FEFCO Summit 2022 - Conference Programme

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Fit for the Future - programme

 

 Wednesday 18 May
   
16:00 - 18:00 Registrations at the NH Collection Barbizon Palace Amsterdam hotel  
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome cocktail  
  De Waag Nieuwmarkt 4,1012 CR Amsterdam (walking distance from the hotel)

 

 Thursday 19 May
   
  Moderator: Francesca Vanthielen
   
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome address 
  Eleni Despotou, FEFCO Director General, Fady Gemayel - President, FEFCO
09:10 - 09:20 Opening speech
  Dirk Ockerman - President, CBA
09:20 - 09:30 FEFCO 70th anniversary video -  Setting the scene between the past and the future
   

De-carbonising the industry

   
09:30 - 10:00 Net-zero imperative for packaging industry 
  Ilkka Leppävuori - Senior Partner, Bain & Company
10:00 - 10:20 FEFCO Carbon neutrality roadmap
  Alex Manisty - Chairman of the Climate neutrality roadmap Steering Committee, FEFCO
10:20 - 10:40 Towards carbon neutrality with circular and collaborative fibre-based packaging innovations and investments
  Maija Pohjakallio - VP Climate and Circular Economy, Metsä Group
10:40 - 11:00 Built for the future: From the Forest to the Packaging
  Flavio Deganutti - Director of Operations Paper Business, Klabin 
11:00 - 11:30 Panel discussion: Corrugated industry on the way to carbon neutrality 
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break 
   

Retails / Customers' perspective on product and supply chain sustainability

   
12:00 - 12:20 Albert Heijn Packaging strategy and vision on sustainability
  Marion Beugelsdijk - Packaging Expert, Albert Heijn
12:20 - 12:40 2021 European e-commerce report  (EUROCOMMERCE) 
  Sara Lone - Lead Research Analyst, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences 
12:40 - 13:00 Q&A Session
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch - NH Collection Barbizon Palace Amsterdam hotel  
   

High-level session

   
14:30 - 14:50 Keynote speech - The views of Nestlé on sustainability and climate change issues
  Magdi Batato - Executive Vice President,  Nestlé 
14:50 - 15:10 Unboxing the future of sustainable corrugated packaging 
  Saverio Mayer - CEO Europe, Smurfit Kappa 
15:10 - 15:30 Global perspectives on containerboard and packaging sustainability
  Michael Lafave - Board member, Kruger Packaging
15:30 - 16:15 Panel discussion: How can corrugated packaging support FMCG / retail supply chain to enhance sustainability? 
19:00 - 22:30 Cocktail followed by dinner 
  FEFCO 70th anniversary celebration and a dinner speech by Jan Klingele - Vice President, FEFCO
  De Bazel - Vijzelstraat 32 - 1017 HL Amsterdam (walking distance from hotel)
22:30 Back to hotel

 

 Friday 20 May
   
  Moderator: Francesca Vanthielen
   

Setting the EU scene: How the Green Deal can transform industries  

   
09:30 - 10:00 Transforming Europe - Delivering the European Green Deal
  Diederik Samsom - Head of Cabinet of Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, EU Commission
10:00 - 10:30 European Industrial Strategy -  Fostering a Competitive, Clean and Resilient Industry 
  Tom Berendsen - Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for the European Industrial Strategy 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
   

Views from the industry: Circularity of packaging – Circular by Nature  

   
11:00 - 11:30 FEFCO Single Use research – Presentation of the Results
  Outi Marin - Chair  of sustainability and circularity workgroup, FEFCO & Emiliano Micalizio - Principal, Ramboll 
11:30 - 11:50 Views from the glass packaging industry 
  Adeline Farrelly - Secretary-General, European Glass Federation (FEVE)
11:50 - 12:10 NGO's session on sustainability issues
  Piotr Barczak - Senior Policy Officer for Waste, European Environmental Bureau (EEB) 
12:10 - 12:45 Panel discussion:  Single-use, reuse, recycled: can corrugated fulfil all the expectations? 
12:45 - 13:00 Closing address
  Jan Klingele, FEFCO Vice President 
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch at the Hotel
14:30 End of the Summit