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FEFCO Technical Seminar 2025 - Programme

Day 1 - Wednesday 08 October
8:00 10:00
Opening and registration
8:30 10:00
Welcome coffee and exhibition visit
10:0010:10
Welcome address
Nina Iversen, FEFCO President
Fausto Ferretti, GIFCO President
10:10 12:15
Session 1: Adaptation driven by changing environment and regulation
10:1010:25
Navigating EU Regulations: Impacts in the Corrugated industry
Laura Mazzei - FEFCO
10:25 10:45
Implementing PPWR: Challenges and Implications for the Corrugated Industry
Willem van Veen - InDufed
10:45 11:05
Current Research activities within Recycling
Anna Sjöstedt - RISE 
11:05 11:25
From Design to Responsibility: EPR and recyclability in the EU
Filipe Vieira de Castro - Cirpack by Veolia
11:25 11:45
Henkel's perspective on sustainability
Sebastian Schauten - Henkel
11:45 12:05
E-Fulfilment: Right-Sizing, Void Reduction & Fanfold Solutions for Corrugated Packaging
Peter Külpmann - Packsize 
12:05 12:15
Questions and answers
12:15 13:15
Spotlights Session 1
13:15 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
Sponsored cocktail reception
Day 2 - Thursday 09 October
9:00 9:05
Opening
9:05 11:20
Session 2: Advanced technologies
9:05 9:45
Panel discussion
Supporting Operations Through Remote Expertise, Service Innovation and AI
Marco Bertola - Fosber
Jean - Pascal Bobst - Bobst
Lars Engel - BHS
Markus Weiss - Koenig & Bauer
Moderators: Marc van Damme - VPK and Klaus Lüke - Klingele
9:45 9:55
Usage of AI in supply chain planning
Jan Geuens - OMP
9:55 10:20
Generative and applied AI
A case study on Corrugated Quality and Process Control in Japan
Giovanni Bettini - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Using Generative AI for Knowledge Transfer and Skill Retention
Neil Sillick- Escada
10:20 10:35
Robotics in the corrugated sector
C-Tech
10:35 10:50
AI Quality Control: folding gap, print defects
Dave Swedes - Valco Melton
10:50 11:10
Virtual Commissioning: The Key to the Digital Twin
Dr. Stefan Trenz - BHS
11:10 11:20
Questions and answers
11:20 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 15:40
Coffee break and exhibition visit
15:40 17:30
Session 3:  Innovation on Energy efficiency and decarbonisation
15:40 16:00
FEFCO 2025 Life Cycle Assessment
Michael Sturges - RISE
16:00 16:20
Decarbonising the European Containerboard Industry – Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050
Paul van Bezouw - Containerboard Europe
16:20 16:40
Energy monitoring system: data collection on FBDC, Inline & Foldergluers machines
Allegra Alessi - Bobst
16:40 17:00
Decarbonising the energy supply of corrugators: trends and technologies
Dr. Tom Fluri - Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
17:00 17:20
Decarbonised Steam Generation in Corrugated Plants: Current Options, Pitfalls, and Outlook
Dr. Helmut Lawatsch - ENERTEC 
17:20 17:30
Questions and answers
17:30 18:30
Spotlights Session 6
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
Stefano Rossi, DS Smith Packaging, EMEA CEO
Markus Gaertner - Mondi, CEO Corrugated
Moderator: Eleni Despotou - FEFCO
10:45 11:05
Treatise on the world of corrugated cardboard for on-boarding and induction of new talents
Filippo Beltramello - Smurfit Westrock
11:05 11:25
FEFCO Cyber Security Handbook
Hans Christian Hansen - DS Smith, an International Paper Company
11:25 11:45
Barrier coatings and status of bio solutions for corrugated packaging
Robert Björklind - Walki
11:45 12:15
Panel discussion
In safe hands: collaborative approaches between users and suppliers
Sebastian Schieder - BHS
David Giusti - Fosber
David Jonin - Bobst
Moderator: FEFCO Health & Safety Committee
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