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Confirmed speakers as of 13 March 2026

1. THE CIRCULAR PLASTICS MARKET IN LATIN AMERICA: REGULATION, PRICES, AND BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS
   - Current Market Dynamics: Demand fundamentals and pricing behavior
   - Policy and Regulation as Market Drivers: Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia
   - Forward-Looking Perspectives: How the new regulatory landscape reshapes the market
   Tais Marcon Bett, Director
   MaxiQuim
   
   
2. CHALLENGES FACING LOCAL PET & RPET PRODUCER
   - Strategic importance of local PET and rPET producers.
   - Challenges of an industry at risk due to an open market with no import protection and oversupply.
   - The challenge for the recycling industry in Argentina, being the only South American country without rPET content regulations.
   Ing. Inés Magneres, Commercial Management
   Alpek Polyester Argentina
   
   
3. SECURING PCR AT SCALE: A PROCUREMENT-LED STRATEGY TO CLOSE THE LOOP IN LATIN AMERICA
   • Building resilient regional PCR supply chains
   • Managing price volatility, quality consistency & availability risks
   • Partnering across the value chain to unlock circular growth
   Agustina Sitler, Procurement Plastic Feedstock Senior Manager Latam
   Unilever
   
   
4. PANEL DISCUSSION : COLLABORATION ACROSS VALUE CHAIN TO UNLOCK CIRCUILARITY AT SCALE
   - Aligning costs, risks, and returns across brands, converters, recyclers,  and waste managers
   - Collaboration models to stabilise PCR supply, quality, and pricing in fragmented collection systems
   - Turning informal waste collection into a reliable, traceable, and socially inclusive supply chain
   - Making EPR schemes and regulations work through industry–government collaboration
   - What it really takes to move circular packaging from small projects to regional impact
   Panelists :
   o Nicolas Pell Richards, Director, Reciclar S.A.
   o Jose Luis Picone, Executive Director, CAIRPLAS
   o Ivan Marco, Snr Sustainability Manager, Dow
   
   
5. CLOSING THE LOOP ON PET PACKAGING IN URUGUAY: SCALING FOOD-GRADE RPET TO MEET RECYCLED CONTENT MANDATES
   - Uruguay’s PET & rPET market dynamics
   - Meeting food-grade rPET & recycled content mandates
   - Strengthening collection, sorting, and washing infrastructure to deliver high-quality feedstock
   - Addressing decontamination technologies, traceability, and approvals to ensure rPET meets food-contact standards while scaling volumes.
   - Aligning brand commitments, policy incentives, and long-term offtake agreements to make food-grade rPET investments bankable
   Cr. Alvaro Queijo, Director
   Envases Mercosur
   
   
   
6. LATEST DESIGN & INNOVATION TO ADDRESS CURRENT CHALLENGES IN COST, PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
   Mauricio Turcato, Product Development, Innovation and Business Development Manager - LATAM
   Amcor
   
   
7. TOPIC TO BE ADVISED
   Ederson Sotini, Application Sales Consultant – Bottle, Latin America
   Erema