Past year’s programme
01
Day 1
8 September 2026
09:00
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address
10:00
Markets & Trends of the Absorbent Hygiene Industry
Mr. Tarrung Kapur, Senior Economist, Ernst & Young (EY); Anubhav Poddar, Promoter,
Global Nonwovens; Kanav Gupta, Associate Director, Business Co-ordination House (BCH)
11:00
Opening of the ‘Right’ Hygiene Supermarket
11:10
Tea/Coffee Break
11:15
Opening of the 'Meet Your Consumer' Area
12:05
Capturing transitions in hygiene non-woven and films
Nirav Mehta, Partner, Dima Products; Ingo Soeller, Chief Executive Officer, TWE OBT;
Tuukka Vihtakari, CTO, Anpap Airlaid; Ezio DiCesare, Business Development Director, Neos
13:05
Lunch Break
14:35
Capturing Transitions in processes & Technology
Savio George, IMEA Business Manager, H.B. Fuller; Ravi Ramachandran, Founder & CEO,
Nua; Justin Lafferty, Global Product Development Manager, Dukane; Clara Calain-Tatry, Director, Business Development, Nordson Global Nonwovens
15:30
The 'Right' Hygiene Awards
16:15
Tea and Coffee Break
17:00
Capturing Transitions in Consumer Trends
Kiran Warrier, Global Head - Advanced Textiles, Welspun Global Brands; Udit Birla, CEO,
Swara Baby Products Pvt Ltd.; Vijayakumar Joseph, Senior Technical & Market Development
Professional, The LYCRA Company
17:35
Ladies Pannel
Manveen Ssharma, Founder, PINQ POLKA; Isha Qureshi, Founder, Babel Biosciences; Dr.
Akriti Gera, Paediatric Cardiologist, Child Health Foundation; Dr. Ankita Gupta, Research &
Comm. Specialist, Baala (Baala Triple E Care); Dr. Gita Prakash, Consultant family medicine,
Max medicentre; Devika Diwan, Senior News Editor, NewsX; Debarati Ghosh, Country Head
Consumer Good Adhesive, Henkel; Ritika Gupta, Executive Director, BCH
19:00
Cocktails & Dinner – Networking
02
Day 2
9 September 2026
09:30
EU/USA Panel - Sustainability, Regulation, Innovation
Alina Maria Posluszny, Managing Director, TZMO India South; Tommi Björnman, Nonwoven
Specialist; Rahul Bansal, Head – Nonwoven, Grasim, (Birla Cellulose); Rachel Gibbons, Global
Vice President-Personal Care, H.B. Fuller; Murat Dogru, General Manager, EDANA
10:00
Innovation and Sustainibilty
Kaushal Soparkar, Managing Director, Soparkar & Kothari Technologies; Dr. Bernd Kunze,
Managing Director, Reifenhäuser Reicol GmbH & Co.KG; Tatsuya OIDA, General Manager,
Sales & Shipping, Sumitomo Seika Singapore
11:00
Tea & Coffee Break
11:45
Addressing the gaps on safety, quality and efficiency
J.K. Gupta, Scientist-E/ Director & Head (Textiles Department), Dharmbeer Yadav, Scientist
‘D’/Joint Director, (Textiles Department), Bureau of Indian Standards; Nikhil Vaswani, Global
Sales & Marketing Head, Ktex Nonwovens; Kamal Kumar Johari, Managing Director &
Founder, Nobel Hygiene; Harsh Sethia, Executive Director, Sekhani Industries; Aastha Gupta,
Founder, Still
13:15
Lunch Break
14:30
Capturing Transitions in the AHP Value Chain
Kirk Harpole, Machinery Manufacturer, Osprey Corporation; Sahil Khanna, Director,
Romsons Group Private Limited; Sunil Lewis, Sr. Chief Manager, Piramal Pharma; Marzban
Thanevala, Chief Marketing Officer, SB-Constantia
15:25
Tea & Coffee Break
16:10
Global Stake Exchange
Santosh Jha, C.E.O, Maxcare Product, Kenya; Nitin Agarwal, C.E.O, Agrim Pharmaceutical &
Healthcare IND, Nigeria; Jameson Miguel, CEO, FITESA CNC, Thailand; Bernd
Nordhuswestarp, Director Sales (EU), Filcon Europe SARL; Punit Sarda, Managing Director,
Jasmine Hygiene, Nepal; Samir Gupta, MD, BCH
16:50
Industry Pannel
Kamal Kumar Johari, Managing Director, Nobel Hygiene; Rajendra Prasad, Head – Strategic
Procurement, Unicharm India; Alok Birla, Managing Director, Swara Baby Products; Amit
Banga, Promoter, SB Constantia; Mayank Beria, Co-founder of Millennium Babycares; Kanav
Gupta, Director, BCH