The conference programme will be elaborated in the coming weeks. The following principles will guide its design and structuring.
SESSIONS
Particular attention will be given to grouping together contributors who may be interested in participating in the collective volume, in order to facilitate future exchanges and editorial collaboration. More broadly, the programme will promote interdisciplinarity by structuring sessions around shared objects of inquiry, such as institutional levels (European, national, local), policy instruments (e. g., DRS, EPR, PAYT), geographical areas, or specific waste streams and sectors. This approach aims to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue and to bridge analytical perspectives.
The programme may include a session specifically addressing North–South dynamics, highlighting both contextual similarities and structural asymmetries, while opening a critical perspective on eurocentrism in the analysis of waste governance.
Given the international scope of the conference, linguistic accessibility will be treated as a key principle. Ensuring high-quality linguistic mediation will be essential for meaningful exchanges. Where such conditions cannot be fully guaranteed, dedicated sessions may be organised for French-speaking participants, in order to preserve the quality of discussions and avoid placing contributors in difficulty. Linguistic mediation from French into English for oral presentations, particularly in the field of law, may exceptionally be provided upon request. Please let us know if needed.
PRACTITIONER PANELS
Two practitioner panels will be structured around the distinction between policy “shaping” and “implementing”. The programme will emphasise the strong interdependencies between these two dimensions, highlighting how implementation practices inform and transform policy design, and vice versa.
Beyond this analytical framework, the primary objective will be to bring together, around the same table, actors with potentially divergent or even conflicting interests, including public authorities, private sector representatives, and civil society organisations. By fostering direct dialogue between these stakeholders, the panels will aim to surface tensions, confront perspectives, and deepen the collective understanding of how waste policies are both designed and enacted in practice.
KEYNOTES
Keynote lectures will be conceived as structuring moments of the conference, ensuring a balance between academic and practitioner perspectives. The programme will seek to articulate complementary viewpoints between research and practice.
The academic keynote will aim to establish a shared foundation, providing both a rigorous scientific framework and common reference points to support interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. In turn, the practitioner keynote will focus on translating these reflections into action, offering concrete pathways for the implementation of ideas in public policies and waste governance across Europe.
Together, the introductory and concluding keynotes will frame the discussions of the conference, providing both critical distance and strategic insights into the evolving challenges of waste governance.
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