Agenda
en
Lucca, Italy
| 13 - 14 May, 2026
Program
: May 13 - 14
Wednesday 13
Thursday 14
Presenter
Gioia Novena
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
Speakers:
Alessandro Mennucci
CEO | Toscotec
Marco Dalle Piagge
Sales Director - Tissue Division | Toscotec
Conversation
2:40 PM GMT+2
The mill and the model: rethinking industrial production in age of intelligent systems.
2:40 PM
- 3:00 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Mariarosaria Taddeo
Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies - Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford
Speech
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
Founder | MDG35
Speakers:
Carlos Reinoso
Chairman & Director General | ETS (European Tissue Symposium)
Martin Krengel
Chairman of the Management Board | Wepa Group
Volker Zöller
President Consumer Tissue Global | Essity
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 TMC
Technical Presentation
One size does not fit all: different tissue grades, different rules.
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Lab Stage
Paolo Lazzareschi
Chief Technology Officer | 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
Speakers:
Luigi Lazzareschi
CEO | Sofidel
Marco Dell'Osso
Founder | MDG35
Conversation
5:20 PM GMT+2
Driving impact at scale: sustainability within Essity global supply chain enablement.
5:20 PM
- 5:50 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Olli Härkönen
Supply Chain Sustainability & Digitalization Director | Essity
Speech
5:50 PM GMT+2
On the way to the autonomous paper mill - MillOne.
5:50 PM
- 6:35 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Andreas Endters
President & CEO Voith Paper | Voith
Speech
6:35 PM GMT+2
Water as a strategic resource: minimized water footprint in tissue making.
6:35 PM - 6:50 PM Lab Stage
Manlio Ronga
CEO | Meri Group
Technical Presentation
Gala Dinner
8:00 PM Palazzo Pfanner
Networking
May 14, 2026
8:30 AM GMT+2
Opening & registration
from 8:30 AM
9:00 AM GMT+2
Comfort is the real competitor.
9:00 AM
- 9:30 AM Main Stage
Speakers:
Gianni Gambini
Executive Member of the Board of Directors | Gambini S.p.A.,
Managing Director | Gambini America
Managing Director | Gambini America
Nicola Romagnani
Marketing & Product Manager | Gambini
Conversation
9:30 AM GMT+2
Tissue market overview.
9:30 AM
- 10:00 AM Main Stage
Speakers:
Luís Bueno
Consumer Goods Executive Vice President | Suzano
Speech
10:00 AM GMT+2
Global Tissue Industry: current challenges and future opportunities.
10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM Main Stage
Speakers:
Philipp Jaki
European Economist, European Forest Products | Fastmarkets
Speech
10:30 AM GMT+2
Maintenance re-design for sustainability.
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Lab Stage
Simona Allio
Sustainability & Quality SE.T Manager, Industrial Sales Italy | SKF Industrie
Angelo Addati
Service Sales Manager, Regional Sales Italy | SKF Industrie
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
Speakers:
Darryl Holt
Technical Marketing & Services | UPM Pulp
Speech
12:00 PM GMT+2
Driving decarbonization in tissue production.
12:00 PM
- 12:30 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Nuno Santos
Executive Director | The Navigator Company
Speech
12:30 PM GMT+2
Reimagine 2030: driving transformative growth through sustainable innovation.
12:30 PM
- 1:00 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Steven Sage
VP Sustainability & Corporate Communications | Kruger Products
Speech
1:00 PM GMT+2
Electrifying tissue production through advanced heat pump steam generation.
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
Speakers:
Eduardo de Almeida
Senior Principal | Afry
Speech
3:45 PM GMT+2
Sustainable by integrated design – a strategy for a future-ready tissue mill.
3:45 PM
- 4:15 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Peter Oksakowski
Managing Director | BHM INGENIEURE
Speech
4:15 PM GMT+2
Future driven by heritage: a European cultural approach to sustainable development in the Tissue Industry.
4:15 PM
- 4:45 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Elena Troia
Technical Director Paper Mills | 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 Tissue Market Manager | BTG
Technical Presentation
Novel sustainable chemical solutions for the tissue market.
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Lab Stage
Edouard Valton
Market Manager Pulp, Utilities and Sustainability | Solenis
Technical Presentation
Coffee Break
4:45 PM -
5:45 PM
Networking
5:45 PM GMT+2
An established technology of innovative solutions for diverse energy needs. A focus on the paper Tissue Industries.
5:45 PM
- 6:15 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Alessandro Petruzzi
Co-founder & CEO | Terra Innovatum
Speech
6:15 PM GMT+2
Closing remarks.
6:15 PM
- 6:30 PM Main Stage
Speakers:
Alessandro Mennucci
CEO | Toscotec
Speech
8:00 PM GMT+2
Closing Dinner
8:00 PM Villa Guinigi
Networking