BIR Releases Details on 2010 Autumn Round-Table Sessions

The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) hosts its 2010 Autumn Round-Table Sessions Oct. 25-26 in Brussels at the Sheraton Brussels Hotel & Towers.

According to the BIR, it is expecting from 800 to 1,200 businesspeople from 70 countries to attend. The association says the event offers excellent networking opportunities, analytical commodity information and market forecasts and updates on international legislation affecting recycling and trade.

The plenary sessions, such as the commodity division and committee meetings, are open to all registered delegates and simultaneous interpretation is offered in English, French and German. Italian and Spanish translation is also available, except for in the workshops.

The divisional boards’ meetings and the meetings of special organizing committees are restricted to the board and committee members, who will receive invitations from the BIR.

Among the sessions scheduled for Monday, Oct. 25, are the Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Round-Table plenary and trading session, the Nonferrous Metals Round-Table plenary and trading session, the Paper Round-Table plenary and trading session and the general assembly session.

Among the sessions scheduled for Oct. 26 are the Ferrous Round-Table plenary and trading session, the International Environment Council plenary session, the Plastics Round-Table plenary and trading session as well as the Tires Round-Table plenary and trading session.

A welcome reception, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, gives attendees the opportunity to network amid the classic cars found at the Autoworld Museum, which is located at the Cinquantenaire building. According to the BIR, “The Autoworld Museum, a splendid collection of old-timers, is located in one of [the Cinquantenaire] exhibition halls, which are an architectural delicacy in their own right. The design is a real glorification of the industrial accomplishments of the turn of the 19th century, with iron and glass as the main construction materials.”

The BIR continues, “The museum itself is really a ‘must’ for fanatics of old-timer cars. The more than 400 cars came mainly from the automobile collections of Ghislain Mahy and Charly De Pauw. Both Belgian and rare foreign cars are displayed, such as the Bentley 1928, the Bugatti 1930 and the Cord 1930.”

Complete information on the BIR 2010 Autumn Round-Table Sessions is available at www.bir.org/assets/conventions/brussels2010/downloads/001ProgrammeProvisoireUK.pdf.