The EIGA Summit – Programme
Strong Roots, Bright Future.
Day 1: Wednesday 25 January 2023
| 08:00 | Registration and Welcome coffee | |||
| 08:30 | Administration | |||
| OPENING AND INTRODUCTION | ||||
| 08:35 | Opening | Pascal Vinet | EIGA President | CV |
| 08:40 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Herman Van Rompuy | President of the European Council Emeritus | CV |
| 09:25 | Introduction to the programme |
Stefania Mariani |
SOC Chair (Seminar Organising Committee) | CV |
| SESSION 1 - GOING TO WORK: TRANSPORT | ||||
| 09:30 | Improving Behavioural Safety with drivers |
Graham Hall |
European Logistics Manager | CV |
| 09:45 | Road safety - What could be the next steps? |
Yves Engler |
Group Road Safety Program Director | CV |
| 10:00 | Driver's training: digitalization |
Stewart Edgar |
Senior Manager Transport Operations Safety EMEA Region | CV |
|
Roger Wilkinson |
Head of Deliver, PGP | CV | ||
| 10:15 | Q&A | |||
| 10:25 | Coffee break | |||
| SESSION 2 - LUNCH TIME: FOOD GASES | ||||
| 10:55 | Food gases: regulations and applications |
Lorenzo DeLorenzi |
Senior Product Manager | CV |
| 11:10 | Sustainability in food manufacturing |
Stig Are Karlsen |
Head of Market Development | CV |
| 11:30 | The food of the future - biodiversity |
Frauke Fischer |
Owner | CV |
| 11:55 | Q&A | |||
| 12:05 | Lunch | |||
| SESSION 3 - VISITING CUSTOMER: HOSPITALS | ||||
| 13:20 | Development of medicinal gases authorization from the perspective of an Authority: past, present and future |
Christa Wirthumer-Hoche |
Head of the Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency | CV |
| 13:35 | The gas industry: pandemic response in the world |
Andrea Fieschi |
Director | CV |
|
Rich Gottwald |
President and CEO | CV | ||
| 14:05 | Pandemic in hospitals: lessons learned |
Rigoberto Pérez |
Technical Director and co-Founder | CV |
|
José Miguel Alonso Íñigo |
Consultant Anesthesiologist | CV | ||
|
Salvador Díaz Lobato |
Medical Director | CV | ||
| 14:45 | The hospital of the future: challenges for the medical gases industry |
Nicole Vink van Kimmenade |
Board member of the EAHP | CV |
| 15:00 | Q&A | |||
| 15:10 | Coffee break | |||
| SESSION 4 - VISIT CUSTOMER: INDUSTRY | ||||
| 15:50 | The metal fabrication market: from the dawn of technology to the present day and beyond |
Claudio Bani |
Bulk Gases Sourcing and Distribution Director | CV |
|
Nicola Sala |
Metal Fabrication Market Specialist | CV | ||
| 16:05 | Pipelines in gas business, connecting the past with the future |
Johan Desmet |
Business Director Nippon Gases BNF | CV |
|
Cristina Ballester Herrera |
Vice President Large Industries Europe | CV | ||
| 16:30 | Future of gases in additive manufacturing |
Amagoia Paskual |
CEO | CV |
|
Simon Jahn |
CEO | CV | ||
|
Javier Díaz |
CEO and Founder | CV | ||
|
Joachim Kasemann |
Managing Director | CV | ||
| 17:00 | Q&A | |||
| 17:10 | End of first day | |||
| For those who registered to the Summit Dinner at Zoo Antwerp (see final confirmation) | ||||
| 19:15 | Meeting in the lobby | |||
| 19:20 | Group departure | |||
| 19:30-22:00 |
Summit Dinner at Zoo Antwerp (2-minutes walk from Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel: just cross the main square in the direction of the Antwerp Central Station. The Zoo main entrance is located left to Antwerp Central Station when coming from Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel Entrance via the Zoo main gate (Koningin Astridplein, Antwerp) Cocktail: Darwin Hall (1st - Floor) |
|||
Day 2: Thursday 26 January 2023
| 08:00 | Welcome coffee | |||
| SESSION 5 - WORKING IN A GAS MANUFACTURING SITE | ||||
| 08:30 | Industrial safety - Seveso legislation including history |
Christina Fry |
Behavioural Safety and Empowerment Lead | CV |
| 08:45 | Oxygen safety - Developement, incidents, materials, EIGA database |
Nikos Larass |
Project Director - Process Safety | CV |
| 09:00 | Hydrogen high pressure car fueling systems - Safety aspects |
Georg Siebert |
Head of Documentation QM/QS | CV |
| 09:15 | No gases, no chips! |
Franck Slootman |
Electronic World Business Line Industrial manager | CV |
| 09:30 | Future trends in raw materials availability |
Erwin Raue |
CV | |
|
Nicole Kambeck |
Director Circular Economy | CV | ||
| 09:50 | Q&A | |||
| 10:00 | Coffee break | |||
| SESSION 6 - AT HOME: NEW TREND IN FUTURE WORK | ||||
| 10:30 | Homecare history |
Claudio Garbellini |
General Manager Home Care Division | CV |
| 10:45 | Pandemic at home: lessons learned |
David Castillo |
Director of the Ethics and Compliance Unit at Fenin | CV |
|
Maria João Vitorino |
President of APCSD | CV | ||
|
Marco Proietti |
Business Manager in Home Medicine | CV | ||
| 11:15 | Gender equality and diversity plan |
Diana Buss |
Senior Vice President - Corporate Communications | CV |
| 11:30 | Aging population and chronic disease |
Jan Stolk |
Associate Professor and Chest Physician | CV |
| 11:45 | Q&A | |||
| 11:55 | Lunch | |||
| SESSION 7 - LOOKING AT THE FUTURE: ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||||
| 13:25 | The ever growing impact of regulation on our business: crossing the environmental and energy perspectives |
Nicolas Nguyen Van |
Regulatory and Process Risk Management Director | CV |
|
Marc Coekelberghs |
Director Energy Strategy and Risks | CV | ||
| 13:55 | CO2, the ultimate feedstock |
Mario Čurčić |
Company Manager SKS, Head of Heat, Green Gas Lead | CV |
| 14:15 | Q&A | |||
| 14:25 | Working with the strengths of industrial gas companies (IGCs) to contribute developing the best new hydrogen ecosystem |
Andrei Tchouvelev |
Hydrogen Council Safety / Regulatory Director | CV |
|
Guy de Réals |
Hydrogen Regulations Codes & Standards Manager | CV | ||
|
Benoit Poulet |
Hydrogen - OEM Technical Interface Manager | CV | ||
| 15:00 | Role of EIGA |
Philippe Cornille |
General Secretary | CV |
| 15:10 | Closure of the meeting |
Stefania Mariani |
SOC Chair (Seminar Organising Committee) | CV |
| 15:15 | End of the Summit | |||
