Day 0: Monday 11 December 2023
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
Conference lanyards sponsor
18:00-19:30
Networking Reception (drinks and canapés)
Exhibition visit
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Day 1: Tuesday 12 December 2023
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.
Presentations and V-Demo sessions will take place in the Merode 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 European Blow Moulding market
Noru Tsalic, Managing Director
NORTAL Consulting
Keynote presentation
09:40-10:10
Packaging sustainability: past achievements and future targets
Mark Allen, Senior Sustainability Director
PEPSICO
Keynote presentation
10:10-10:40
A journey towards fully recyclable sleeved PET packaging – a brand owner's perspective
Carsten Bertram, Head of Packaging Sustainability
HENKEL
10:40-11:10
Networking break (hot & cold beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
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Session 1: Advanced technologies
11:10-11:40
Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Blow Moulding industry
Marcin Radomski, Senior Mold Designer & Process Improvement Leader, VR/AR Leader
GRAHAM PACKAGING
11:40-12:10
Sustainability through virtual prototyping
Ross Blair, Senior CAE Engineer
BLOW MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES (BMT)
Session 2: Recycling, sustainability, circularity
12:10-12:40
Reducing fossil origin of PET, one step at a time
Filip Petrovic, Business Development Manager Europe
PLASTIPAK
12:40-13:40
Networking lunch (3-course meal)
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13:40-14:10
Reducing the carbon footprint of blown articles with flexible die systems
Lukas Nölle, Product Engineer
FEUERHERM GmbH
14:10-14:40
Case study: new bottle-to-bottle recycling challenges
Kjell Olav A. Maldum, CEO
INFINITUM
Session 3: Innovations in Stretch Blow Moulding
14:40-15:10
Innovations in preform handling for PET blow moulding machinery
Carsten Lurz, Global Sales Manager
M. TANNER AG
15:10-15:40
Networking break (hot & cold beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
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15:40-16:10
Shifting from HDPE to PET industrial packaging: strong sustainability, commercial benefits and technical challenges
Constantinos Sideris, Director
CYPET TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
16:10-16:40
Smart, rotary stretch-blower is going big
Paolo De Nardi, Product Manager SBM
SIPA
Expert panel discussion
16:40-17:20
Sustainable packaging: the brand owners’ perspective
Mark Allen, Senior Sustainability Director, PEPSICO
Carsten Bertram, Head of Packaging Sustainability, HENKEL
Dominic Hayes, Senior Packaging Technologist, MÜLLER DAIRY
20:00-22:00
Official Conference Networking Dinner
(Speakers and Dinner registrations only)
Day 2: Wednesday 13 December 2023
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.
Presentations and V-Demo sessions will take place in the Merode 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
Delivering packaging sustainability – a retailer's view
Paul Earnshaw, Lead Packaging Manager
TESCO
Keynote presentation
09:40-10:10
A case study: Circularity and Sustainability in the UK Dairy Industry
Dominic Hayes, Senior Packaging Technologist
MÜLLER DAIRY
Session 4: Advances in Extrusion Blow Moulding
10:10-10:40
A case study: contaminants, migration, and safety aspects of mechanically recycled HDPE in contact with sensitive application
Tomasz Czulek, Senior Business Development Manager
NORNER AS
10:40-11:10
Networking break (hot beverages and snacks)
Exhibition visit
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11:10-11:40
Revolutionary technology - inline capable wall thickness gauge comes to blow moulding market
Jan Beckmann, Business Development & Product Manager
iNOEX GmbH
11:40-12:10
Morphology stabilization of PCR HDPE/PP materials for extrusion blow molding using block copolymers
Freddy Vervoort, Staff Scientist
KRATON POLYMERS
12:10-12:40
Plasma Coating – a sustainable alternative for fluorination and co-ex technology
Benedikt Heuer, Co-Founder & Managing Director
IONKRAFT GmbH
12:40-13:40
Networking lunch (3-course meal)
13:40-14:10
PET Handleware Production
Wolfgang Pfitzner, Senior Sales Manager
BEKUM
14:10-14:40
Case studies on improving sustainability through material and design circularity together with the value chain
Barbara Mandard, Application Marketing Manager Consumer Products
BOREALIS
14:40-14:50
Prize draw
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Keynote presentation
14:50-15:20
Artificial Intelligence applied to the prediction of material distribution after the stretch-blow molding process
Guy Tantchou, Numerical Simulation Engineer
DANONE PACKAGING RESEARCH
15:20-15:30
Chair's Prize for the Best Question(s)
Chair's closing remarks
15:30-16:00
Farewell networking and something for the road (hot beverages, snacks)
Exhibition visit
16:00
Conference ends
The organisers may alter the programme without prior notice.