Day 1 - Wednesday 08 October
8:00 10:00
Opening and registration
8:30 10:00
Welcome coffee and exhibition visit
9:00 10:00
Spotlights Session 1
10:00 10:10
Welcome address
Nina Iversen, FEFCO President
Fausto Ferretti, GIFCO President
10:10 12:15
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 10:45
E-Fulfillment: Right-Sizing, Void Reduction & Fanfold Solutions for Corrugated Packaging TBC
10:45 11:05
From Design to Responsibility: EPR and recyclability in the EU
Filipe Vieira de Castro - Circpack by Veolia
11:05 11:25
Current Research activities within Recycling
Anna Sjöstedt - RISE
11:25 11:45
Henkel's perspective on sustainability
Sebastian Schauten - Henkel
11:45 12:05
Treatise on the world of corrugated cardboard” for on-boarding and induction of new talents
Filippo Beltramello - Smurfit Westrock
12:05 12:15
Questions and answers
12:15 13:15
Spotlights Session 2
13:15 14:30
Lunch break and exhibition visit
14:30 15:30
Spotlights Session 3
15:30 16:30
Coffee break and exhibition visit
16:30 17:30
Spotlights Session 4
19:00 21:00
Sponsored cocktail reception
Day 2 - Thursday 09 October
9:00 9:05
Opening
9:05 9:05
Session 2: Advanced technologies
9:05 9:30
Generative and applied AI
Giovanni Bettini - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Neil Sillick- Escada
9:30 9:45
Robotics in the corrugated sector TBC
9:45 10:00
Industrialised machine learning TBC
10:00 10:20
Virtual Commissionning: The Key to the Digital Twin
Dr. Stefan Trenz - BHS
10:20 10:50
Panel discussion on remote system: assistance/training TBC
10:50 11:00
Questions and answers
11:00 12:00
Coffee break and exhibition visit
12:00 13:00
Spotlight Session 5
13:00 14:15
Lunch break and exhibition visit
14:15 15:15
Spotlight Session 6
15:15 17:05
Session 3: Innovation on Energy efficiency and decarbonisation
15:15 15:35
FEFCO 2025 Life Cycle Assessment
Michael Sturges - RISE
15:35 15:55
Decarbonising the European Containerboard Industry – Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050
Paul van Bezouw - CCB
15:55 16:15
Energy monitoring system: data collection on FBDC, Inline & Foldergluers machines
Allegra Alessi - Bobst
16:15 16:35
Decarbonising the energy supply of corrugators: trends and technologies
Dr. Tom Fluri - Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
16:35 16:55
Decarbonisation of thermal energy / steam TBC
16:55 17:05
Questions and answers
17:05 17:30
Coffee break and exhibition visit
17:30 18:30
Spotlights Session 7
Day 3 - Friday 10 October
9:00 9:05
Opening
9:05 10:05
Visit of the exhibition + welcome coffee
10:05 12:15
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
10:45 11:05
FEFCO Cyber security 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 11:45
Barrier coatings and status of bio solutions for corrugated packaging
Robert Björklind - Walki
11:45 12:15
Panel discussion: Integrating Health & Safety with Machine Suppliers TBC
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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