Conference Chair: Atul Kaul, Chief Commercial Officer, Arab Paper Manufacturing Co., Saudi Arabia

Day 1: Monday, 13 Oct 2025
10:30 AM: Official Opening Ceremony
Session 1 : 11:30 – 13:00
‘Driving sustainable growth in GCC Containerboard industry by navigating the new Geopolitical challenges & opportunities’

• Opening Remarks & Theme Presentation: Atul Kaul, Chief Commercial Officer, Arab Paper Manufacturing Co., Saudi Arabia
• Legends & Legacies ; the untold story of sand-dunes to corn wet milling plant: Hamad Abdulla Al Ghurair, Vice President, Al Ghurair Foods, UAE
• ‘Future investment and growth potential in GCC containerboard industry’ : Sami Safran, Board Chairman, Arab Federation for Paper, Printing & Packaging Industries (AFPPPI) | Board Advisor -MEPCO, Saudi Arabia • ‘Outlook for the Global Containerboard industry: challenges and opportunities for Middle East.’ : Bernhard Pascher, Containerboard Overseas Coordinator & Area Sales Manager Middle East, Heinzel Group, Austria
Lunch Break

“Strategic Outlook: Pulp & Fibre Growth in the Middle East”

Session 2: 14:00 – 15:30
‘A focused industry dialogue exploring the future of pulp and fibre in the Middle East — covering sustainable investment, innovation trends, and strategic growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving market.’

Speakers:
• Kashif Amin, CEO, Ekman Middle East, UAE
• Johan Schirjver, Al Ghurair-Starch & Milling, UAE
Session 3 : 15:30 – 17:00
‘Corrugated Packaging gets smarter, lighter and greener; Sneak peek into the Middle Eastern outlook of the industry’

Day 2: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Session 4 – 11:00 – 12:30
‘Effective strategies for shaping the future of Middle East Tissue industry’

Keynote Speakers:
• Aejaz Ahmed Munshi, General Manager, Star Paper Mill, UAE

Speakers:
• ‘Energy Efficiency in Tissue Converting: Maflex MERS – A Proven Regenerative Energy System for a Sustainable and Efficient Production Model’: Andrea Tomei, Area Sales Manager, MAFLEX, Italy

Session 5: 12:30 – 14:00
‘NEXT- Gen’ Sustainable Packaging; Emerging global trends in ‘plastics free’ packaging designs & materials, circularity and technology integration’
Speakers:
• Pradhip Maharaj , Head- R&D , Packaging , IFFCO, UAE
Lunch Break
Session 6: 15:00 – 16:30
‘Circularity in Action- Unlocking the potential of paper recycling
business in Middle East.’
Speakers:
• Enas Sobhy Ali, Head of CSR/ Envirocare Department, TADWEER, UAE

Session 7: 18:30 – 19 :30
‘Make it in the Emirates’- How Paper Industry can drive the Sustainable
economic growth of ‘United Global Emirates’
Session 8: 19:30 – 20:00
PROPAPER DUBAI 2025 Awards
Followed by Dinner & Cocktails
Day Ends at 21:30

***Draft program, subject to change***