The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), in conjunction with Informa Markets, will be running the third Global Packaging Forum as an in-person event during day one (15 June) of ProPak Asia 2022.
Each session will bring together expert global presenters who will be discussing various topics within the packaging realm, such as current trends, innovations and sustainability matters.
Some of the topics to be discussed include sustainable and circular design, extended producer responsibility, single-use plastics, plastics in the ocean, flexible packaging, packaging machinery, and more.
All sessions will be moderated by Ralph Moyle, education coordinator, Australian Institute of Packaging.
All of industry is invited to attend, so book your place today from here. The seminar will be conducted in English.
All attendees will attain 1.5 CPD points per session towards the global Certified Packaging Professional designation.
FORUM LINEUP
10:30 to 11:30am
Session 1: Setting the global packaging scene
- Professor Pierre Pienaar, president, World Packaging Organisation
- Nerida Kelton, vice-president, World Packaging Organisation
11:30-1pm
Session 2: Country EPR and recycling regulations and initiatives
- Annisa Paramita, secretary general, Indonesia Packaging Recovery Organisation
- Matt Kovac, chairman, Packaging Partnership Programme
- Henky Wibawa, executive director, Indonesian Packaging Federation
- Aslihan Arikan, immediate past president, Asian Packaging Federation; general secretary, Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association
1:30-3pm
Session 3: Global innovation in flexible packaging
- Joe Foster, CEO, Close the Loop Group
- Darell Chung, sustainable packaging manager – SEA, Downstream/Miliken Asia
- Alan Adams, sustainability director APAC, Sealed Air
- James Scott, executive director, TerraCycle Thai Foundation
3-4:30pm
Session 4: Latest packaging and machinery trends and innovations from across the globe
- Kaneko Takehiro, manager of transport packaging, Japan Packaging Institute
- Michael Vandertio, founder, Rhima
- Gian Paolo Crasta, executive director, Italian Association of Automatic Packing and Packaging Machinery Manufacturers
- Tom Egan, vice-president for industry services, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
- Co-moderated by Chakravarthi, global ambassador, World Packaging Organisation
