Day 0: Monday 9 December 2024
The Table-Top Exhibition will be open between 17:30 and 19:30.
The Conference Check-in, Coffee breaks, Networking Reception and Table-Top Exhibition will all take place in the Conference Foyer.
18:00-19:30
Conference check-in
Lanyards sponsored by
18:00-19:30
Networking Reception (drinks and canapés)
Exhibition visit
Sponsored by
Day 1: Tuesday 10 December 2024
The Table-Top Exhibition will be open between 08:30 and 18:00.
The Conference check-in, Networking breaks and Table-Top Exhibition will all take place in the Conference Foyer.
Presentation sessions will take place in the Royal Conference Room.
The Networking Lunch will take place in the hotel's own restaurant.
The Official Conference Dinner will take place in an external restaurant.
08:00-09:00
Conference check-in
08:30-09:00
'Get to know' networking and morning sustenance (hot beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
Chair's opening announcements
Introduction: Market Review and General Trends
Trends & developments in the global Blow Moulding market
Noru Tsalic, Managing Director
NORTAL Consulting
Keynote presentation
09:40-10:10
Plastic packaging - our sustainability journey so far and future ambition
Satvinder Dhillon, Senior Manager Packaging R&D
SUNTORY
Keynote presentation
09:40-10:10
The road to packaging sustainability: past achievements, future targets
Dries Van Aerde, Sustainable Packaging Director
COCA COLA Europacific Partners
10:40-11:10
Networking break (hot & cold beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
Sponsored by
Session 1: Innovations in Stretch Blow Moulding
11:10-11:40
A Revolution in Aerosol Technology
Victorien Dorier, Business Development Manager
PLASTIPAK
11:40-12:10
Design is king: merge of technology and aesthetics
Tetiana Pronikova, Head of Marketing
PET TECHNOLOGIES
12:10-12:40
Marking thread starts on bottle (preform) and closure to enable an inline application angle check by vision systems
Sjoerd Van Laar, Product Manager Full Container Inspection
HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GmbH
12:40-14:00
Networking lunch (3-course meal)
Sponsored by
14:00-14:30
Linear Blow Moulding
Iacopo Bianconcini, Marketing & Product Development Manager Rigid Packaging
Giovanni Pierantoni, Sales Area Manager
SACMI IMOLA
Session 2: Advances in Extrusion Blow Moulding
14:30-15:00
Sustainability approaches from an Industrial Packaging producer' perspective
Rainer Sattel, Management Consultant,
Jaco Strijker, General Sales Manager
AST KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNG
15:00-15:30
Coolant pipes for electric vehicles: single step manufacturing by suction blow moulding
Marco Solinas, Senior Global Product Manager
ST BLOWMOULDING
15:30-16:00
Networking break (hot & cold beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
Sponsored by
Keynote presentation
16:00-16:30
Rigid Refills - preparing for a reusable future
Daniel Gilabert, Operations Manager, ASEVI HOME BRANDS
Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder, SEARIOUS BUSINESS
Keynote presentation
16:30-17:00
Sustainable sourcing for the Packaging Industry
Audrey Jacquemin, Global Category Manager
L’OREAL
20:00-22:00
Official Conference Networking Dinner
(Speakers and Dinner registrations only)
Day 2: Wednesday 11 December 2024
The Table-Top Exhibition will be open between 08:30 and 16:00.
The Conference check-in, Networking breaks and Table-Top Exhibition will all take place in the Conference Foyer.
Presentation sessions will take place in the Royal Conference Room.
The Networking Lunch will take place in the restaurant belonging to the hotel.
08:30-09:00
'Get to know' networking and morning sustenance (hot beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
Chair's opening announcements
Keynote presentation
09:10-09:40
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation : next step – make it real
Dr. Wolfgang Trunk, Team Leader
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DG ENVIRONMENT
Keynote presentation
09:40-10:10
Sustainable plastic packaging: learning from the Belgian model
Dr. Pascal Léglise, Director Corporate Social Responsibility & Quality Sustainable Development
CARREFOUR
Keynote presentation
10:10-10:40
Pilot implementation of SiOx plasma treatment for crop protection products
Gert Callaerts, Packaging Innovation Lead
BAYER CROP SCIENCE
10:40-11:10
Networking break (hot beverages and snacks)
Exhibition visit
Sponsored by
Session 3: Recycling, sustainability, circularity
11:10-11:40
Unlocking use of 100% rHDPE in Home and Personal Care bottles through non-bottle and bottle feedstock blends
Tomasz Czulek, Senior Business Development Manager
NORNER AS
11:40-12:10
Transforming ideas into reality: the power of Eco-Design and Forward-Thinking Innovation
Matteo Gaiardi, Sales & Product Development Director
SERIOPLAST
12:10-12:40
Optimising the PET drying process: how to improve profitability, quality and sustainability
Stefan Bock, CEO
REDUPET
12:40-14:00
Networking lunch (3-course meal)
Sponsored by
Keynote presentation
14:00-14:30
Modelling and simulation of packaging testing
Bilal Orun, Global Packaging Manager
Harsharoop Singanamalla, Modelling & Simulation Engineer
HENKEL
14:30-14:40
Prize draw
Sponsored by
Keynote presentation
14:40-15:10
Machine Learning approaches for advanced rPET ISBM simulations and precise material modelling
Dr. Daniel Klein, Packaging R&D Manager, NESTLÉ WATERS
Julius Petrausch, Scientist, LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN
15:10-15:20
Chair's Prize for the Best Question(s)
Chair's closing remarks
15:20-15:50
Farewell networking and something for the road (hot beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
15:50
Conference ends
The organisers may alter the programme without prior notice.