09:00 | Exhibition Opens ...
and Welcome Refreshments
International Recovered
Paper Conference 14 April 2026 Berlin
Estrel Berlin
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International Recovered
Programme
and Welcome Refreshments
Conference Manager and Moderator
Michael Brocker |
Journalist, Radio Broadcasting Moderator (WDR 5)
Germany
10:00 | Opening and Welcoming Address
Mike Hayes |
Chairman, bvse Division for Paper Recycling
10:10 | Welcoming Address
Henry Forster |
President, bvse
10:20 | Keynote
Multiple Crises, Multiple Opportunities – What Lies Ahead in 2025?
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Felbermayr |
Director, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Q+A, Talk with Michael Brocker
11:15 | International Recovered Paper Markets and Global Trends – Which Challenges Will We Be Facing?
Statements followed by Q+A Session
North America’s Recovered Fibre Market: Trends, Trade & Turmoil
Kelly McNamara | Numera Analytics
Recovered Paper Markets in Southeast Asia: Regulation on the Rise
Hannah Zhao | Fastmarkets RISI
Recovered Paper Markets in Europe: Walled Off by Law?
Hans van de Nes | ERPA-European Recovered Paper Association
Discussion
Global Trends – Which Challenges Will We Be Facing?
Moderation and Q&As: Andreas Otto and Patrick van den Berg
Participants can join in the discussion and Q&As live online or use the digital text chat function.
12:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 | Logistics Now and in the Future – Challenges for the Trade
Statements followed by Q+A Session
Soon everything E? The Future of Electric Mobility.
Benjamin Schiebler | Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe GmbH
Gas, Electric, Hydrogen – Which Fuel is the Future?
Philipp Müller, Fraunhofer IML (Inst. for Material Flow and Logistics)
From Investments to Driver Shortages – A Report from the Logistics Sector.
Gerd Bretschneider | Fuhrgewerbe-Innung Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
(Trade Association for Commercial Road Haulage)
Discussion
14:45 | Coffee Break
15:15 | Industrial and Commercial Packaging – Will everything Come Under Dual Systems?
PPWR & Paper: New Obligations, New Opportunities?
Julia Ettinger | Secretary General
EuRIC-European Recycling Industries Confederation
Panel Discussion
New EU Packaging Waste Directive: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Dr. Fritz Flanderka, Reclay Holding GmbH
- Gunda Rachut, ZSVR (German Central Agency Packaging Register)
- Christian Hündgen, Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co. KG (Waste Management Company)
- Matthias Fabian, Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environment Agency)