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The biennial 2020 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) Australasian Packaging Conference will be held virtually this year from October 27-30.
The AIP has released the provisional programme which will address the challenges and opportunities facing the packaging industry from global plastics pollution and recycling issues and transformational changes to value and supply chain models.
The conference theme, Packaging: Fit For The Future will be addressed by seventy-four speakers from seven countries delivering more than 28 hours of content.
Some of the key speakers and topics include:
- Barry Cosier, director, sustainability, Australian Food & Grocery Council; Australian Food & Grocery Council (AFGC): Barriers & Enablers for Developing a Packaging Circular Economy.
- Siobhan McCrory Executive General Manager, Sales, Marketing & Innovation Pact Group: Our journey towards the inclusion of recycled content.
- Jean Baillard General Manager TerraCycle Australia & New Zealand: Taking us from disposability to reusability with cutting-edge technology and design that will change the face of packaging as we know it.
- Vikas Ahuja Sustainability Director Tetra Pak Oceania: What is your business doing to meet the Global Sustainable Packaging Targets?
Other speakers include Brooke Donnelly, CEO APCO; Pete Ceglinski, CEO and co-founder, Seabin Project; Margaret Stuart, head of corporate and external relations, Nestlé Oceania; Jeff Maguire, group head of CDS development and implementation, Coca-Cola Amatil; Travis Hatton, food waste lead, Sustainability Victoria and Stephen Webster, general manager, Integrated Recycling.
Live interactive opportunities are also included during the morning tea and lunch breaks to learn about new innovations, materials and equipment available within the industry.
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