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2025 conference theme: Evolving to create a resilient tomorrow
Speakers
Saviero Mayer
President & CEO Europe, MEA & APAC
Smurfit Westrock
Paula Lehtomäki
Director General & Former Minister of the Environment and Climate Change for Finland
Finnish Forest Industries
António Redondo
Chief Executive Officer
The Navigator Company
António Redondo has been the Chief Executive Officer of The Navigator Company since 2020 and has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee since April 2007. He began his career in 1987 at Soporcel, which later became part of the Portucel Soporcel Group, now known as The Navigator Company. Initially, he worked in the Technical and Production departments before moving on to lead the Marketing and Commercial departments. Prior to becoming CEO, he held the role of Chief Commercial Officer until 2019, overseeing Marketing, Sales, Revenue Management, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Product Development. António holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Science and Technology College of Coimbra University (1987), has completed university studies in Business Management, and earned an MBA from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in 1998.
Lennart Eberleh
Rottneros
Lennart Eberleh has been the CEO and President of Rottneros AB since 2016. With a career spanning nearly three decades in the pulp, paper, and packaging industry, he has held various leadership roles in prominent Swedish companies since 1995, focusing on innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable growth. Lennart holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from TU Braunschweig in Germany. His strong technical background, combined with his extensive industry experience, has been instrumental in strengthening Rottneros' position as a market leader, emphasizing sustainability and long-term value creation under his leadership.
José Soares de Pina
Altri
Fabio Almeida de Oliveira
Executive VP – Paper and Packaging Business Unit & President – Packaging
Suzano
Fabio Almeida is Executive Vice President of Paper and Packaging at Suzano and CEO of Suzano Packaging US, a company that owns the assets of PineBluff, Waynesville and Cadron Creek Chip Mill. He has recently relocated to Arkansas to lead and implement Suzano’s strategic vision for expanding Paper and Packaging operations in America. With over 25 years of experience managing global business operations, Fabio joined Suzano in 2007 as Executive Manager of the Paper Business Unit while also serving as the Director responsible for the company’s distribution operations in Brazil and Argentina. In 2013, he assumed the role of Global Logistics Director, responsible for all inbound and outbound logistics for the firm. In 2017, Almeida migrated to Suzano’s pulp business, as the Director responsible for international pulp sales and operations across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before Suzano, Almeida worked at ABB and Dupont with remit across Brazil and the US. Graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Itajubá, Almeida also has an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and has completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the MIT Sloan School.
Rym Ayadi
Founder & President, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association
Professor, City of London University & Bayes Business School
Sarah Price
Director, Sustainability
Sappi Europe
Sarah is passionate about people and trees and the potential to utilize forests to solve our global challenges. She is Director Sustainability for Sappi Europe, where she leads a dedicated team and provides strategic direction to accelerate sustainability transformation and performance within the company. Sappi is a leading global provider of sustainable woodfibre products. Sarah serves as the Chair of CEPI’s Environment & Safety Committee, the Chair of 4Evergreen Alliance and is a Steering Committee member of The Forests Dialogue. Working in the forest sector for over 25 years, Sarah’s experience spans from operational forestry through to international forest policy and within research institutes, NGOs and private sector. Sarah possesses a Masters of Forest Science from Yale University and a Bachelors of Science in Natural Resource Conservation from the University of British Columbia.
Krzysztof Krajewski
Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer
RDM Group
Krzysztof Krajewski is the Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of the RDM (Reno de Medici) Group based in HQ-Milan. He is responsible for the ongoing development and deployment of the sustainability agenda. His main areas of focus are further advancing on the Group’s environmental, social and governance priorities, driving excellence in reporting and monitoring company performance. He is also concentrating on product development and innovation as part of wider technical services function which is a foundation for the sustainable business. Prior to joining RDM Group in 2023, Krzysztof previously spent 16 years as packaging development, innovation and sustainability leader in the CPG environment working for Reckitt. During this time Krzysztof was innovating company packaged products into sustainable alternatives answering to consumer trends around the globe. Krzysztof’s background is production systems organizations and process optimisation. 25 years ago in his early professional days he entered the consumer packaging industry within plastics processing, converting and recycling.
Dr. Alexey Vishtal
Head of Novel Packaging Development
MM Group
Philip Damas
Managing Director, Founder & Head of Supply Chain Advisors
Drewry Shipping Consultants
Philip Damas is in charge of Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the logistics practice of the Drewry group, and is a managing director of Drewry Shipping Consultants. Prior to joining Drewry in 2005, Philip worked for CMA CGM and the container shipping consortium Cobra in various management and financial control roles until 1990. He then spent the 1990s analysing the logistics policies of exporters/importers and of logistics service providers when working with American Shipper and Containerisation International. Philip then became a founding director of the shipping research and database company ComPairData. At Drewry, Philip has advised exporters, importers, lenders and ports on logistics, freight rates, seafreight procurement, supply chains and markets. He has presented papers at conferences in Asia, the United States and Europe. Philip holds an MBA from the University of Bradford Management Centre and a B. Sc. and M.Sc. Finance from the University of Strasbourg.
