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Join Vioneo for a complimentary webinar with Packaging Europe on Thursday 5th June at 14:00 CEST. Can’t make the date? Sign up anyway to receive an on-demand copy after the event.
About the webinar
As global regulatory pressures mount to cut CO2 emissions and drive circularity, businesses are seeking sustainable solutions. Recycling alone cannot solve the problem, as virgin polymers are still essential for maintaining quality and meeting safety requirements in industries such as medical, food, and automotive.
That’s where Vioneo comes in: we provide fossil-free, traceable, and certified polymers at scale, offering a groundbreaking alternative to traditional plastics.
Learning Objectives
- Discover new insights from a forthcoming study on fossil free plastics and Europe’s clean industrial transition.
- Understand why recycling alone won’t meet future climate and circularity targets.
- Learn how fossil free polymers meet tough performance and compliance needs in sectors like food, medical, and automotive.
- See how fossil free plastics can scale sustainably – without trade-offs on quality or traceability.
- Explore how leading-edge material solutions like Vioneo’s can support long-term risk reduction and policy readiness.
Katja Wodjereck
Chief Commercial Officer
Vioneo
Katja Wodjereck is Chief Commercial Officer for Vioneo and leads Vioneo’s commercial strategy with a key focus on global business, partnerships and advocacy. Her career has been defined by her continued passion to leverage impact through innovation and technology to address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Katja Wodjereck held various leadership positions at Neste and Dow, as well as holding several board positions.
Ben Dixon
Partner and Head of Materials and Circular Economy
Systemiq
Ben is a Systemiq Partner and leader of its Materials and Circular Economy Platform. He works with industry, government and civil society to accelerate progress towards circular systems of industrial production and consumption that design out waste and pollution.
Ben started his career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company and then spent ten years in industry (Shell, BG Group, Queensland Curtis LNG) with deep experience of sustainability risk management and delivery of sustainability programs from the corporate centre to the front-line in more than twenty countries worldwide. His academic background is in environmental science and he holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London.
Hasso von Pogrell
Managing Director
European Bioplastics
Hasso von Pogrell is Managing Director of European Bioplastics since March 2009. Upon completion of his education in Portugal, the United States and Germany, Mr von Pogrell joined the German Industry Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronical Technologies in 1995, where he was responsible for public relations and economics.
After a two-year stint as General Manager at the Federal Association of the German Medium and Large Retail Industry and seven years as Head of Department for foreign affairs at the Association of the German Construction Industry, he has served as Director General for the Association of the German Sawmill Industry between 2007 and 2009. Mr von Pogrell holds a degree in Economics from the University of Cologne.
Rob Opsomer
Executive Lead Plastics and Finance
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Rob is a member of the Executive Leadership Team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, where he leads its Plastics and Finance initiatives, bringing together businesses, governments, and other stakeholders to drive action towards a circular economy. Before arriving at the Foundation, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. A software engineer by training, Rob also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Tim Sykes
Brand Director
Packaging Europe
Tim is brand director at Packaging Europe, where he has led content development for 15 years. He has wide interests around innovation in packaging technology and its impacts on the environment, consumer experience, supply chain efficiencies, etc. Tim is the founder and organiser of the Sustainability Awards, which has established itself as the leading global competition focused on sustainable packaging innovation.
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