Speakers

APPLiA is the voice of the home appliance industry in Europe and, as a Brussels based trade association, represents one of Europe's largest manufacturing sectors for turnover and employment, with a huge impact on our daily lives. Paolo Falcioni has been APPLiA's Director General since January 2014. In this position he focused on improving the association visibility and effectiveness within Europe and internationally. To that extent, he has been one of the founders of the International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturers Associations (IRHMA) which tackles world-wide issues like sustainability and innovation in a global manner. He served for three year as Chairman of the Coalition for Energy Savings, a multi-stakeholder group aiming at improving energy efficiency in Europe. He is one of the Board members in Smart Energy Europe (smarten) fostering demand side management to help consumers to reap the benefits of the new Energy market.