Fireside Chat with APPLiA Director General, Paolo Falcioni
Fireside Chat with APPLiA Director General, Paolo Falcioni
As Director General of APPLiA, the trade association for the home appliance industry in Europe, Paolo Falcioni has one of the very best overviews of European trends.
Speakers
Track: Smart & Sustainable Living
Language: English
Access: Trade Visitors Only
Attendees will gain executive-level clarity on how European home appliance manufacturers, distributors, and retailers must navigate the convergence of aggressive EU sustainability regulations—such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Digital Product Passports, and Right-to-Repair mandates—with the commercial realities of industrial competitiveness.
Through Paolo Falcioni’s frontline policy perspective, the audience will learn how the sector is balancing decarbonization and circular design against the risks of regulatory over-burden, supply chain inflation, and non-compliant online imports.
Through Paolo Falcioni’s frontline policy perspective, the audience will learn how the sector is balancing decarbonization and circular design against the risks of regulatory over-burden, supply chain inflation, and non-compliant online imports.
Attendees will walk away with strategic insights into how smart appliances and demand-side flexibility can turn energy efficiency from a compliance checkbox into a revenue-generating consumer proposition.