6^th International
FORS Conference

Speakers

Henk Jan Nix

For the European car dismantlers umbrella organisation EGARA, Henk Jan Nix is active from 2005 on and since 2007 as General secretary with good relations with EC, manufacturers and other parties. Based in the Netherlands, Henk Jan is a senior policy advisor for the Dutch dismantlers association Stiba and is involved since 1998. Henk Jan is Bsc in Environmental science.

Willy Tomboy

• Master degree in Economics and in Environmental Management.
• Worked 44 years in the automotive industry:  in Belgium, Germany, Canada, and in the USA – for General Motors Corporation (27 years) and for Toyota Motor Europe (17 years – as Director Environment & Corporate Social Responsibility).
• Worked for RECHARGE, the advance rechargeable & Lithium batteries association, on industrial batteries for electro-mobility 2013 – 2019.
• Working Group member of EU Commission program Batteries Europe, on second life batteries for stationary applications, and on Education & Skills Development.
• Member of the International Advisory Panel of the Australian Battery Stewardship Council.
• Moderate an ELV Forum on behalf of stakeholders in EU Member States who are involved in the implementation of the ELV Regulation, being some of them producer responsible organizations.

Adam Małyszko

Entrepreneur, highly recommended expert in Poland and abroad in the field of recycling of end-of-life vehicles and broadly understood waste management. Co-founder and for 19 years President of the FORS Car Recycling Forum Association. Active Member of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Scrap Economy. Member of Group 7 „Closed-loop economy – water, mining raw materials, waste” of the National Intelligent Specialization operating in the Ministry of Development and Technology. Initiator of many practical and legislative solutions in the field of vehicle recycling and other waste groups. Author of numerous industry articles published in Poland and abroad. Creator of the „ARES” dismantling station management system – Ambit Recycling System. Member of several Working Teams operating at the SME Ombudsman.
In 2024, awarded the Honorary Badge for services to the development of the economy of the Republic of Poland.

Kacper Winiarczyk

Currently Head of Central Supply & Poland GM at OVOKO, previously he held positions including CCO at dott (a bike rental service for minutes and an e-scooter network) and General Manager at Uber, where he was the first employee to introduce services to the Polish market over a decade ago.
Now, Ovoko is a Lithuanian startup that develops a marketplace that connects used car parts sellers from all over Europe with dealers, mechanics and enthusiasts. The company offers a catalog of over 25 million used car parts, provides fast shipping in Europe and handles order returns. Every month, it delivers and gives a second life to over 200,000 components to customers.

Agata Juzyk

A leader and expert with many years of experience in managing and supervising large innovation and investment projects. She headed R&D departments at KGHM Group for a decade, and developed a battery recycling plant at Eneris Group. She continues to advise companies on how to design and implement R&D strategies, innovation culture and run complex projects. For several years she has been active in the Forum for Social Initiatives Foundation, developing climate education models, building systems for managing explicit and tacit knowledge, training teachers and working with school principals.

Agnieszka Merkisz-Guranowska

Professor Agnieszka Merkisz-Guranowska is a member of the Central Council for Science and Higher Education for 2022-2025.
Director of the Institute at the Poznan University of Technology – Faculty of Construction and Transport.
Head of the Department of Transport Systems at the Institute of Machines and Motor Vehicles at the Faculty of Machines and Transport at the Poznan University of Technology.
She is also a member of the American society of engineers SAE International, the Polish Society of Ecological Vehicles, the Polish Scientific Society of Internal Combustion Engines, the Car Recycling Forum Association FORS and the Polish Scientific Recycling Association.
Her scientific interests focus on the organization of recycling networks for end-of-life vehicles and the modelling of sustainable transport systems. In the area of recycling, it’s covering the issues of shaping the recycling network for end-of-life means of transport, mainly motor vehicles, in particular modelling the recycling network, assessment of legal regulations and their impact on the functioning of the network, and economic and financial analysis of process participants.
In addition to the topics related to vehicle recycling, another scientific and research area being developed by prof. Merkisz-Guranowska are issues related to the development of transport systems on a micro, mezo and macro scale, taking into account ecological, social and economic aspects.
In total, the scientific achievements include over 150 publications, 10 patent applications and participation in 90 projects and research works carried out for the needs of science and industry.

Jaco Huisman

Jaco Huisman received the M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1999 and the Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Design, Construction and Production.
Since April 1, 2022, Mr. Jaco Huisman is the policy officer for End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) at the European Commission – DG Environment. In this capacity he coordinated the impact assessment and the drafting of the ELV Regulation proposal, adopted by the European Commission in July last year.
From 2018 to 2022 he worked as scientific officer on secondary raw materials at the European Commission Joint Research Center and was one of the lead authors of report on “Critical Raw Materials for Strategic Technologies and Sectors” and various support studies for the Battery Regulation.
Jaco has a background in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Design Engineering with over 20 years of experience in electronics recycling. Before joining the European Commission, he worked at United Nations University in Germany as a scientific advisor between 2006 and 2018 and was a part-time associate professor at Delft University of Technology and Leiden University in the same period. His research work includes roughly 120 recycling related publications. He was the scientific coordinator of several key European projects including the FP7 “Countering WEEE Illegal Trade” (CWIT) and the H2020 “Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban Mine” (ProSUM) projects.

