TAPPICon, the premier event for the global forest products industry, is set to break new ground in 2025 with a bold and innovative program format designed to address the most pressing issues facing the sector today. The upcoming conference, May 4-7, 2025 in Minneapolis, MN, will center around six key topics shaping the future of the industry. This reimagined format is designed to provide attendees with deeper insights and actionable knowledge across all segments of the industry.
In addition, TAPPICon 2025 is also expanding its industry scope to include other segments, such as pulping, engineering, nanotechnology, and biobased materials. This expansion reflects TAPPICon's commitment to providing a comprehensive platform that addresses the diverse needs and interests of the global forest products community, from paper, tissue, coating, process control, recycled paperboard and more.
2025 TAPPICon’s Six Proposed Topics
1. Equipment, Processes & Operations
This topic focuses on advanced solutions aimed at optimizing processes and equipment to enhance production efficiency, product quality, and operational reliability. Emphasizing fundamentals of engineering, optimization and operation with advanced technologies.
2. Emerging Technologies & Methodologies
This topic highlights the latest technological advancements transforming the pulp and paper industry. Including new and online tools and methods for assessing and enhancing production processes, focusing on both fundamental and cutting-edge engineering approaches and cybersecurity.
3. Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability & Environmental Impact
This theme explores how corporate citizenship integrates with sustainable practices and strategies aimed at reducing the environmental footprint and promoting a circular economy within the pulp and paper industry. It emphasizes the responsibility of corporations to engage in ethical practices that benefit society and the environment, alongside recycling, sustainability, and the environmental impact of various processes.
4. Innovative Technology for Products & Processes
This topic addresses methods and innovations to improve quality of product properties, and overall production reliability through pulp and papermaking, advanced monitoring and control techniques, material interactions of coating technologies.
5. Pulp & Fiber Innovations, Alternative Materials and Applications
Fiber innovation and alternative materials are transforming manufacturing by introducing eco-friendly and renewable solutions. These advancements focus on using alternative materials to reduce environmental impact and sustainability improvements in fiber supply. Incorporating advanced technology and predictive analyses to optimize fiber production and utilization for better quality control and efficiency. This topic emphasizes raw and recyclable materials, green practices, circularity and circular economy. Sessions will highlight the importance of resource efficiency and sustainability in fiber technology development.
6. Talent Development, Safety & Best Practices
This topic focuses on career development, industry trends, and best practices aimed at attracting, training and retaining talent. It also explores business empowerment opportunities and the importance of safety culture, team development and training in the Mills.
Call for Papers: Share Your Expertise at TAPPICon 2025
TAPPICon 2025 is calling on forward thinkers and subject matter experts to contribute to the event's success by submitting papers on the six key topics as they apply to the forest products industry. The Call for Papers will open soon, and abstracts are due by December 1, 2024. This is a unique opportunity to share your knowledge, innovations, and insights with industry peers and help shape the future of the forest products industry.
For more information and to stay updated on TAPPICon 2025, visit TAPPICon.org.
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