Agenda
Day 1
January 12th, 2021
Market Analysis, Risks and Opportunities in the Tissue Industry
Welcome and logistics
Ronalds Gonzalez, NCSU
Welcome to NC State University
Dean Myron Floyd, NCSU
Tissue Pack Innovation Lab & Tissue Analytica
Ronalds Gonzalez, NCSU and Lokendra Pal, NCSU
Managing a global supply chain in times of pandemic
Donato Giorgio, President Global Manufacturing Supply, Essity
Perspectives of the tissue business across different regions
Soile Kilpi, Head of AFRY Management Consulting North America
Product performance & sustainability: Evidence from the shelf
Ronalds Gonzalez, NCSU
Innovation and market development in developing markets
Lucas López, VP Marketing, Grupo Familia
State of consumer tissue market in North America:
Current disruption and future growth challenges
Ellen Chen, Research Analyst, Euromonitor International
Digitalization in the tissue industry
Denise Vivas, VP E-commerce, Essity
Road map to the future, combining technology with changing
consumer buying trends
Marc Robinson, VP Business Development, Global Tissue
Q&A session
Speakers from the sessions will be answering questions from the audience
Workshop: Understanding fibers potential to develop flexible sourcing programs
Tiago de Assis, Kemira - Hasan Jameel, NCSU
Day 2
January 13th, 2021
Fiber development, Performance & Manufacturing
Welcome
Lokendra Pal, NCSU
Strategies in the development of smart fibers
Orlando Rojas, UBC
Advances in winding technology and controls
Vince Reese, CEO, Cardinal Tissue
Impacts of high tensile BEKP in tissue production
Heloisa Romeiro Ramires, Product Development Manager, Suzano
Understanding the potential of OCC for the manufacture of tissue paper
Franklin Zambrano, NCSU
Tailoring fiber-based additives for efficient tissue production
Luis Carlos Felix, Researcher, RISE
Emtec TSA Tissue Softness Analyzer – functional principle and success stories
Alexander Grüner, Global Marketing and Business Development Manager, Emtec
Pulp fractionation and fraction properties
Saurabh Kumar, Researcher, Centre Technique du Papier
Combining fractionation, stratification to improve the properties of tissue
Jérémie Viguié, Researcher, Centre Technique du Papier
Q&A session
Speakers from the sessions will be answering questions from the audience
Workshop: The evolution of tissue manufacturing technologies
Lee W. Reisinger, CEO, ReiTech Incorporated
Day 3
January 14th, 2021
Sustainability and Furnish Development for Tissue
Welcome
Med Byrd, NCSU
Global dynamics affecting the tissue industry
Richard Phillips, NCSU
Will the US administration bring new carbon costs to the US tissue industry?
Matt Elhardt, VP Global Sales, Fisher International
An overview of sustainability initiatives for tissue converters
Claudio Munoz, Director of Marketing Americas, Körber
Nature-derived antimicrobial agents for functional tissue and hygiene products
Lokendra Pal, NCSU
Today’s cure for tomorrow’s tissue immunity
Stefano Spinelli, Director Product Management, PCMC
Papermaking Industry 4.0 - Autonomous control using artificial intelligence
Anthony Lewis, Global Product Manager, Solenis
DEKA 2400: Modified kaolin-based deinking reagent for recovered paper
Marty Daniel, Product and Market Development Manager, Thiele
Optimization and design of cellulose-based tissue papers using 3D fibrous materials simulation
Flávia Pinto Morais, University of Beira Interior
Q&A session
Speakers from the sessions will be answering questions from the audience
Workshop: The laws of physics governing tissue properties
Joel Pawlak, NCSU
Closing Remarks
Hasan Jameel, NCSU