Free Conference Programme
The WT Europe Conference is proudly organised by ELTI – European Leaf Tobacco Interbranch
The whole conference was livestreamed on the ELTI Facebook Page. If you missed it, you can find a recording at: https://www.facebook.com/ELTI.EuropeanLeafTobaccoIBO
Wednesday 18 May 2022 – ELTI CONFERENCE THEME:
The perspectives of European Tobacco and ESG
10.00 - 10:15: Opening ceremony and welcome 10.15 - 10.55: World tobacco trends, focus on novel end emerging products Jose Becerril, Euromonitor International ![]() 10.55 - 11.25: Global challenges of the tobacco farmers around the world Ivan Genov, ITGA, Analyst 11.25 - 12.00: Evolution and perspectives of EU raw tobacco growing, processing and marketing, the impact of CAP 2023-2026 Tsvetan Filev, ELTI - European Leaf Tobacco Interbranch, President Theodoros Lordanidis, UNITAB, President Przemyslaw Noworyta, UNITAB, Delegated Secretary Carlo Sacchetto, FETRATAB, Secretary general 12:00 - 12.30: WHO FCTC COP 9 and 10 Maria Reymao, Universal Leaf Tobacco 12.30 - 13.00: EU raw tobacco trade, Carbon farming opportunities Federico Facchin, Copa-Cogeca 13.00 - 13.30: EU TPD, EU TED, other EU regulations: BECA, Smoke Free Environments Maurits Bruggink, Tobacco Europe 13.20 - 14.30: LUNCH & EXHIBITION TIME 14.30 - 15.15: The monitoring of EU raw tobacco flows:
Wojciech Krawczyk, ULT Poland Managing Director Carlo Sacchetto, ELTI/Fetratab Secretary General 15.15 - 15.45: Are other restrictions coming? Health warnings on individual sticks, age restrictions, plain packaging trends, pandemic and counterfeiting … Mike Ridgway, CPMA - Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance, Director 15.45 - 16.15: Tobacco sustainability and ESG Domenico Cardinali, Deltafina/ULT Group President and Managing Director Rodolfo Salvi, Salvarat 16.15 - 16.45: Are there alternatives to tobacco growing?
Jose Becerril, Euromonitor International ![]() Carlo Sacchetto, APTI - Italian Association of Tobacco Processors |
Entry into all sessions AND the exhibition is completely free of charge. Join fellow tobacco professionals from across the region in Sofia from 18-19 May 2022 for WT Europe. |