20 March: Day 1 Main Conference
- Hans van Bochove - Managing Partner, EU Corporate Advocacy Group
- Achieving sustainability goals and boosting Europe’s circular economy through the PPWR
- General packaging reduction and plastic packaging crackdown
- What does sustainable packaging look like?
- Achieving the targets set by PPWR
- Maja Desgrees du Lou - Policy Officer, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, European Commission
- Francesca Stevens - Secretary General, EUROPEN - The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment
- Is recycling being favoured over reuse?
- Converting waste into viable secondary raw materials
- Reducing CO2 emissions through reusable packaging
- Phasing out non-recyclable packaging
- Dealing with waste prevention through reuse
- A circular economy for plastic packaging
- Bahar Koyuncu - Senior Policy Officer, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Lucas van der Schalk - CEO, Corplex
- Roel de Jong - Chief Executive Officer, Container Centralen
- Embracing sustainability with circular initiatives
- Packaging rules and retail
- A Brand owner's perspective on PPWR- with a focus on circularity for flexible packaging
- What are companies doing in terms of reducing packaging, using recyclable packaging, packaging material, waste management and carbon reduction?
- Can Buharali - Senior Director Global Public Affairs, Mondelēz International
- Thies Julius Lorenzen - European Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé
- Consumer perceptions in packaging choices
- Allowing for design differentiation
- Demonstrating awareness of recycling and reuse challenges
- Balancing packaging sustainability with packaging functionality
- Moving towards carbon neutral packaging
- Removing unnecessary packaging, waste and carbon from the supply chain
- Moving from plastic to paper-based packaging
- Packaging implications on food: protecting human health
- Packaging design features to improve recyclability
- Complying with the design for recycling criteria
- Accelerating sustainable packaging
- Making sustainable decisions for food packaging
- Etienne Cabane - Scientific Officer, Food Packaging Forum
- Vanessa Chesnot - Head of Public Affairs & Product Policy, FEVE - The European Container Glass Federation
- Erik Olsen - Packaging Development Manager, IKEA
- Joe Papineschi - Senior Expert in Sustainable Packaging and Environmental Consultancy Executive, .
- Harmonising rules and reporting systems across Member States
- Simplifying packaging administration
- Managing data requests and reporting tools
- Regulatory compliance and compulsory reporting requirements
- Mandatory Reporting of Recycled Content
- Potential enforcement challenges in aligning with new regulations
- Steve Claus - Secretary General, APEAL - the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging
- Paul Christiaens - Senior Business Controller / International Development Specialist, Afvalfonds Verpakkingen
- Hans van Bochove - Managing Partner, EU Corporate Advocacy Group