Natasha Valeeva
Analyst – Supply Chain, Food & Agribusiness
Rabobank
Natasha is a NL-based senior sector analyst working for the F&A Packaging and Logistics team at Rabobank (The Netherlands), RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness. Prior to joining Rabobank in 2016, Natasha worked as a Markets and Supply Chains researcher at Wageningen Economic Research, The Netherlands. In this position, she conducted research on a wide range of F&A sectors, such as poultry and dairy, as well as on a number of overarching food supply chain themes, like food waste and food safety. Natasha started her career in 1999 as Quality Assurance Manager at Nutricia baby food production plant (now part of Danone) in Moscow. From there, she moved to the Netherlands to work on her Ph.D. at Wageningen University, focusing on the economics of food safety and traceability in the Dutch dairy chain. During this period, she was also a visiting researcher in the US and Australia. In addition to her Ph.D., Natasha holds a MSc in Agricultural Economics from the Russian State Agricultural University (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy).
Surviving Europe’s regulatory tsunami:An interactive workshop for the pulp, paper & packaging industry
Join us for a dynamic, hands-on workshop, tailored to 40-45 industry stakeholders across the supply chain. This intimate but high impact session will feature a mix of engaging presentations, roundtable discussions, interactive brainstorming sessions and open forums, all aimed at fostering collaboration and uncovering innovative approaches to compliance. Leave equipped with actionable insights and a comprehensive understanding of how to thrive amidst regulatory changes.
Please note that attendance requires an additional fee
Discover valuable insights with focused discussions on emerging capacity, decarbonization, regulation, geopolitics, industry consolidation and the economic landscape.
Connect with your peers and meet the decision-makers changing the European forest products supply chain. Meet face-to-face and build partnerships to propel your business to the next level.
Stay ahead with expert perspectives on emerging risks and opportunities to help you navigate the complexities of the market in the coming year.
We’re assembling a stellar lineup of senior industry leaders to provide transparency amid turbulent market conditions. Come armed with your questions as we delve into all the key topics and issues.
Raise your company’s profile and win leads. Our customized solutions align perfectly with your goals and budget, helping you go beyond your objectives.
Find out what branding and sponsorship opportunities are available now.
Gold Sponsor
StepChange is an industry focused and independent management consultancy specialized on wood, pulp, paper, packaging and tissue with a proven track record of turning strategy into increased shareholder value. StepChange provides support to organizations across the globe from strategy development to the implementation of operational improvements. Furthermore StepChange is an industry thought leader in digital strategy bringing digital transformation to the fiber value chain. With an international team of industry experts StepChange will hit the ground running. StepChange develops innovative and yet pragmatic solutions, placing an emphasis on delivering measurable business results. A high client loyalty attests to the industry-focused strategy with an international client base consisting of the most renowned companies from the industry.
Silver Sponsor
FM provides comprehensive commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management services with an industry segment focused on Forest Products. Our property loss prevention engineers are charged with protecting the value created by our Client’s business by assessing exposures and developing solutions. Our Forest Products Operations provides an expertise in the industry which offers the following:· Broad coverages specific to the needs of Forest Products companies.· Paper and wood products loss prevention services including Recovery Boiler explosion prevention.· Cost-effective insurance and risk transfer solutions backed by large, stable capacity.· Industry leading Claims performance.
Your trusted and proven partner – join us in engineering new bio-based processes Sulzer is the world leader in innovative and proven pumping and mixing solutions for the pulp, paper and board industry. These segments offer a solid foundation on top which we are building capabilities to support industry in the green transformation towards circular economy. We are the application development partner and committed to drive the green transformation towards circular economy – from an idea into an industry. As a full-line supplier, we have a proven track record and excellent references in developing high efficiency equipment for a wide range of pulp, paper, and board process applications. Our deep process and application knowledge, comprehensive understanding of market needs, and commitment for the development keep us at the leading edge of technical innovations. Intensive R&D with full-scale test facilities as well as our partnerships with the end customers and research institutes set the baseline. The innovation-driven network and vast resources boost our development programs to quickly develop completely new process equipment. Find out how our pumping, mixing, and aeration expertise can make a lasting difference for your operations. If you cannot find suitable equipment for your cellulose-based process development initiatives on our website, let’s find a solution together! Contact: sirpa.valimaa(at)sulzer.com Pulp, paper and board | Sulzer
Bronze Sponsor
𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐑𝐎𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞. With a long history and active operations, our success is driven by professional expertise and strong industry relationships. By applying regional knowledge and market intelligence, we find optimal product and logistic solutions, minimizing barriers for local companies to enter international markets. We support businesses in reaching their full potential globally!
