Dr. Gael Depres received his MS Degree in Pulp and Paper in 1996 from GRENOBLE INP Pagora and his Ph.D. in Process Engineering from INPG in France in 2000. He entered the group Arjowiggins in 1999 as a research Engineer and worked mainly on new products developments in the area of specialty papers, Fine Papers and Innovation. In 2019, he became R&D director for the group Arjowiggins and worked during many years on printing electronics, nanocellulose and barrier papers. Since 2023, he works as Senior Innovation & Grenoble R&D Center Manager at Fedrigoni group, leading the development of smart papers and nanocellulose.

Gael Depres wrote several articles and participated in many conferences in the area of intelligent paper, specialty papers and nanocellulose and holds more than 20 patents in the same fields.