You can set your session timeout parameter to 45 minute in web.xml like this
<session-config>
<session-timeout>45</session-timeout>
</session-config>
also you can easily handle this exception in a seperate page by adding following code to your web.xml
<error-page>
<exception-type>javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException</exception-type>
<location>/exception/sessionexpired.xhtml</location>
</error-page>