We have been a trusted partner and serving our customers for over 50 years in the forest industry, and we have a team of over 400 industry experts. Our long-term commitment, combined with continuous product development in collaboration with our customers, guarantees that our industry-specific TIPS Industry Solutions and Services, MES & ERP, improve the efficiency and profitability of your pulp, paper, board, nonwoven, tissue and packaging business. With TIPS solution, you can easily adapt to the ever-changing workflows in a mill as business, production, process, and quality information are all integrated and configured to help you develop optimal business processes. It is worth noting that more than 300 locations worldwide have already chosen our solution. www.tietoevry.com/tipspaper
Media Partners
AMEXICCOR is a non-profit association that brings together corrugated cardboard manufacturers, converters and suppliers of machinery, services and supplies for the sector. We are made up of leading brands in the industry thanks to the value we provide.
Biobased Press (www.biobasedpress.eu) is an independent, non-sponsored website that takes a helicopter view of the biobased economy: it discusses business and research, and links the biobased economy to neighbouring areas like sustainability, biotechnology, energy, agriculture, policy and the economy. We also host the website www.precisioneconomy.com.
Cepi is the European association representing the paper industry. We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also bio-chemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, bio-composites and bioenergy. We are a responsible industry: 91% of our raw materials are sourced from within the European Union, 92% of the water we use is returned in good condition to the environment. We are the world champion in recycling at the rate of 79.3%. At the forefront of the decarbonisation and industrial transformation of our economy, we embrace digitalisation and bring 20 billion value addition to the European economy and €5.5 billion investments annually. Through its 19 national associations, Cepi gathers 480 companies operating 856 mills across Europe and directly employing more than 175,000 people.
ECMA brings together folding carton converters, cartonboard mills, national associations and suppliers to the folding carton industry. The Association represents over 500 carton producers with a current workforce of 50,000+ located across nearly all countries in the European Economic Area – this equates to over 80% of the €13 bill European folding carton market.
EL PAPEL Magazine:– The only magazine for the Spanish and Latin American pulp, paper, board and tissue industry– Spanish language– Markets covered: Spain, Portugal, Latin America
KASAD – Cartonboard Packaging Manufacturers Association in TurkeyKASAD was established in October 1991. KASAD currently has 99 primary members of 66 cartonboard packaging manufacturers and 75 esteemed honorary members representing 43 key supplier companies. It represents approximately 80% of the cartonboard packaging industry with a collective force of 174 members hailing from a diverse array of 109 companies.KASAD is dedicated to fostering cooperation and solidarity among members that are companies operating in carton board packaging manufacturing sector; establishing information exchange in managerial, technological and scientific subjects in order to increase professional knowledge level and solving professional problems that have arisen or may arise among members; Searching for constantly evolving and changing production and environment standards about carton board packaging and sharing them with members.
Packaging Suppliers Global is an online portal for packaging companies to promote their capabilities to packaging professionals all over the world. A comprehensive resource of information and news from international packaging suppliers, associations, events and more, Packaging Suppliers Global has established itself as a leading digital platform in the industry.
PAPERFIRST MagazineThe ultimate global magazine from ENP Publishing, covering the challenges of papermakers worldwide through market analysis, testimonials of big players, and reviews of the latest technical trends. The natural extension of the successful PaperFIRST Web and PaperFIRST Mobile App.
Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers, is a non-profit organization representing over 42 cartonboard mills in 14 different European countries and North America, supplying more than 90% of Europe’s demand, as well as the carton converting industry across Europe.Pro Carton promotes the functionalities and benefits of cartons and cartonboard as a renewable, recyclable and circular packaging material to brand owners, retailers, designers, the media and EU policymakers.
Tecnicelpa is the Portuguese Association of Technicians of the Pulp and Paper Industries, a non-profit professional association.Its main objective is the promotion and technical-professional and scientific improvement of its members, within the scope of the Pulp and Paper Industries, as well as related sectors of recognized interest. It organizes Technical Seminars, in the form of short-term Information and Training actions on a wide range of topics. It maintains relationships of fruitful collaboration with the Universities of Beira Interior, Aveiro, Lisbon and Coimbra and with the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, through protocols that include specialization technical courses for technicians linked to the sector.Since its creation, in 1980, TECNICELPA has been a reference for the sector’s staff and companies, with the Conferences being the most important part of the calendar of pulp and paper events that take place in Portugal. These forums present the latest developments in the field of pulp and paper manufacturing, covering aspects related to raw materials, production and development technologies, product quality and environmental protection.
TURKIYE KAGIT SANAYIIThe leading magazine covering the dynamic Turkish paper market with interviews, mill reports and technical article, in both Turkish and English language.