Margaret Bates, managing director of OPRL and Catherine Conway, founder of reusable packaging consultancy Unpackaged, have been confirmed as part of the speaker line-up for Packaging Innovations 2024.
aking place 21 & 22 February 2024, the Packaging Innovations & Empack 2024 exhibition will see Conway discuss the UK Refill Coalition’s first in-store trial at Aldi to reduce single-use plastic waste.
Other speakers include former packaging designer turned principal lecturer of the UK’s only packaging degree apprenticeship course, Peter Macqueen, who will outline where he thinks packaging is headed, as well as Ben Edmonds, the former principal engineer at Dyson.
Tom Barton, co-founder – director of food, quality and sustainability at Honest Burgers, will discuss the sustainability journey of the restaurant.
Parisa Maleki, community & content manager, Easyfairs, said the organiser was putting together one of the most ‘thought-provoking line-ups’ so far.
“This announcement is a real statement and we’re so pleased that we’ve been able to deliver another stellar line-up, particularly on the back of London Packaging Week, which was incredibly well received. It will, quite literally, stop you in your tracks and force you to think about where we are headed, and what the future could look like for producers, retailers, brands, and the supply chain that stitches everything together.
“When you combine more than 330 suppliers and over 6,500 visitors looking for packaging solutions for a range of industries, including food and beverage, food service, FMCG, beauty and personal care, and pharmaceuticals, with unrivalled networking opportunities, a schedule packed with insightful talks, and the fact it’s free to attend, it’s easy to see why, for many, it has become an unmissable event.”