FEFCO Technical Seminar 2023 - Conference Programme

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Shaping our future through innovation
 

Link  to PDF of the FEFCOLink special issue Technical Seminar 2023

Programme 
 

Day 1 - Wednesday 25 October
     
08:00 - 10:00 Registration  
08:30 Welcome coffee and exhibition visit  
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome address, Fady Gemayel, FEFCO President  
10:10 - 10:50 High-level panel discussion on innovation and reuse  
  Lars Engel, BHS - Markku Leskelä, Metsä Board - Saverio Mayer, SKG/ FEFCO Vice President - Allan Dickner, IKEA - Moderator: Richard Coward  
11:00 - 12:00  Spotlights Session 1  
12:00 - 13:20 Lunch break on the exhibition floor  
13:20 - 14:20 Spotlights Session 2  
14:30 - 16:40 Session 1: Innovation in energy reduction  
14:30 - 14:45 FEFCO Climate Neutrality Roadmap and CO2 tool
  Pascal Vermeulen, Climact 
14:45 - 15:10 All the losses we can (not) see  
  Robert Tschullik, Klingele  
15:10 - 15:35 Best practice handbook on energy efficiency   
  Michael Frey, Consultant, and Sennai Asmelash Mesfun, RISE   

15:35 - 16:00

Heating the Way Forward: Empowering Net-Zero Heat Generation with Thermal Energy Storage  
  Silvia Trevisan, KTH Stockholm  
16:00 - 16:40 Panel discussion on energy efficiency  
  Steve Biller, BW Papersystems - Bastian Deppisch, Koenig & Bauer - Christian Lang, Göpfert - Léonard Badet, BOBST   
16:40 - 16:50  Questions and answers  
16:50 - 17:50  Coffee break and exhibition visit  
17:50 - 18:50  Spotlights Session 3   
19:00 - 21:00 Sponsored Cocktail Reception by Metsä Board  
     
Day 2 - Thursday 26 October  
     
08:00 - 09:00 Sponsored Breakfast by Cabot
09:00 - 10:45 Session 2: Innovations in Corrugators  
09:05 - 09:20 Cellulose glue booster for corrugated productivity  
  Steen Jacobsen, Borregaard  
09:20 - 09:35 Light and ultralight new fiber papers and their runnability on the corrugator  
  Jan Andersson, Holmen  
09:35 - 09:50 Ultralight corrugated case media and their packaging performance
  Thomas Wimmer, Palm Verpackung
09:50 - 10:05 Artificial intelligence in minimising energy consumption during the production of corrugated board  
  Tomasz Garbowski, Poznan University of Life Sciences  
10:05 - 10:20 Sustainable Efficiency on corrugators  
  Martin McTigue, BW Papersystems  
10:20 - 10:35 LESS IS MORE – a journey towards sustainable consumption   
  Marco Bertola, Fosber Group  
10:35 - 10:50 Optimising heat consumption in corrugated board production and beyond  
  Lars Komogowski, BHS  
10:50 - 11:00  Questions and answers  
11:00 - 11:55 Coffee break and exhibition visit  
11:55 - 12:55 Spotlight Session 4   
12:55 - 14:10 Lunch break on the exhibition floor  
14:10 - 15:10 Spotlight Session 5  
15:20 - 16:30  Session 3: Innovations in converting   
15:20 - 16:00 Multi-out applications on casemakers  
  Esa Koski, EMBA - Giovanni Bettini, MHI - Cyrille Tueta, BOBST - Ulrich G. Wolz, BGM   
16:00 - 16:15 Roundtable discussion on casemakers  
  Esa Koski, EMBA - Giovanni Bettini, MHI - Cyrille Tueta, BOBST - Ulrich G. Wolz, BGM   
16:15 - 16:25 Digital printing on casemakers  
  Javier Quesada, Kento  
16:25 - 16:35 High-speed digital cutting  
  Freier Jürgen, Highcon   
16:35 - 16:40  Questions and answers  
16:40 - 17:30  Coffee break and exhibition visit  
17:30 - 18:30  Spotlight Session 6  
     
Day 3 - Friday 27 October  
   
09:00 - 09:05 Opening  
09:05 - 10:45 Session 4: Innovation driven by changing environment, markets and supply chains   
09:05 - 09:25 Traditional and printed barrier coatings  
  Olivier Waddington, Siegwerk
09:25 - 09:45 Bio-based barrier coatings as an alternative to plastic layers
  Peter Rättö, RISE 
09:45 - 10:05 Cyber security: A challenge for corrugated  
  Armin Kaltenbacher, BHS Corrugated  
10:05 - 10:25 EU legislation and its impact on our industry  
  Krassimira Kazashka, FEFCO   
10:25 - 10:45 Making the corrugated industry a safe workplace  
  John Nicholls, SKG, FEFCO Health & Safety Committee   
10:45 - 10:55 Questions and answers   
10:55 - 11:45  Coffee break and exhibition visit  
11:45 - 12:25 Panel discussion on digital printing: impact on internal and external logistic flows  
  Bertoldo Piero; L.I.C. Packaging - Daniele Plazzi, FEPA - Steffen Walter, Thimm Group - Ekkehard Dürr, Christiansen Print
12:30 - 13:00 Award Ceremony and Conference Closing  
  Eleni Despotou, FEFCO Director General
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch on the exhibition floor  
14:00 Exhibition closes - End of the Technical Seminar  
     
     

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