May 28, 2025
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10 am- 11 am | Magno Project: New Strategies & Digital Solutions to Tackle Food Packaging Pollution
Jessica Genovese
Jessica Genovese is a Senior Food Production and Technology Researcher at DNV, working with the Sustainable Food Systems Team and leading the dissemination activities for the MAGNO Project.
Previously, she was a Scientific Researcher at the University of Milano, focusing on reducing food waste and developing sustainable packaging solutions. She holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the University of Bologna.
Luigi Operato
Luigi Operato is a researcher within the Sustainable Food Systems Team at DNV, where he serves as the project manager for the company in the MAGNO project.
With expertise in materials engineering and Life Cycle Assessment, Luigi has worked on analysing the environmental profiles and performance of bio-based materials, with the goal of scaling up their use in industrially relevant solutions.
Wael Hamd
Wael Hamd is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Balamand, Lebanon. He holds a PhD in Chemical Processes from ENSCI and the University of Limoges, France, and serves as the national coordinator of the MAGNO project.
His research focuses on nanostructured catalysts for the treatment of organic pollutants and microplastics, as well as applications in energy and petrochemical processes, with an emphasis on environmental sustainability.
Phil Rosenow
Phil Rosenow is a research assistant in the Materials Development department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV and serves as the technical coordinator in the MAGNO project. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Philipps-Universität Marburg.
His work at Fraunhofer IVV focuses on shelf-life modelling and data-based approaches to optimize the functionality and sustainability of packaging.
Ignacio Fernández-Pacheco Ruiz
Ignacio Fernández-Pacheco Ruiz is a project coordinator within the Thermodynamics Division at IDENER and the project coordinator of the MAGNO project.
He holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Rey Juan Carlos University. His work at IDENER focuses on process design, modelling and optimisation in the chemical, manufacturing, and energy industries.
11:15 - 11:45 | Leader’s Talk: Idee, Sfide e Futuro
Giuseppe De Filippi
Born in 1964 in Rome, has worked at L'Opinione and then at Tg5 since 1992. Since 1996 he has collaborated with Il Foglio, for which he also edits the daily newsletter “Di cosa parlare stasera a cena”. He founded and directs the current Class Cnbc. He has collaborated with Avvenire, Il Giornale, Milano Finanza.
He wrote with Stefano da Empoli the essay La banca dell'Euro. He participates in public meetings on economic and financial issues, including the latest editions of the Trento Festival of Economics organised by Sole 24 Ore. He hosted Tg5 in the 8 p.m. edition from 2007 to 1017, he is currently deputy director of Tg5.
Michele Cantisani
Michele Cantisani is a food technologist with a degree from the University of Milan. He spent his first years in the flexible packaging industry working at the GOGLIO group and then developed his professionalism in the food world with his employment at HEINZ (now KRAFTHEINZ). Since 2017 he has been working at the BOLTON GROUP within the BU Home & Personal care.
Michele Cantisani has over twenty years of experience in packaging innovation, gained throughout the supply chain and in different FMCG sectors. He has developed solid technical expertise combined with strong business acumen, integrating the vision of the manufacturer and the user in sectors such as Food, Home & Personal Care and Beauty. This dual perspective has enabled him to tackle common packaging challenges in different markets. Today, it promotes complex, cross-disciplinary collaborations to meet the challenges of innovation, sustainability and regulation, fostering dialogue between all players in the packaging industry.