Repairers, fixers and tinkerers all over the world will celebrate International Repair Day this Saturday 19th of October. As Right to Repair Europe, we invite you to our webinar on Tuesday 15th of October from 13:30 to 15:00 Brussels time to discuss the state of right to repair in Europe.

The Open Repair Alliance (ORA) will present main findings from their latest report on open repair data stemming from community repair initiatives. The data will cover what type of product categories people wish to fix. Against this backdrop, we will discuss what was achieved during the past mandate (Ecodesign Regulation, R2R Directive, Battery Regulation), what this means for repair and what is still missing to achieve a thriving repair ecosystem.

Join our conversation with EU officials from the EU Commission! Opening by the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders and with the participation of Ada Preziosi (DG JUST) and Wojtek Sitarz (DG ENV).

Check out the agenda and register below!

AGENDA

Housekeeping and moderation by Cristina Ganapini, Coordinator of the Right to Repair Europe Coalition 

Opening by Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice

Presentations:

  • Ugo Vallauri from The Restart Project will present the ORA report on open repair data 
  • Thomas Opsomer from iFixit will take stock of the missing pieces in the recent policy developments 
  • Luisa Denter from Germanwatch will explain the importance of circular economy for a resilient industry

Discussion with: 

  • Ada Preziosi, Legal Officer, DG JUST, Unit B.2 – Consumer Law, European Commission
  • Wojtek Sitarz, Policy Officer, DG ENV, Unit B.1 – Circular Economy, Sustainable Production & Consumption, European Commission

Q&A with the audience