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Monday, 9 March, 2020

Packaging Seminar

12:00

Seminar registration

15:00

Ken Waghorne

Vice President, Global Packaging and Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Welcome remarks

15:05

Ken Waghorne

Vice President, Global Packaging and Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Fastmarkets RISI global packaging outlook

15:30

Moderator

Ken Waghorne

Vice President, Global Packaging and Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Marco Massarani

Director, Global Procurement Packaging (Fibers)

Kraft Heinz (presenting via video)

Panel discussion: box-buyers’ panel: keeping up with the consumer

  • How are procurement executives dealing with changing consumer trends
  • Assessing the impact of climate change, technology and e-commerce on the industry
16:00

Formed fiber: the journey to renewable packaging

  • Examining the potential for formed fiber in packaging
16:20

Jan Kabus

Vice President, Siemens Fiber Industry

Siemens

Ready for Sustainability Challenges

16:40

Alexander Wohlmuth

Head of R&D Fiber and Paper Machine Process Technology

Voith (presenting via video)

Carbon footprint and climate change: where is the paper industry heading?

Climate change is being discussed since several years. As the last five years have been the warmest on record, society is becoming aware that the time frame for action is becoming very tight. Just recently, the World Economic Forum published the World Risk Report 2020: for the first time in history, environmental concerns dominate the top five long-term risks, both in terms of probability and impact. As a supplier of process technology, what contribution are we making to help the paper industry reduce its carbon footprint? What demands do paper manufacturers place on suppliers and what other levers do paper mills have?

17:10

PPI Awards Packaging Innovation finalists’ showcase

A series of short introductions from our Packaging Innovation finalists, showcasing the most innovative and sustainable packaging designs this year. We have chosen designers who are clearly demonstrating where paper and paperboard can take over the role of plastics

  • Poul-Erik Nielsen – Clearwater Paper – Clearwater Paper’s NuVo® Cup Stock: Achieving Improved Sustainability Through Balanced Design
  • Ricardo Silva Franco da Quinta – Klabin, The world’s first kraftliner board made 100% from eucalyptus fibers (hardwood)
  • Kari Laukkarinen - Paptic – PAPTIC® The Next Generation Packaging Material
17:30

Cocktail reception & main conference pre-registration

17:30

Close of Seminar

Tuesday, 10 March, 2020

Day I

7:45

Conference Registration

8:45

Matt Graves

Senior Vice President, Fastmarkets RISI Indices, News, Markets & Prices

Fastmarkets RISI

Welcome remarks and presentation of Fastmarkets RISI European CEO of the Year Award

Presented to Ksenia Sosnina, CEO, JSC Ilim Group

8:50

Keynote address from the European CEO of the Year Award winner

9:00

Global macroeconomic outlook

  • Examining economic trends and how they are impacting the global paper and pulp market, with a focus on Europe
  • Current status of the global economy and predictions over the next 12 months
  • Analyzing international trade flows and their influence on the market
9:45

David Fortin

Vice President, Fiber

Fastmarkets RISI (presenting via video)

Global fiber outlook

  • Supply and demand dynamics within the global pulp markets
  • Specific factors influencing the European markets
10:15

Coffee and Tea Networking Break

Sponsored by:

10:45

Global containerboard outlook

11:30

Moderator

Panelists

European CEO panel discussion

  • Examining challenges and opportunities for containerboard producers in 2020
  • The impact of external factors and market disruptors on demand and supply for containerboard and corrugated packaging
  • Strategic changes within the industry
  • How are CEOs handling supply and demand dynamics?
  • Examining trade flows, capacity additions and changing consumer demands
  • Opportunities for consolidation and acquisitions

Sponsored by:   

                     

 

12:30

Presentation of the Winner of the StepChange Consulting Survey Prize

12:35

Networking Lunch Break

14:10

The impact of Brexit on trade flows in Europe

  • How Brexit is altering trade dynamics within Europe
  • Changing policy frameworks for trade and production of paper in Europe
14:30

Policy and the environment - Europe’s sustainability vision

  • The role of Europe’s paper industry in committing to climate neutrality
  • Promoting a circular economy through developing and implementing the right policies
  • What more needs to be done?

