Registrations are open 2014 AIP National Conference, to be held on 17 and 18 June.
The conference will host 40 speakers from seven countries and is ideally suited for the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries, offering networking opportunities from professionals both here and abroad.
The event will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney and have a theme of ‘Packaging and Innovation Excellence’.
Keynote speakers include:
· Bryan McKay FAIP, director packaging development – Asia Pacific, Campbell Arnotts will speak on validating innovative packaging
· Fran Bova FAIP, packaging manager, Kimberly-Clark Australia will discuss a shelf ready shippers case study looking at various requirements from box making, compatibility with existing case packing equipment, board grade and strength considerations, distribution, marketing requirements and retail shelf requirements.
· Nicolas Georges, RD&Q director, Premium Chocolate & Dairy, Asia Pacific, Mondelez International will discuss ‘What if the Silicon Valley of food manufacturing was in Australia’?
· Craig Walker MAIP, national packaging manager – PET, Coca-Cola Amatil. Walker will provide a presentation about the award winner packaging and innovations designed from Coca-Cola Amatil.
· Bassam Hallak, director, Innovation Discovery & Insights, Avery Dennison – Consumer Insight trends and impact on Packaging.
· Nina Cleeve-Edwards MAIP, packaging specialist, Nestle Oceania, on innovation in packaging sustainability.
· Paul Horn, strategic procurement director – Technical, LION, on Delivering New to Business Innovation.
International speakers include:
· Massimo Annatarone, Gualapack Packaging System
· Prof Ing Matthias Niemeyer, chief executive officer, KHS
· Peter Lockery, H.B Fuller
· Paul Taulien, Sidel Group
· Antony Conway, Esko
· Doug Kunneman and Mark Vergauwen from Nature Works
· Andreas Schweiger, Rofin-Baasel LaserTech.
For the full program, click here.