• 2026 Philippine Packaging Forum head alongside ProPak Philippines
    2026 Philippine Packaging Forum head alongside ProPak Philippines
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The Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP), in partnership with Informa Markets, will hold the sixth edition of the Philippine Packaging Forum on 5 February 2026 alongside ProPak Philippines at the World Trade Centre in Metro Manila.

The free-to-attend event will feature 14 speakers from across the region and will focus on packaging-related issues including sustainability, food packaging, packaging and recycling regulations, lifecycle assessment, data and digitalisation, packaging design, food waste and packaging trends.

The forum will run on day two of ProPak Philippines. Attendee arrival is scheduled for 10.15am, with the forum running from 10.30am to 5.00pm.

Speakers confirmed for the forum include representatives from the Department of Science & Technology, Amcor Flexibles Packaging, United Nations Development Program, Sealed Air, Kersia, MCC Label, GS1 Philippines and Crestec Philippines.

Five speakers are Members of the AIP: Jebsen Montalbo Villarba, packaging assistant manager for design and development at Crestec Philippines; Eunice Joy D. Ison, founder at EU.NIK Industrial Design Services; Devaki Rajendren, apac sustainability manager at MCC Label; Nerida Kelton, vice president sustainability & save food at the World Packaging Organisation and executive director at AIP; and Prof. Pierre Pienaar, education director at AIP.

The event will also feature speakers from EU.NIK Industrial Design Services, Introspeak Management Consultancy, the World Packaging Organisation and the Asian Packaging Federation.

Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and points towards the Certified Packaging Professional designation.

The forum will take place in Seminar Room A at the World Trade Centre, Pasay City. To register, click here.

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