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STONECHANGE 2016  (“Stone Sector and Changing Trends”) an international conference that wishes to bring, into the famous world marble hub of Carrara,  the private sector and Institutional stakeholders of the Dimension Stone Industry, to discuss about the Sector Changing Trends and how  taking advantage of the existing opportunities for a sustainable development.

 

STONECHANGE 2016  is intended as a key initial “turning point” for the modernization of the EU stone sector on a global view. 
The Stone Community must become aware that “making the Dimension Stone Industry innovative and sustainable is the sole way to keep it alive and make it more mature and modern to face the present and next future global challenges. You can no longer wait !!
Then, the aim of STONECHANGE 2016, among others, meets most of the objectives of European Innovation Partnership EU Program for raw materials.

 

Main Focuses of the Conference:

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    Sector modernization
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    Technical innovation
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    Sustainability (environmental, economic and social)
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    Standardization
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    International Standard Reporting. The figure of the Competent Person
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    Ethic Conduct 
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    Awareness action toward policy makers, sectoral governance actors and private stakeholders
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    “sowing seed” for an EU coordinated Legislative Framework to govern a modern sustainable sector
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    Sectoral development and investment opportunities 
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    European support financial tools 
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    Opportunities for historical European DS districts, producing high quality materials and products more and more demanded in the international market