OPENING AND WELCOME ADDRESSES

WHAT DID PAPER INDUSTRY LEARN IN LAST THREE YEARS?
Leopold Povše, President of the Paper and Paper Converting Industry Association

The Covid year 2020 was a test of responsiveness, endurance and ingenuity. Many new projects, new approaches, new sales and communication channels have emerged. In 2021, we faced a big rise in prices of pulp, energy products, transportation and emission allowances... Investments are a must … We entered 2022 full of expectations about the end of the energy crisis, but then came war in Ukraine...

A LOOK AT THE WORLD ECONOMY
Mojmir Mrak, Ph.D., Full Professor, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljani

World, Europe, Slovenia – all facing really turbulent times. Record high prices of raw materials, low price of money, increased risk, anti-corona measures and new outbreaks of the epidemic, war in Ukraine and energy crisis ... how does this affect the domestic and foreign business environment?

FRESH FROM BRUSSELS
CEPI - Confederation od European Paper Industries

The package of new legislation “Fit for 55”, an ambitious direction of development by 2050, access to R&D and investment funds, taxonomy, the new CBAM mechanism …

BIOREFINERY, THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY 
Willem Sederel, Vangard Initiative, Chairman of the Board, Circular Biobased Delta

Biorefineries are the key element in bioeconomy, pursuing the direction of the circular economy. Biorefineries combine the technologies necessary to convert biological material into different products...

AWARD FOR THE BEST THESIS IN PAPERMAKING AND RELATED SCIENCES
Petra Prebil Bašin, Director of the Paper and Paper Converting Industry Association

For the 26^th year in a row, we will award the best thesis in the field of papermaking and related sciences.

Coffee break and networking

SAFETY at work ... more important than ever
Srečko Kvartuh, Zoja IN d.o.o.

If ever, safety and health at work is of paramount importance to each individual as well as to the collective NOW.

CONSUMER AND PACKAGING TRENDS
Michal Zawistowski, General manager, DS Smith Slovenija

As a major player in the paper and paper converting industry, DS Smith not only monitors legislative trends and changes, but also creates new opportunities, monitors and creates new consumer habits, and educates consumers about the necessary shift towards green and sustainable...

PRESENTATION OF THE CIP PROJECT
Pulp and Paper Institute, Ljubljana

Circular use of unutilised, discarded, waste biomass for paper production, and sustainable and innovative design of paper products.

Paper NOW- ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES of the present times for the PAPER AND PAPER CONVERTING INDUSTRY
Participants: representatives from the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Pulp and Paper Institute, and paper industry
Moderated by: Goran Novković

Development leap, access to funds, legislative trends and pressures, closure of TEŠ 6 and the energy future of energy-intensive companies, from reuse and recycle to reduce, flourishing use of plastics during the epidemic, and more.

Lunch break

HOW DID THE COMPANIES SPEND THE LAST TWO YEARS?
Moderated by: Goran Novković

A round table with company directors reporting on the projects and events of the past two years and future ones.

Conclusion of the 25^th Day of Slovene Paper Industry

Coffee break 

50 YEARS of DITP - Pulp and Paper Engineers and Technicians Association celebration

Dinner