Conference program
SOLUTIONCENTER
Hall 8
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
10:00 - 10:30
Technologies for process and emission automation
Ing. Andrea Canali
Technical and Commercial Area Manager, Ital Control Meters
11:00 - 12:30
Seminario
M.O.C.A. and gaskets: What’s new to know
Avv. Valeria Pullini
Studio Legale Pullini
14:00 - 14:30
Flameless explosion venting and dust retention
Thierry Salm
Business Development Explosion Protection, Fike Schweiz
14:45 - 15:15
Filtration Group: industrial specialists in difficult dust filtration
Gabriele Vezzani
Sales Director Italy, Filtration Group
10:30 - 10:45
14:30 - 14:45
Explosion test
REMBE invites you to attend a live demonstration at Stand D40. Experts in explosion safety and overpressure venting will show the operating principle of rupture discs: live and in action.
Rembe - Booth D40
Thursday, February 12, 2026
10:00 - 11:30
Seminar
Powders under control; Angle of repose; Shear test and flow function
University of Padua
Ing. Prof. Andrea Claudio Santomaso
Department of Process Engineering, University of Padua
11:45 - 12:15
CMMS in the era of the Digital Twin
Leonardo Molteni
Technical Asset and Facility Management, One Team S.p.A.
12:30 - 13:00
Robotics and AI for powder processing – industrial scalability for food and pharma
Ing. Massimiliano Sacchi
Co-Owner, F.lli Sacchi s.n.c.
14:00 - 14:30
How to manage explosion risk
Ing. Amos Cavalera
Sales Manager Italia, IEP Technologies - Hoerbiger Safety Solutions
10:30 - 10:45
14:30 - 14:45
Explosion test
REMBE invites you to attend a live demonstration at Stand D40. Experts in explosion safety and overpressure venting will show the operating principle of rupture discs: live and in action.
Rembe - Stand D40
Search & Tech
Hall 8
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
11:00 - 12:30
rePlanet | The Future of Textile Recycling: Re-Think Textile. Re-Cycle Textile. Re-Future
Organized by
Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
Beatrice Casati
Co-founder, Pulvera, spin off di Casati Flock & Fibers
Raffaello De Salvo
President, Associazione Corertex (Consorzio per il Riuso ed il Riciclo Tessile)
Andrea Falchini
Director, Next Technology Tecnotessile Società Nazionale di Ricerca r.l.
Marco Benedetti
Vice President, Associazione Nazionale Chimica Verde Bionet
Prof. Laura Cipolla
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca
Dr. Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Researcher, iit (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
14:00 - 15:30
AI and Robotics for the Process Industry: Efficiency, Safety, and Predictive Maintenance
Live Talk Show organized by
Miriam Olivi
President, WOMEN IN PLASTICS ITALY
Fabio Massimo Marchetti
Founder e CEO, Digitaly Industria; Founder e CEO ESG Smart; Vice Presidente ANIE Automazione - Transizione Digitale
Thursday, February 12, 2026
11:00 - 12:30
Technical roundtable: strategies for recycling polymeric materials – case studies, industrial solutions, and best practices
Organized by
University of Parma
Michele Petrone
CEO, Aliplast S.p.a.
Prof. Daniel Milanese
Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Science and Technology, Università degli Studi di Parma, in collaborazione con INSTM (Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia die Materiali)
Luigi Bandera
Board Member and Business Development, Bandera S.p.a.
Federico Altafini
R&D Mechanical Designer, BD Plast Filtering Systems S.r.l.
Maria Elena Veronese
Sales and Marketing Director, FILTEC S.r.l.
14:00 - 15:30
AI and Robotics for the Process Industry: Efficiency, Safety, and Predictive Maintenance
Live Talk Show organized by
Ing. Filippo Ghelfi
CTO, 40 Factory S.r.l.