AGENDA for 2024

Our program is always a blend of packaging industry analysis and insights, market data, business opportunities, and technical advancements. The Packaging Conference 2024 will be no exception.

7:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
 
8:00 AM
Packaging Megatrends for 2024 and Beyond: regulations and consumer sentiment
David Feber - McKinsey & Company
8:30 AM
Metal Packaging and the Circular Economy
Daniel Abramowicz - Crown Holdings
9:00 AM
Glass: The Package of Choice When Taste and Sustainability Really Matter
Scott DeFife - Glass Packaging Institute
9:30 AM
PET Packaging: The Transition to a Circular Economy is On
Laura Stewart - NAPCOR
10:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAK
 
10:30 AM
Breaking Boundaries: World's Largest Molecular Recycling Facility
Chris Layton - Eastman
11:00 AM
Enzymes Powering the Circular Economy
Bruno Langlois - Carbios
11:30 AM
Enhanced PET Recycling Updates
David Schwalje - Axens
12:00 PM
Advanced Recycling of Polyolefins
Daniel White - Lyondellbasell
12:30 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
 
1:30 PM
A Pathway Forward for Single Use Packaging
Bill Cooper - Cyclyx
2:00 PM
Continued Study of PCR Quality – Creating a Snapshot Pt 2
Dan Durham - PTI‭
2:30 PM
Lowering Carbon Emissions of PET Packaging
Elvis Cudjoe - Avient Corporation
Stefanie Reynolds - Avient
3:00 PM
Additives for Improved Recycling
Karsten Fritsch - Repi S.r.l.
3:30 PM
NETWORKING BREAK
 
4:00 PM
PET Plastics Recycling Adventure
Kristina Hansen - Plastics Forming Enterprises (PFE)
4:30 PM
PET Market Trends and Technological Solutions
Sebastian Wenderdel - KHS GmbH
5:00 PM
The Grey World of PCR – Overcoming the EBM Challenges
Jens Schlueter - W. Mulller USA, Inc.
5:30 PM
New Challenges for Closure Production Require Solutions: Does Size matter?
Marco Stoss - z-moulds inc