Elevate tomorrow's corrugated board industry
Programme
Day 1 - Wednesday 08 October
08:00 - 10:00
Registration
08:30
Welcome coffee and exhibition visit
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome address, Nina Iversen, FEFCO President
10:10 - 12:00
Session 1: Adaptation driven by changing environment and regulation
10:10 - 10:30
Navigating EU Regulations: Impacts in the Corrugated industry
Laura Mazzei - FEFCO
10:30 - 10:50
E-Fulfillment: Right-Sizing, Void Reduction & Fanfold Solutions for Corrugated Packaging
10:50 - 11:10
From Design to Responsibility: EPR and recyclability in the EU
Filipe Vieira de Castro - Circpack by Veolia
11:10 - 11:30
Current Research activities within Recycling
Anna Sjöstedt - RISE
11:30 - 11:50
Henkel's perspective on sustainability
Sebastian Schauten - Henkel
11:50 - 12:00
Questions and answers
12:00 - 13:00
Spotlights Session 1
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break and exhibition visit
14:30 - 15:30
Spotlights Session 2
15:30 - 16:30
Coffee break and exhibition visit
16:30 - 17:30
Spotlights Session 3
19:00 - 21:00
Welcome reception sponsored by FOSBER
Day 2 - Thursday 09 October
09:00 - 09:05
Opening
09:05 - 11:15
Session 2: Advanced technologies
09:05 - 09:25
Generative and applied AI
09:25 - 09:50
Robotics in the corrugated sector
09:50 - 10:00
Industrialised machine learning
10:00 - 10:10
"Treatise on the world of corrugated cardboard” for on-boarding and induction of new talents GIFCO
10:10 - 10:20
Use of packaging in distribution centers
10:20 - 10:40
Digital converting
10:40 - 10:50
Digital Twin for machine and software developments
10:50 - 11:05
Remote system: assistance/training
11:05 - 11:15
Questions and answers
11:15 - 12:00
Coffee break and exhibition visit
12:00 - 13:00
Spotlight Session 4
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch break and exhibition visit
14:15 - 15:15
Spotlight Session 5
15:15 - 16:50
Session 3: Innovation on Energy efficiency and decarbonisation
15:15 - 15:30
FEFCO 2025 Life Cycle Assessment
Michael Sturges - RISE
15:30 - 15:50
Decarbonising the European Containerboard Industry – Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050
Paul van Bezouw - CCB
15:50 - 16:10
Energy monitoring system: data collection on FBDC, Inline & Foldergluers machines
Allegra Alessi - Bobst
16:10 - 16:30
New trends on corrugators concerning energy
16:30 - 16:40
Electrification on thermal energy / steam
16:40 - 16:50
Questions and answers
16:50 - 17:30
Coffee break and exhibition visit
17:30 - 18:30
Spotlight Session 6
Day 3 - Friday 10 October
09:00 - 09:05
Opening
09:05 - 10-05
Visit of the exhibition + welcome coffee
10:05 - 12-10
Session 4: Challenges and opportunities for the corrugated industry
10:05 - 10:45
High Level Panel Discussion - Strategic Synergies: Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions in the Corrugated Industry
Saverio Mayer - Smurfit Westrock, President & CEO MEA & APAC
Susana Alejandro - Saica, President & CEO
Markus Gaertner - Mondi, CEO Corrugated
Tim Nicholls, or Stefano Rossi - DS Smith / International Paper
10:45 - 11:05
FEFCO Cybersecurity Handbook
Hans Christian Hansen - DS Smith, an International Paper Company
11:05 - 11:25
Implementing PPWR: Challenges and Implications for the Corrugated Industry
Willen van Veen - Indufed
11:25 - 11:55
Panel discussion: Integrating Health & Safety with Machine Suppliers
11:55 - 12:15
Barrier coatings and status of bio solutions for corrugated packaging
12:15 - 13:00
Award ceremony and conference closing
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and exhibition visit
14:00
Exhibition closes - End of the Technical Seminar
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