Programme
DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY 27 MAY
16:00 - 18:00 Registrations at Meliá Castilla hotel
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome reception Salón Aranjuez, Meliá Castilla hotel (Dress code: Business attire)
DAY 2 - THURSDAY 28 MAY
Moderator Naomi Lloyd
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome addressNina Iversen, President - FEFCO
09:10 - 10:10 Keynote Speech - Economical Perspectives, Global Overview Professor Javier Diaz Gimenez , IESE Business School
10:10 - 10:25 Opening speech - The Spanish Corrugated Board Market Leopoldo Santorromán, President of the Spanish Corrugated Packaging Association (AFCO)
Setting the scene 2026 and beyond
10:25 - 10:55 The Corrugated Industry in 2026 , Market Dynamics and Trends Alejandro Mata, Director, European packaging and graphic paper - Fastmarkets RISI
10:55 - 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 - 12:00 Containerboard Markets Outlook – Past, Present and FuturePaul van Bezouw, Director General - Containerboard Europe
12:00 - 12:20 Trade Impacts on Operations and Competitiveness in the Paper and Corrugated Board Sector Bernard Lombard, Trade and Industrial Policy Director - CEPI
PPWR Implementation - What's next ? From Regulation to Reality - Challenges & Opportunities
12:20 - 12:40 EU Policy Landscape - What's Next? Challenges Ahead (Circular Economy Act, PPWR) Eleni Despotou - Director General FEFCO
12:40 - 13:00 PPWR Risks Assessment and Corrugated Industry Readyness Filipe Vieira de Castro, Manager Recycling Intelligence - CIRCPACK by Veolia
13:00 - 13:20PPWR in Spain: From Advocacy to ImplementationAurelio del Pino Gonzalez, Senior Advisor - VINCES
13:20 - 13:30 Q&A Session
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch at Meliá Castilla Hotel
Corrugated Cardboard Packaging – Circularity champion
15:00 - 15:20 The Circular Economy Model for Corrugated: New Study FindingsJules Coignard, Co-fonder - Circul'R
15:20 - 15:40 Recycling Rate of corrugated: Why the Industry Sets the Benchmark Juliette Guérin, Technical and Sustainability Director, FEFCO
15:40 - 16:00Carton Circular - Lesson from a Spanish EPR Sucess Story Pilar Arrayás, Director - Carton Circular
16:00 - 16:20Corrugated Packaging and Circularity: Insights from a Life Cycle Assessment of Environmental ImpactsBob McIlvaine, President/CEO Fibre Box Association
16:20-16:30Q&A sessionAll speakers
Evening programme
18:00 - 19:30 Departure from the hotel to downtown for a walking tour
19:00 - 19:30 Departure from the hotel for the Cocktail and Get together reception
19:30 - 20:30 Cocktail terrasse and salons - Teatro Real
20:30 - 22:30 Get-together dinner at Teatro Real (Dress code: Business attire)
22:30 First bus back to the Hotel
DAY 3 - FRIDAY 29 MAY
Corrugated Packaging Sustainable, Adaptable, Smart and Secure
09:30 - 10:10 How the Corrugated Sector Can Embrace an AI Powered TransformationHans Demeyer, Senior Trainer in AI & Coach - Incentive
10:10 - 10:40 FEFCO Cybersecurity Hans Christian Hansen, Industrial Control Director - DS Smith Packaging
Daniele Plazzi, Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer – FEPA
Armin Kaltenbacher, Strategic Product Management - BHS
Daniele Plazzi, Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer – FEPA
Armin Kaltenbacher, Strategic Product Management - BHS
10:40 - 11:00
Paperization Paul Jenkins, Managing Director - ThePackHub
Paperization Paul Jenkins, Managing Director - ThePackHub
11:00 - 11:50 Coffee break
11:50 - 12:20 FEFCO 2026 Communication Campaign - Recycled for Real Speakers : Chair ComCom, Andrew Dando (TBC), Reporter, ZN FEFCO Communication agency
A Vision for the Future of Corrugated
12:20 - 13:20 High-level Panel Discussion - VISION for the FUTURE Eric Bacourt, CEO - Hinojosa Packaging Group
Alexander Enzenberg, Dunapack Executive
Paulus Goëss, COO - Corrugated Solutions Mondi
Leopoldo Santorromán Saldana, CEO - Cartonajes Santorromán
Alexander Enzenberg, Dunapack Executive
Paulus Goëss, COO - Corrugated Solutions Mondi
Leopoldo Santorromán Saldana, CEO - Cartonajes Santorromán
13:20 - 13:30 Summit Wrap-up and closing remarksEleni Despotou, FEFCO & FEFCO President
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch at the Hotel
14:30 End of the Summit
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Conference language
English - Wordly App simultaneous translation in any language
The conference sessions will be conducted in English. However, this year FEFCO will be working with Wordly, a live translation app. While the speakers will be speaking in English, you will be able to get live translation in the language of your choice on your phone or tablet.
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