As travel restrictions across Europe continue to be lifted, we are optimistic our 2020 event will go ahead as planned. At the same time and as part of our contingency planning, we will be offering delegates streamed online access to the conference in case they are unable to travel and are also investigating online alternatives in the hopefully unlikely situation we are unable to proceed with the running of a live event.
We will therefore be providing customers who purchase tickets with three clear options, in the event of you not being able to travel or we transition to an online format.
Additionally, we have extended the availability of our Early Bird rate of €999 till Friday 31st July 2020 to give you every opportunity to register for the conference at the best available rate. If you have any questions please contact Adriana Lobo via alobo@smithers.com
As Europe’s largest and most established conference on Sustainable Packaging, we look forward to welcoming you at this year's conference.
Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum is passionate about sustainable and digital innovation which accelerate the transformation to a climate-positive circular economy.
After his studies of physics, chemistry and environmental technology he joined Henkel more than 30 years ago. More than 20 years Thomas was responsible for the global R&D and on top for almost a decade for the global production and supply chain of Henkel´s Laundry and Home Care business.
As Co-Chair of the Henkel Sustainability Council and CSVP Innovation & Sustainability he is responsible for the company´s sustainability strategy and its implementation.
He acts as expert and advisor for several institutions like the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, the Consumer Goods Forum, the German Circular Economy Initiative, the Fraunhofer Competence Cluster for Circular Plastic Economy and Bioeconomy Science Center.
He teaches global innovation management at the University of Applied Science in Krefeld, Germany and is an associate of the German society of the Club of Rome.
An Aeronautical Engineer with a Ph.D in Polymer Processing, Paul has worked in a number of material technology roles across aerospace, pharma as well as food and beverage R&D packaging. Since joining PepsiCo in 2016, Paul has led the Europe Region team in packaging innovation, material qualification and more recently sustainability.
Pauline Metivier is Innovation Manager at Veolia UK, responsible for the development of new solutions to improve packaging recycling. In particular, she has developed Procycle, a new service to recycle difficult to treat materials, and is working on several innovation projects developing the UK's technology capabilities to recycle all kinds of plastics. She is also working with numerous high profile clients and brands to improve their packaging, making them more recyclable.
A change professional with a 25 year track record of delivering transformation initiatives across the Tesco business, currently leading the Packaging team;
Committed to removal, reduction, reuse and recycling of packaging used across the Tesco global supply chain, ensuring we only use packaging with a purpose and everything we use can be reused or recycled.
Focused on accelerating the exit of hard to recycle materials, increasing the use of recycled materials and helping customers make environmentally responsible decisions.
Working with industry to influence the improvement of retrieval and recycling in the UK moving towards progressively closed loop systems for packaging.
Bne Bruens is currently Global Supply Chain Manager - Sustainable Packaging Food & Refreshments at Unilever.
Simon plays a leading role in reinvigorating a culture of informed risk taking and adventures within packaging, design, experiences and new systems thinking at The Body Shop. Simon is an experienced sustainability professional who has developed and managed a number of key projects, products and campaigns during his 16 years working at The Body Shop. Simon is a practitioner member of IEMA, a University of Brighton Green Growth Board member and most recently a Diplomatic Rebel fellow.
About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics
Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world’s largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives, and enabled by Pack Studios, is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle design for plastics. www.dow.com/packaging
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com
Growing Responsibly lies at the heart of our business strategy to drive value accretive growth, sustainably. The Growing Responsibly model applies to all our operations group-wide. It is designed to clearly articulate the focus and value of our sustainability commitments to our business and our stakeholders.
The model comprises 10 Action Areas, which reflect the aspects of sustainability that are most relevant to Mondi and our stakeholders. Within these Action Areas, we have made 16 public commitments running to the end of 2020, along with an updated carbon emissions commitment that runs to 2050. It enables us to measure, improve and communicate our sustainability performance across the value chain. Our long-term success depends on working openly and transparently with our stakeholders. Responsible governance of our operations is fundamental to building a resilient and effective business. We operate as a responsible organisation, delivering against our sustainability commitments. We manage the risks and opportunities related to our impacts and dependencies, through robust policies, standards and management systems.
PYREG is a systems manufacturer and solution provider for the recycling of residuals, using environmentally friendly carbonization systems.
The company based in Germany, is the market leader in the carbonization of biomass into valuable biochar – at the same time generating bioenergy.
For non-refinable residuals (hazardous waste) the PYREG-technology provides the advantage of hygienisation, as well as mass reduction of up to 90% and more.
With this future-orientated and sustainable technique, PYREG closes material cycles, solves industrial disposal issues in a cost-effective way and simultaneously contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions (carbon footprint).
With the creation of Tembo, a new name has been set on the horizon. From now on, fourteen different companies will be proud to claim they are a Tembo company. But Tembo is more than just a new name.
Following companies are Tembo companies: ITM, SCM/TDC, GTS/SCM (including PMP Dominicana), Tembo Paper, PMP Poland, Imatec, SPI Developments, TAM, Gemba Solutions, Tricas, EME Engel, RNT Machinery, GreenProducts, De Olifant and De Eenhoorn.
At these companies, we do different things, based on our outstanding expertise and capabilities. Some of us design machines, others design products. We are specialists in paper products or in glue, or experts in producing precise machine parts. And we work for customers in different industries.
A New Name for 125 Years of Packaging Excellence
While our name is new, our quality, expertise and capabilities remain. Formed by the merger of industry leaders Exal Corporation and Ardagh's Global Food & Speciality business, Trivium Packaging offers customers around the world innovative and sustainable packaging solutions supported by scalable production and outstanding customer service.