 

15:00

Coffee and Tea Networking Break

Sponsored by:

 

15:30

Mauro Ciriminna

Senior Advisor Pulp, Paper and Packaging, Forest Sector Transformation & Valuation

WWF Sweden (presenting via video)

A vision for the forest sector: what are the expectations and how can we drive change?

15:50

Production & protection: Finding the Balance

  • Looking to the future of the industry and examining the relationship between sustaining the economy and ensuring responsible forestry
16:10

Moderator

Panelists

Liz Wilks

European Director, Sustainability

APP

Martin Lehrner

Director Global Product Management

Voith (presenting via video)

Mauro Ciriminna

Senior Advisor Pulp, Paper and Packaging, Forest Sector Transformation & Valuation

WWF Sweden (presenting via video)

Panel discussion: sustainability across the supply chain

  • The changing definition of sustainability across the supply chain
  • New technologies and the implications of implementation
  • External pressures and growing demand for sustainability
17:30

Cocktail reception

Location: Panorama Bar

Please join us on the rooftop level of the hotel for some beautiful views of Lisbon while enjoying a cocktail before dinner.

19:00

PPI Awards Dinner

*There is a maximum capacity for the dinner. Registration must be made in advance for European Conference attendees and is on a first come, first served basis. 

Location: New Orleans Ballroom – Sheraton Lisboa Resort

22:00

Dessert & Post Cocktail Reception

Location: New Orleans Foyer

Wednesday, 11 March, 2020

Day II

7:45

Conference Registration

8:45

Welcome remarks

8:50

Hannah Zhao

Senior Economist, Global Recovered Paper

Fastmarkets RISI (presenting via video)

The global PfR markets: the great uncertainty over China

  • Examining the current and future demand for OCC over the next 18 months
  • How the Chinese import ban continues to impact the industry
  • What is happening to waste paper that was historically exported to China?
9:20

Moderator

Panelists

Panel discussion: paper for recycling

Examining the current and changing condition of the recovered paper market in Europe and the impact of global trade dynamics.

10:05

Global graphic papers outlook

  • Market conditions and outlook for the global graphics industry
  • Understanding how competitive European producers are from a global perspective
  • Underlying the tough choices the industry is facing during the next two years
  • Identifying the bright spots within global graphics

 

10:45

Coffee and Tea Networking Break

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11:15

Ville Henttonen

Senior Product Manager, Mill Intelligence

Fastmarkets RISI

Mill intelligence outlook

  • Key cost driver trends
  • Recent machine conversions
  • Converting integration strategies
  • Paper vs. plastics case study
  • Water efficiency
11:30

Panelists

Maria Knauer

Global Product Manager Efficiency Solutions

Voith (presenting via video)

Driving efficiency with intelligent technologies

  • A series of short presentations on the development of new intelligent technologies and how digitization adds value to your business and drives efficiency.
12:15

Moderator

Panelists

Ville Henttonen

Senior Product Manager, Mill Intelligence

Fastmarkets RISI

Creating the mill of the future: developing technologies and digitalisation

  • New technologies and innovations within the paper and pulp industry
  • How digitization enhances productivity
  • Digitization and the Internet of Things across the supply chain - from customer relationships to mill operations
12:45

Networking Lunch Break

13:45

Global boxboard outlook

  • Market update from the recently published Boxboard Study
  • After peaking in H2 2018, demand has been decelerating. What to expect going forward?
  • Sizing supply with demand – will overcapacity become an issue for global boxboard markets?
  • Identifying the winners and losers in an increasingly complex global marketplace
14:15

Global tissue outlook

  • Exploring the key factors influencing the global tissue market in 2020
  • Outlining supply and demand dynamics for tissue products over the next 12 months

 

 

14:45

Moderator

Panelists

Dr. Fady Gemayel

President

Arab Federation for Paper, Printing and Packaging Industries (presenting via video)

Sami Safran

CEO

Middle East Paper Company (presenting via video)

Outlook and discussion: market trends and opportunities in the Middle East

  • Exploring the future growth in consumption from within the region
  • Local analysis: How import levels will fluctuate in the major import countries
  • Understanding the impact of anti-dumping regulations
  • How changing economic levels will continue to shape demand for hygiene and specialist products
15:30

Close of Conference