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 on 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
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
Packaging in E- Commerce: “Right sized packaging”, a path to PPWR compliant packaging solutions from corrugated cardboard
Peter Külpmann - Packsize
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 9:35
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 & Operations and Innovation Committee Chairman
Klaus Lüke - Klingele
Marc van Damme - VPK & Operations and Innovation Committee Chairman
Klaus Lüke - Klingele
9:35 09:50
Usage of AI in supply chain planning
Jan Geuens - OMP
09:50 10:15
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- eProductivity Software/ ePS
10:15 10:30
Robotics in the corrugated sector
Patrick Borgions - C-Tech
10:30 10:45
AI Quality Control: folding gap, print defects
Dave Swedes - Valco Melton
Dave Swedes - Valco Melton
10:45 11:00
Virtual Commissioning: The Key to the Digital Twin
Dr. Stefan Trenz - BHS
11:00 11:10
Questions and answers
11:10 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 Europe’s Containerboard Industry
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 10:50
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
Jan Klingele - Klingele Paper & Packaging Group, Managing Director, CEO
Stefano Rossi - DS Smith Packaging, EMEA CEO
Jan Klingele - Klingele Paper & Packaging Group, Managing Director, CEO
Moderator: Eleni Despotou - FEFCO Director General
10:50 11:05
Treatise on the world of corrugated cardboard for on-boarding and induction of new talents
Filippo Beltramello - GIFCO Technical Committee
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
Moderators:
John Nicholls - Smurfit Westrock & Health & Safety Committee Chairman
Robert Tschullik - Klingele
David Giusti - Fosber
Moderators:
John Nicholls - Smurfit Westrock & Health & Safety Committee Chairman
Robert Tschullik - Klingele
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
Event Sponsor 
* Competition law reminder: This panel will be conducted in full compliance with EU competition law. We will not discuss or exchange any commercially sensitive information, including current or future prices or pricing intentions, discounts, surcharges, margins, non-public cost data, capacity plans, production volumes, output restrictions, investment plans, future commercial strategy, customer-specific information, market or customer allocation, bidding or tender coordination, or any other non-public detail that could restrict independent decision-making.