Building on the success of ATMOsphere 2010, we are very pleased to officially announce this year's edition of the ATMOsphere! This will be the 3rd time that we organise this international and interactive workshop on Natural Refrigerants. Please save the following date:
Tue, 11 - Wed, 12 October, Brussels (Sofitel Brussels Europe)ATMOsphere 2010 results
ATMOsphere 2010 brought together 170 participants from 30 countries to help answer one simple question: HOW to bring natural refrigerants faster to market? All main stakeholders sat together in interactive workshop groups to discuss what policy and industry can do to support the use of carbon dioxide, ammonia and hydrocarbons as refrigerants in developed and developing countries. The results were put together in the ATMOsphere 2010 report and it was downloaded over 1000 times and distributed to hundreds of decision makers all around the globe. Just in case you have not read it yet: download ATMOsphere 2010 report
Why ATMOsphere Europe 2011?
This year presentations, discussions and topics will have a clear focus on Europe to ensure even higher outcome and more concrete results. Europe is still the leader in natural refrigerant technology - innovations, new regulations and visionary projects are born here. We want to use this energy and potential to bring together all the smart brains from industry and policy to discuss strategies and concepts to bring natural refrigerants faster to Europe and beyond and also prove the business case for natural refrigerants. Hence, the name ATMOsphere Europe 2011.
Programme
The ATMOsphere Europe 2011 programme will be a unique mix of European policy sessions, end-user panels and technology case studies. More concretely, this includes:
- Policy session about F-gases and direct emissions
- Policy session about Ecodesign Directive and indirect emissions
- EU Post Kyoto position
- Panel debate with main European retailers
- Panel debate with International consumer brands
- 2 technology case study sessions
- Round table discussions in groups (F-Gas, Ecodesign, retailer and consumer brands panel)
- Reception and networking dinner
ATMOsphere is an interactive workshop that brings industry and policy on one table to discuss what needs to be done on both sides to increase the use of natural refrigerants for different applications. To cater for this need, we will have in addition:
- More time for networking, including networking meeting rooms to set up individual meetings
- Online ATMOsphere community as a discussion forum before, during and after event
- Realtime phone polling
- More interactivity with targeted discussion questions
- Moderated workshop discussions in groups of 10; preselected to ensure balanced distribution of policy, suppliers, retailers, associations and NGOs
- ATMOsphere report with 10-point action plan published after the event
The new ATMOsphere Europe 2011 website with the programme will be launched in May. Registration will open in May with early bird rates available for the first registrants. We will keep you posted on all new developments.
Sponsorship
If you like to position your company as a driving force for natural refrigerants, exhibit on site and enjoy many other sponsorship benefits - contact us and get more information at info@ATMOsphereEurope.com.
