Simone Tirelli

Simone Tirelli is a management engineer (M.Sc) graduated from the Politecnico of Milan and specialized in operations. Passionate about challenges and new technologies, he makes innovation and continuous improvement his “credo”.

After starting his career in the automotive sector as a process engineer, where he took care of the re-engineering of “human intensive” production lines for a large Italian multinational company from a Lean Production perspective, Simone joined SirapGema, a leading Italian multinational company in Europe in the production of food packaging in EPS and PET. For 7 years he took key roles in the development of the company business in the technical and R&D area, from the installation of new production lines in Italy, Poland and UK to the birth of new coatings and cutting-edge technological solutions in food preservation and shelf life. He has 4 patents to his credit as an inventor.

Since 2021, following the Danish Faerch Group’s acquisition of part of SirapGema, Simone has been working as Group Project Manager in the group’s recycling division. He is currently participating in the European development of Tray Recycling in the Dutch plant of Cirrec, a company of the Faerch group, where he is responsible for processes development with particular focus in washing and sorting activities.

Founding member of the Italian Environment Foundation (FIA) where he holds the position of vice president, Simone also boasts experiences on the board of some local public private companies ranging from multi-utilities to the social welfare world.

In his free time, he loves basketball, traveling and exploring new places. He is engaged to Marta, with whom he shares his love for animals.

How to enter the event

 

  1. Click on the link that will be sent on the day of the conference

  2. It is recommended that you use Chrome web browser.

  3. Select an attendee ticket and click “join event”.

  4. You will be redirected to a sign-up page. Please create an account with the email address you have registered with and click sign-up. If you already have a Hopin account, please log in with your details.

  5. You have now entered the conference. On the left side of your screen, you will see different tabs:

Reception

is where you can find all the information about the conference (agenda, bio of speakers, schedule with timings etc.)

Stage

is where the main speeches and the panel discussion will happen.

Networking

for a better connection, we recommend you close any video call softwares of websites. During the breaks, you have the possibility to connect with other participants. You can do so in two ways:

Click on the Networking tab and you will be connected automatically with a fellow event participant who also wants to network.

Look for the person you want to connect with on the attendee list (this list can be found by clicking on "people" on the right side of your screen) click on the name of the person you would like to talk to and invite him/her for a video call.

How to ask a question to the panelists

Write your question on the event chat, the moderator will have it in front of her/him and will pick relevant questions to ask the speakers.