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All dates : 13/05-14/05
Wednesday : 13/05
Thursday : 14/05
May 13, 2026
1:30 PM GMT+2
Opening & registration.
from 1:30 PM
2:30 PM GMT+2
Welcome to Tissue Planet - future insights.
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Main Stage
Alessandro Mennucci
CEO | Toscotec
Marco Dalle Piagge
Sales Director | Toscotec
2:40 PM GMT+2
Keynote Address
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Main Stage
Mariarosaria Taddeo
Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
3:00 PM GMT+2
European tissue: impact, pressure, and the road ahead.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Main Stage
Moderator:
Marco dell'Osso
Speakers:
Carlos Reinoso
General Manager | ETS
Martin Krengel
CEO | WEPA
Volker Zöller
President | ETS
Roundtable
4:00 PM GMT+2
Sustainable innovation and integrated technology in gluing systems: a commitment to the future.
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Lab Stage
Valentina Marin
Sales Area Manager | IMA
Technical Presentation
One size does not fit all: different tissue grades, different rules.
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Lab Stage
Paolo Lazzareschi
CTO | Gambini
Technical Presentation
Coffee Break
3:45 PM - 4:50 PM
Networking
4:50 PM GMT+2
Competing, yes, but on a level playing field: the new global challenges facing the European tissue industry.
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM Main Stage
Luigi Lazzareschi
CEO | Sofidel
Speech
5:20 PM GMT+2
Driving impact at scale: sustainability within Essity global supply chain enablement.
5:20 PM - 5:50 PM Main Stage
Olli Härkönen
Supply Chain Sustainability & Digitalization Director | Essity
Speech
5:50 PM GMT+2
TBA
5:50 PM - 6:35 PM Main Stage
Andreas Endters
President & CEO Voith Paper
Speech
6:00 PM GMT+2
Water as a strategic resource: minimized water footprint in tissue making.
6:35 PM - 6:50 PM Lab Stage
Manlio Ronga
President & CEO | Meri Group
Technical Presentation
Gala Dinner
8:00 PM Palazzo Pfanner
Networking
May 14, 2026
9:00 AM GMT+2
Comfort is the real competitor.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Main Stage
Gianni Gambini
Executive Member of the Board of Directors | Gambini
Managing Director | Gambini America
Nicola Romagnani
Marketing & Product Manager | Gambini
Speech
9:30 AM GMT+2
Tissue market overview.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Main Stage
Luis Bueno
Consumer Goods Executive Vice President | Suzano
Speech
10:00 AM GMT+2
TBA
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Main Stage
Philipp Jaki
European Economist | Fastmarket
Speech
10:30 AM GMT+2
Maintenance re-design for sustainability.
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Lab Stage
Simona Allio
Sustainability & Quality Manager | SKF Group
Angelo Addati
Service Sales Manager | SKF Group
Technical Presentation
Sustainable AI.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Lab Stage
Cristian Sartori
Sales Specialist Manager | Siemens
Technical Presentation
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking
11:30 AM GMT+2
UPM Pulp: driving product quality and value through tissue furnish optimization.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Main Stage
Darryl Holt
Technical Marketing & Services | UPM Pulp
Speech
12:00 PM GMT+2
Sustainable by integrated design – a strategy for a future-ready tissue mill.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Main Stage
Peter Oksakowski
Managing Director | BHM INGENIEURE
Speech
12:30 PM GMT+2
Reimagine 2030: driving transformative growth through sustainable innovation.
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Main Stage
Steven Sage
VP Sustainability & Corporate Communications | Kruger Products
Speech
1:00 PM GMT+2
TBA
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Lab Stage
Stefano Pecchia
Energy Technology Director | Toscotec
Technical Presentation
Moving big things to zero: our company will reduce worldwide CO2 emissions by 1% within the next 15 years.
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Lab Stage
Manfred Dobler
Head of Paper Industry | Everllence
Technical Presentation
Light Lunch
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Networking
3:15 PM GMT+2
Towards net-zero: challenges and opportunities for tissue mills.
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Main Stage
Eduardo De Almeida
Principal Consultant | Afry
Speech
3:45 PM GMT+2
The Navigator Company – driving decarbonization in tissue production.
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Main Stage
Nuno Santos
Executive Board Member | The Navigator Company
Speech
4:15 PM GMT+2
TBA
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Main Stage
Elena Troia
EuroVast
Speech
4:45 PM GMT+2
Increase your tissue bulk for a more sustainable product.
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM Lab Stage
Grant Downham
Global Market Manager | BTG
Technical Presentation
Novel sustainable chemical solutions for the tissue market.
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Lab Stage
Eduard Valton
Market Manager Pulp, Utilities and Sustainability | SOLENIS
Technical Presentation
Coffee Break
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Networking
6:00 PM GMT+2
An established technology of innovative solutions for diverse energy needs. A focus on the paper tissue industries.
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Main Stage
Alessandro Petruzzi
Co-founder and CEO | Terra Innovatum
Speech
6:30 PM GMT+2
Thanks, goodbyes and departures.
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Main Stage
Alessandro Mennucci
CEO | Toscotec