Program 66th FEFPEB congress: 28th – 30th October in Cork
28th - 30th October 2015
Location: Cork, Ireland
Entitled: "Wooden pallets and packaging in a sustainable business in fast-changing world"
The congress will highlight the foremost issues affecting the timber pallet and packaging sector and offer the chance to discuss and network with colleagues from around the world.
AGENDA Business Session Friday 30 October 2015
NOTE NEW AGENDA FROM CONGRESS
08.00 – 09.00 hours
Registration delegates / Industry Forum
09.00 – 09.15 hours
Official opening business session
Welcome by Rob van Hoesel (NL), President FEFPEB
Theme: Overview Irish wood sector
09.15 – 09.45 hours
Developments wood sector in Ireland
Key note speaker Simon Coveney (Ireland), Minister for Agriculture and local member of the Dail
09.45 – 10.00 hours
The Irish Forest and the Irish Pallet and Packaging Industry
By Fergal Leamy Coiltte, the Irish Forestry Commission, speaker to be announced.
10.00 - 10.20 hours
The Irish Sawmilling Industry
by Mike Glennon, Glennon Brothers, one of the leading sawmilling companies in Ireland.
Theme: Pallets and Packaging Industry in the European Union
10.20 – 11.00 hours
Jeremy Wall (UK), European Commission / DG Growth on the re-industrialisation of the European
Union and the need for a sustainable future of Europe, with subjects such as the circular economy and the renewable energy package
11.00 – 11.40 hours
Coffee break / Industry Forum
Theme : ISPM 15
11.40 – 12.00 hours
Fons Ceelaert, secretary general FEFPEB on current developments
Theme: Light weight packaging
12.00 – 12.30 hours
Wood in contact with food, a scientific approach
Olivier de Lagausie (FR), general manager SEIL / GROW on research results in the field of lightweight packaging, relevant for the pallet and packaging industry as a whole.
12.30 -13.45 hours
Lunch / Industry Forum
Theme: The global pallet and packaging industry
13.45 – 14.10 hours
Global Forum Wooden Pallet and Packaging Industry
Short report by Fons Ceelaert, secretary general FEFPEB, on the outcome of the 2nd meeting of industry leaders from all parts of the world, held on 28 October 2015.
Including a short look at the European pallet and packaging industry.
14.10 – 15.10 hours
The Asian Pallet System Federation: China, Japan and Korea
China: a market of growing importance
Prof. Qingyi Wu (CH), chairman of the Asia Pallet System Federation on current developments in the pallet and packaging industry in China.
Aims & Objectives APSF
Prof. Jae Kyun Eom, (South Korea) secretary general of the Asia Pallet System Federation on revisiting middion statements for APSF.
Presentation by representative of the Japan Pallet Association, to be announced.
15.10 – 15.30 hours
North America: The current status and challenges of the USA & Canadian pallet and packaging industry
Brent McLendon (USA), President / CEO of NWPCA, and Brian Isard (Canada), general manager CWPCA, shine their lights on the situation in North America.
15.30 – 16.00 hours
Coffee break / Industry Forum
Theme: Technical developments
16.00 – 16.25 hours
Quality scanning technology
Marc Pérez (SP), Mecanica CAPE, on the state of affairs regarding the production line quality scanning technology.
16.25 – 16.45 hours
FEFPEB activities and formal matters by Fons Ceelaert, secretary general FEFPEB
16.45 – 17.00 hours
Closing remarks
Round-up by Rob van Hoesel, President FEFPEB