Functional Fiber-Based Materials & Packaging 2024,

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21-23 Oct, 2024 - Prague, HYBRID

Grandior Hotel Prague

12:15

Registration & Welcome Lunch

13:30

CMT & Chairperson’s Welcome

Clarifications on PPWR, SUPD & Plastic Tax & Connecting them

13:40

Connecting SUPD, PPWR, Plastic taxes - how do they come together & mean for fibre-based packaging

Mr. Alexey Vishtal, Head of Novel Packaging Development

MM Board & Paper Gmbh

14:10

Recyclability performance requirements in PPWR - What to expect?

Ms. Charlotte Werner, Team Lead - Circularity

Circular Analytics TK GmbH

14:40

Compostability requirements in packaging materials – Legislative & Commercial Perspective

15:10

Networking & Afternoon Tea

15:45

Navigating Regulatory Challenges & Driving Innovation: Fiberisation of Packaging

  • Challenges presented by the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) & the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
  • Influence of regulatory compliance on the Fiberisation of Packaging movement
  • Addressing product & consumer needs through technical innovation

Ms. Abigail Sawyer-Parker, Packaging Technologist

Proampac

16:10

Panel Discussion

Mr. Alexey Vishtal, Head of Novel Packaging Development

MM Board & Paper Gmbh

Ms. Abigail Sawyer-Parker, Packaging Technologist

Proampac

Dr. Bernhard Kainz, Global Technology Leader Barrier Coatings

Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH

17:00

Welcome Cocktail for ALL Speakers & Participants

18:15

End of Day One

09:00

Chairperson’s Remarks

09:05

(Panel Discussion) Brand Owners’ Perspectives & Activities in Fiber-based Materials & Packaging

Mr. Curtis Stowe, Sr. Principal Packaging Engineer

Conagra Brands

Mr. Gajanan Talwar, Senior Manager Packaging Development, BU Implantology

Straumann Group - Straumann Holding AG

10:00

Integrating Materials, Machinability, Sustainability & Affordability Parameters with AI

  • Modern packaging requires a careful balance of multitude demands: The desire to maintain existing packaging machinery, with no need for capex investment, global & local regulatory changes, shifting customer preferences & budget constraints.
  • Brands & retailers face significant obstacles in adapting to these evolving market & consumer demands while maintaining their environmental goals with no single entity to centralise & optimise solutions to support the brand’s packaging goals.
  • Combining proprietary materials data with relevant secondary data (coming from suppliers, patent databases, and research papers etc.) to guide generative AI engine to make recommendations for new packaging material designs & solutions based on brand’s preferences.

Ms. Ayellet Zinger, VP - Growth

one.five GmbH

10:30

Networking & Morning Coffee

Functional Coatings on Fiber-based Materials & Packaging

11:05

Significant breakthrough with plastic-free waterborne barrier coatings for fiber-based packaging

  • Bio-based barrier coatings vs. SUPD / PPWR
  • Plastic-free / Microplastic-free
  • Circular economy

Mr. Jochen Schlegel, Managing Director

JOS Consulting GmbH

11:30

Multilayer dispersion coatings for universal barrier in paper packaging

  • Barrier performance needs of fiber based packaging
  • Approaches to dispersion coatings for universal barrier on difficult paper substrates.
  • Considerations on recyclability

Dr. Bernhard Kainz, Global Technology Leader Barrier Coatings

Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH

11:55

Plant-based, plastic-free & biodegradable coating for paper & cardboard packaging

  • Eliminating the use of harmful petrochemical and fluorochemical materials, including PFAS
  • Exemption from the EU Single Use Plastic Directive & can be applied using standard coating methods, offering strong grease, water & oxygen barrier properties suitable for various applications

Scott Thompson, Head of R&D

Xampla

12:30

Networking Luncheon

13:45

Afternoon Chairperson’s Welcome

13:50

Plastic-free approaches to fiber packaging functionality

  • Deep dive into coating & how it has been applied to fibre packaging
  • Plastic-free classification under the SUPD

Hoa Doan, Head of Sustainability & Impact

Notpla Limited / Skipping Rock lab

14:15

(Panel Discussion) What do current barrier technologies have in offerings, on plastic free & enhanced recyclability?

Hoa Doan, Head of Sustainability & Impact

Notpla Limited / Skipping Rock lab

Scott Thompson, Head of R&D

Xampla

Dr. Bernhard Kainz, Global Technology Leader Barrier Coatings

Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH

Mr. Jochen Schlegel, Managing Director

JOS Consulting GmbH

15:00

Networking & Afternoon Tea

Plastic-free & Novel Approaches to Paper Functionality

15:30

Significance of combining PPWR & SUPD - How new technologies are instrumental in achieving these goals

Mr. Manuel Milliery, Founder / CEO

Papkot

15:55

Lignin-based solution for packaging papers

  • End-user application resulting from METNIN lignin refining technology.
  • Improved base-paper characteristics.
  • Bio-based solution to replace conventional chemistries in paper

Mr. Sami-Pekka Rantanen, Sales Director

MetGen Oy

16:20

Take it or leave it? – Packaging for Food to Go

  • Identifying the need – food quality & consumer convenience
  • Technical challenges – from frozen to oven; 220 degrees of separation
  • Product solutions – brand presentation, information & consumer contentment

Mr. Kevin Vyse, Head of Technical

ProAmpac RAP

17:00

Networking Cocktail for ALL Speakers & Participants

18:15

End of Day Two

09:00

Chairperson’s Remarks

09:05

PFAS & alternative additives in fibre based FCM production & converting

  • PFAS regulations, sources & occurrence of PFAS in fiber based FCM
  • PFAS alternatives for converting 
  • Recent research activities

Dr. Antje Harling, Head of Materials Testing & Analytics

Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) | Forschungsstiftung der Papierindustrie

09:35

(Panel): What are the benefits derived from adapting to fiber-based packaging?

Mr. Manuel Milliery, Founder / CEO

Papkot

Mr. Kevin Vyse, Head of Technical

ProAmpac RAP

Mr. Sami-Pekka Rantanen, Sales Director

MetGen Oy

Dr. Antje Harling, Head of Materials Testing & Analytics

Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) | Forschungsstiftung der Papierindustrie

10:15

Networking & Morning Coffee

Advances in Molded Pulp Technologies

10:55

Ways to create a barrier on your molded fiber product – A comparison

  • Possible barrier applications from wet-end addition to coating or lamination
  • Test results & experiences
  • Chances and development potential on barrier topics for molded fiber

Ms. Olga Holzmann, Natural Fiber Specialist

Kiefel GmbH

11:25

Adapting functional coatings to dry molded fiber

 

Mr. Anders Ahlbom, Chemistry & Materials Specialist

PulPac AB

11:55

Topic to be advised

Jamie Stone
PA Consulting

12:30

Networking Luncheon

13:55

Afternoon Chairperson’s Welcome

14:00

(Panel) Molded fiber solutions: Where & how can it fit?

Mr. Alexey Vishtal, Head of Novel Packaging Development

MM Board & Paper Gmbh

 

Ms. Olga Holzmann, Natural Fiber Specialist

Kiefel GmbH

 

Ms. Nathalie Bödtker-Lund, Head of Impact & Sustainability

PulPac AB

Jamie Stone
PA Consulting

Filling & Packing Technologies: Developments in the Transition

14:45

Topic to be advised

15:15

Closing panel: What are the gaps or opportunities for plastics to fiber-based options?

16:00

Networking & Closing Tea

17:00

End of Conference.

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