cities of Amsterdam and Haarlem
  • Current phase of the project
  • Opportunities & Challenges
  • Objectives

Emily Even, City of Amsterdam

11:30 AM — 12:00 PM
EU Green Claims Directive - Impact for the Industry
  • Tackling greenwashing is important to allow consumers make more sustainable choices and support more sustainable business. 
  • This presentation will discuss the upcoming rules to protect consumers and companies from greenwashing with a focus on updates on the Commission proposal for a Green Claims Directive.
     

Malgorzata Golebiewska, European Commission

12:00 PM — 12:30 PM
Working together for Circular Solutions for end of life Synthetic Turf
  • Introduction to Carpet Recycling UK
  • Current state of the recycling and treatment in the Uk
  • Collaborating and working together across all flooring sectors

Adnan Zeb-Khan, Carpet Recycling UK 

12:30 PM — 2:00 PM
Networking Lunch
2:00 PM — 2:30 PM
Shaping the Future of Synthetic Turf: Key Regulatory Trends in Europe and the Middle East
  • EU Regulation meets Synthetic Turf: Navigating the regulatory maze and exploring the spectrum of challenges and opportunities for business and society
  • The UK – direction of key regulatory trends
  • Synthetic Turf in the Middle East: A perspective on regulatory trends with focus on UAE and Saudi Arabia

Christoph Katz, EPPA 

2:30 PM — 2:40 PM
ESTC Research on Yarn Durability - Task Force Update

Colin Young, Chair Task Force Yarn Wear 

2:40 PM — 2:50 PM
Lab Based Yarn Wear Measurements Using the Lisport XL

Jorge Fernando García UnanuUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha

2:50 PM — 3:20 PM
Yarn Durability – first results of field testing

Gert-Jan Kieft, Kiwa ISA Sport 

 

3:20 PM — 3:40 PM
How to ensure fibre debris does not become a source of microplastic pollution - the critical role of maintenance
  • How can Synthetic turf cause environmental pollution
  • Is the synthetic turf fibre debris threatening the environment 
  • Maintenance as the solution for avoiding infill migration and fiber debris on synthetic turf pitches

Alex Bobeica, SMG 

3:40 PM — 3:55 PM
Technical Update – CEN

Alastair Cox, ESTC

3:55 PM — 4:10 PM
Update from the Interest Groups & Task Forces

Eric O'Donnell (Sports Labs), Knowledge Pillar Leader

Updates by the Interest Group and Task Force Chairs 

4:10 PM — 4:40 PM
Coffee break and networking

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