Sustainable Packaging Summit
14th-15th November 2023
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PACKAGING IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE ESSENTIAL PLATFORM FOR LEADERS AND INNOVATORS
The Sustainable Packaging Summit has created a different kind of event, with a mission to bring together leaders and thinkers from within and outside industry to focus on the dilemmas and barriers on our pathway to sustainable transformation. Building on the momentum of the community that has formed around the Summit, the 2023 edition returns with a wider scope, multiple streams, more attendees – and bigger ambitions.
Taking place in Amsterdam on 14-15 November 2023, the Sustainable Packaging Summit will sharpen the focus on the demands and paint points revealed during last year’s ground-breaking series of discussions in Lisbon. Addressing key objectives we must come together to meet, the summit again provides the platform for value chain leaders to frankly discuss strategic roadblocks and identify opportunities to align business, regulation and society around a circular, net zero packaging ecosystem.
MULTIPLE STREAMS
In parallel with high-level panels, keynotes (including P&G’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Virginie Helias) and break-out discussions, this year’s Summit will be expanded to incorporate additional streams with a focus on the technological dimension of sustainability in packaging. ‘Innovation Horizon’ (held last year as a stand-alone event) will illuminate the next generation of packaging materials and technologies needed to accelerate positive environmental impacts. Featuring start-ups, investors and international R&D leadership, the program will both explore how to meet the innovation agenda and spotlight key technological opportunities. The combined event will also showcase the finalists (and reveal the winners) of the global Sustainability Awards – the described as the ‘Nobel prize’ for sustainable packaging innovation. In addition, delegates will have unrestricted access to the co-located AIPIA Active and Intelligent Packaging World Congress, showcasing the cutting-edge smart technologies that can drive circularity, transparency and waste reduction throughout the supply chain.
Together, these complementary programs make up the essential platform for leaders and pioneers in FMCG, packaging and sustainability. The year’s unmissable opportunity for learning, collaboration and networking, mobilizing FMCG leaders, innovators, NGOs, regulators, recyclers, investors and entrepreneurs.
ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SUMMIT
We believe that a net zero, circular packaging ecosystem requires system-level change and new mindsets. Planned in consultation with its Advisory Board and harnessing the insights from Packaging Europe’s year-round engagement with the FMCG packaging value chain, the Sustainable Packaging Summit was conceived as a different kind of event: drawing together a community of sustainability leaders determined to align around effective strategies, unlock investment, and identify the opportunities. Focusing on carefully defined objectives and driving impact, not self-congratulation. A summit, not a conference.
The Sustainable Packaging Summit takes place at the Beurs van Berlage, central Amsterdam, on 14-15 November 2023. Delegates can access the Summit, Innovation Horizon stream, Sustainability Awards dinner and AIPIA World Congress.
The 2023 program will be published soon. In the meantime, you can register to access early-bird rates here.
Our 2022 Speakers & Moderators
Archana Jagannathan
PepsiCo
Senior Director, Sustainability
John Duncan
WWF: The World Wildlife Fund
Global Lead: No Plastics in Nature
Elga Almeida
Sociedade Ponto Verde
Ecodesign and Recycling Coordinator
Pranav Goenka
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Senior Advisor,
Project Development
Gian De Belder
Procter & Gamble
Technical Director,
R&D Packaging Sustainability
Clemence Schmid
TerraCycle
Executive Vice President
Colin Kerr
Unilever
HBPC Packaging Director
Rebecca Colley-Jones
Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP)
Circular Economy Project Manager
Catharina Bening
ETH Zurich
Senior Researcher
Phillip Hanefeld
Stora Enso
SVP - Innovation and
R&D Packaging Materials
Professor Joanna Gavins
University of Sheffield
Chair in English Language and Literature
Joachim Quoden
EXPRA
Managing Director
Jeroen Kelder
Infinity Recycling
Managing Partner
Gabriele Haessig
Procter & Gamble
Director of Communications
and Sustainability
Dominic Hogg
Equanimator
Director
Eva Schneider
AIM - European Brands Association
Senior Sustainability and
Communications Manager
Jodie Roussell
Nestlé
Senior Public Affairs Manager
Packaging and Sustainability
Francis Huysman
Valipac
Managing Director
Carolina Gregorio
Dow
Sustainability Policy and
Advocacy Strategy Director
Graham Houlder
CEFLEX
Project Coordinator and
Managing Director
Arthur van Mansvelt
Achmea
Senior Engagement Specialist
Nataliya Malhanova
Avery Dennison
Director Strategic Marketing
Michael Nieuwesteeg
Netherlands Packaging Centre
Managing Director
Eleni Despotou
FEFCO
Director General
Vanessa Catherine
Procter & Gamble
Senior Brand Director
Global Sustainability
Stuart Chidley
ReRe
Co-Founder
Trishla Shah
SYSTEMIQ
Co-Lead Author of
ReShaping Plastics
Philippe Blank
Henkel
Circular Economy Lead – Product Development & Regulation
Richard Cope
Mintel
Senior Trends Consultant
Sarah Laidler
Carbon Trust
Senior Consultant
Dim Mozin
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Procurement Director
Willemijn Peeters
Searious Business
CEO & Founder
Katrin Zeiler
CHEP
Senior Director, Zero Waste World
Mattia Pellegrini
European Commission
Head of Unit, DG ENV
Francesca Stevens
EUROPEN
Managing Director
Christian Crépet
Petcore
Executive Director
Clem Ugorji
Global Plastic Action
Partnership (GPAP)
Lead Advisor, Circularium Africa Advisory and
Africa Region Lead
Alexandra Schwertner
Rockwell Automation
Sustainability Strategy
& Technology Leader
VIRTUAL ONLY
Mireia Boada
Plastics Recyclers Europe
Project Manager
Our 2022 Moderators
Bruno Van Gompel
VGV
Managing Director
Tracy Sutton
Root
Founder
Tim Sykes
Packaging Europe
Brand Director
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