Agenda
)
Monday 14th November 2022
Pre-Commercialized Innovations - Sustainability Awards Ceremony, Dinner & Networking
During Innovation Horizon, start-ups and not yet commercialized innovation will be rewarded as part of our Sustainability Awards. The ceremony, dinner and networking will take place in the evening of 14th November. Click here to have a look at our impactful and innovative 2022 finalists.
Tuesday 15th November 2022
09:00 - 09:05 • Welcome
Tim Sykes • Brand Director at Packaging Europe
09:05 - 09:25 • A Snapshot of the Future (Presentation)
Amy King • Senior Innovation Consultant at Cambridge Design Partnership
James Harmer • Planning & Innovation Strategy Leader at Cambridge Design Partnership
James Harmer and Amy King of Cambridge Design Partnership take us on a brisk but immersive journey of futurology, describing how tomorrow’s consumers will interact with products and technologies.
09:25 - 10:10 • Key Innovation Drivers and Opportunities (Panel)
Amy King • Senior Innovation Consultant at Cambridge Design Partnership
Farida Bensadoun • Global Packaging Innovation Engineer at AB InBev
Patrick Poitevin • Founder of Advisory4Pack
Experts from the world of FMCG packaging innovation and tech scouting paint the big picture. What are the sustainability requirements and pain points that innovation must answer over the coming years? Where are the markets and applications we should pay attention to? And which areas of technology will provide the key opportunities? Featuring Patrick Poitevin (Advisory4Pack, recently retired from Mondelez), Farida Bensadoun (AB InBev) and Amy King (Cambridge Design Partnership).
10:10 - 10:30 • Innovation Trends, Reuse and E-Commerce
Corné Huijben • Manager Knowledge Development & Projects at NVC
Corné Huijben of NVC draws on the latest research and observations from the Netherlands Packaging Centre to reveal key sustainable innovation trends entering today’s marketplace as well as specific insights into the hugely important topic of how reuse models can be incorporated into the fast growing e-commerce channel.
10:30 - 11:00 • Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 • Investor Perspectives on Opportunities (Panel)
Costas Papaikonomou • Founding Partner at Una Terra
Fredric Petit • Partner at Emerald Ventures
Innovation Horizon aims to bring together all the stakeholders needed to accelerate the pathway from disruptive innovation to commercialization, and we’re excited to welcome two of the leading investment platforms specializing in packaging sustainability. Fredric Petit of Emerald Ventures and Costas Papaikonomou of Una Terra reveal their vision of what makes a winning proposition for investors and how venture capital can be harnessed as a force for sustainable transformation.
11:45 - 12:10 • Making Open Innovation Work (Q&A & Discussion)
Shruti George • VP, Strategic Innovation Platforms at Avery Dennison
12:10 - 13:00 • Future Materials (Presentation & Discussion)
Dominique Guinard • VP Cloud & IoT - Founder of EVRYTHNG at Digimarc
Prof. Edward Kosior • Managing Director at Nextek
Dr Esra Kücükpinar • Scientist, Functional Materials at Fraunhofer IVV
Martin Ledwon • Vice President Marketing, Communications and Sustainability at UPM
Developing circular, low-carbon materials is central to a sustainable packaging landscape of the future. In this session we hear from one of Europe’s leading research centres – Fraunhofer IVV – about their work on enhanced packaging substrates. Martin Ledwon of UPM assesses the prospects for bio-based plastics and the renowned Professor Edward Kosior looks at the demands we must confront in building a circular economy in plastics.
Presentation Titles + Running Order
Dr Esra Kücükpinar: How Sustainability is Driving Research at Fraunhofer IVV
Martin Ledwon: Bio-Based Materials
Prof. Edward Kosior: Challenges and Opportunities in Creating a Circular Economy for Plastics
Dominique Guinard: Digital Watermarking
13:00 - 14:00 • Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 • Technology Pitches (Presentations)
Angela Ivanova • Co-Founder at Lam-On
Brett Dickey • Co-Founder & Managing Director at Circleback GmbH
Carlo Fedeli • Founder & CEO at FlexSea
Jonathan Matzinger • Consultant at academicalpha
Kewmars Kazemzadeh • Founder & CEO at Flexpenser
Manuel Milliery • CEO & Founder at Papkot
María Eugenia Martín Hidalgo • CEO at ColorSensing
Oliver Cattermoul • Chief Creative Marketing Officer at SIPZ- STIRZ Int’l Packaging Solutions
Rosa González Leyba • Packaging Group at AIMPLAS
Ritva Krist • Marketing Manager at Traceless
Tangui van der Elst • Board Member at Keiyro
The final part of Innovation Horizon zooms in from the bigger picture to showcase some of the most exciting start-ups currently developing sustainable packaging technologies and concepts. A succession of quick-fire pitches covering smart packaging concepts, novel materials, reusable packaging systems among others – and a chance for the audience to interrogate the entrepreneurs.
Presentation Titles + Running Order
Oliver Cattermoul: SIPZ zero-waste single-serve primary packaging solution
Carlo Fedeli: FlexSea carbon-negative biomaterial derived from cultivated seaweed
Angela Ivanova: LAM’ON LTD’s lamination film made from corn
Ritva Krist: Traceless’ patent-pending technology extracting natural biopolymers from agricultural industry residues
Manuel Milliery: Papkot’s biodegradable and recyclable, plastic-free and fluorine-free paper coatings
María Eugenia Martín Hidalgo: ColorSensing’s digital, multiparametric food freshness indicator
Rosa González Leyba: Aimplas: ECOSMARTPACK4.0 Cosmetics supply chain: Traceable circular reusable packaging connecting factory, distribution, logistics and consumer for cosmetics and health care products
Tangui van der Elst: Keiryo’s processing technology that improves polymers’ performance
Kewmars Kazemzadeh: Flexpenser - a technology for sustainable storage and consumption of liquids and semi-liquid for households and industries
Jonathan Matzinger: EcoCubly - a reusable and adaptable e-commerce packaging solution
Brett Dickey: Circleback - building the “world’s first” private deposit return system, that gives brands access to their own empty packaging
16:00 • Networking
Innovation Horizon has a mission to connect sustainability needs with possible solutions not only on the level of ideas, but also by bringing together innovators with potential collaborators, investors and licensees. During the event we dedicate ample time and a matching structure to facilitate meetings of minds and potential partnerships. With brands, converters, innovation incubators, start-ups and investors in the room, there will be essential conversations for every delegate.