Jakub Faryś

Jakub Faryś – President of the Polish Automotive Industry Association PZPM – the largest Polish organization of employers in the automotive industry, associating manufacturers and representatives of manufacturers of motor vehicles, motorcycles and scooters and body manufacturers in Poland.
He supports activities for the development and promotion of the Polish automotive sector, participates in the work of the government and parliamentary committees in giving opinions on the drafts of the most important legal acts concerning the automotive industry. Mr Faryś represents the interests of member companies in the bodies of the European Union, including the forum of the European Parliament and the European Commission. He participates in meetings of European industry organizations: ACEA (European Association of Vehicle Manufacturers), ACEM (European Motorcycle Manufacturers Association) and CLCCR – (European Association of Trailer and Semi-Trailer Manufacturers). He is the author of many publications in the economic and automotive press; a commentator on the problems of the industry and its environment.

Silvia Vecchione

Silvia is qualified lawyer with experience in EU public and government affairs, particularly in the environmental sector. Passionate about sustainability, resource efficiency, circular economy, she has a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry for more than 10 years. She has long experience steering best practices and industry’s association’s work. In her present role she oversees the legal analysis of product related environmental laws such as Directive on end-of-life vehicles, the eco-design requirements for sustainable products and the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan. In the past, she has been working on sustainability topics, consumer protection and competition law in international law firms as well as in state agencies and European institutions.

Eric Wilbert

Eric Wilbert lives in Rochester, New York, with his wife and three amazing daughters. He serves as the Director of Self-Service Operations in the family business, working alongside over a dozen family members and a dedicated team of employees. Their business includes four full-service locations, three self-service locations, a tire and vehicle service center, and, most importantly, the family Christmas tree farm.
Eric is a third-generation recycler with deep roots in the industry. He is a past president, current board member, and chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Automotive Recyclers Association of New York. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Automotive Recyclers Association. Eric is passionate about the industry and values learning from and listening to his fellow recyclers.

Marcin Augustynowicz

Vice President of ControlExpert Polska, for 14 years associated with a company specializing in providing services for the motor insurance industry. Graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology, where he completed a specialization in computer science. Professionally, he is responsible for the development of the IT department and the direction of software development both on the Polish market and in the Central European region.
ControlExpert Polska provides innovative solutions combining dedicated software, artificial intelligence and expert knowledge of industry specialists, supporting key operational processes in the insurance sector. Under his leadership, the company implemented a unique project on a global scale called FOTO – a central database of photos of motor damage, created at the request of the Insurance Guarantee Fund as a general market solution for institutions and insurers. The system uses artificial intelligence to analyze vehicle damage, enabling automatic search for similar or increased damage. This is one of the first such practical applications of AI in the motor insurance industry, actually supporting the assessment and settlement of damages processes.

Siri Sveinsvoll

Siri Sveinsvoll, represents NBF- Norges Biloppsamleres Forening, the national Automotive Recycling Associations in Norway, and member of EGARA. NBF represents approximately 70 automotive recycling facilities throughout Norway.
Siri was the chairman of NBF during the period 2007-2010 , and since then she’s EGARA delegate and adviser for the association.

Siri Sveinsvoll is a third generation car dismantler, graduated in business administration & finance. Before she started working full time in the family business Knoks Bildeler, she worked several years in the airline industry. Knoks Bildeler process yearly 6000 cars, both ELVs and salvage cars.

Agata Wysogrocka - Korczyńska

Director of Product Compliance ZF Group Aftermarket has been involved in industry and international law for over 20 years. For many years Legal Director at Bilfinger and Alstom. Actively representing automotive in regulatory work in Poland, Europe and worldwide.

Wojciech Kilianek

Since 2006, President of the Management Board of Lauber Sp. z o.o. – a company dealing with the regeneration of car parts, owned by Inter Cars SA., previously – President of the Management Board of Pafal S.A. and member of the Management Board of Metrix S.A.
Graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences – first-cycle and doctoral studies.

Artur Wróblewski

Long-time employee of the Environmental Protection Inspection, mainly involved in supervision of waste management in the form of vehicles. Since the end of 1999, inspector – Chief Specialist, Mazovian Voivodeship Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, including coordinator in the scope of supervision of the implementation of the „wreck” Directive in the Mazovian Voivodeship, since 2023 Deputy Director of the Department of Cross-border Movement of Waste in GIOŚ supervising, among others, the Department of Illegal Movement of Waste Vehicles.

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