IIP’s national conference to scrutinise consumer packaging

Indian Institute of Packaging will focus on the challenges and opportunities in consumer packaging when it holds its national conference on 17 and 18 January 2014 at Hotel Shangri-La’s Eros, New Delhi alongside its flagship packaging exhibition Indpack 2014.

10 Dec 2013 | By Rushikesh Aravkar

Speaking to PrintWeek India, Dr Sanjay Chattopadhyay, professor, additional director and head laboratories division at IIP, “The goal of ‘National Conference on Consumer Packaging: Challenges and Opportunities’  is to discuss emerging trends and innovations in consumer packaging at global level and learn the best practices for successful package development.” 

The chief guest of the conference will be Siraj Hussain, IAS, secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India and Chittaranjan Dar, chief executive officer, ITC Agro will deliver the keynote address.

A raft of speakers has already been confirmed to address delegates, including chief executive, packaging and printing, ITC, R Senguttuvan and key figures from companies such as Coca Cola, Uflex, Signode India, DIC, Hindustan Tin Works etc.

The two-day conference will feature key insight and applications from industry experts.

The day one of the packaging conference will cover flexible and rigid packaging media, while day two will focus on consumer packaging for meat products, new generation packaging machinery and the challenges in packaging optimisation. 

According to Chattopadhyay, the conference is expected to be attended by more than 400 delegates comprising of raw material manufacturers, converters, end-users and packaging machinery manufacturers.

Date/Time

Topics

Probable Speaker

Day-1

17 January, 2014  (Friday)                  

08:00-09:30 Hrs.         

REGISTRATION

09:30-1030 Hrs.         

INAUGURAL SESSION

Chief Guest:
Mr. Siraj Hussain, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India

Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Chitranjan Dar, Divisional Chief Executive,
Foods Division, ITC Limited

10:30-11:00 Hrs.

 TEA /COFFEE  BREAK

11:00-13:00 Hrs.

 

KEYNOTE SESSION:  Packaging – The Way Forward
Session Chairman : Ms Shivani, Executive Vice President, Nestle

 

Challenges in Packaging Development  Vis-a-Vis Changing Retail Environment

Mr. Asim Parekh, Vice President, R&D, Coke India Limited

 

Trends in Contemporary Packaging Design

Dr. Tridha Gajjar, Professor, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

 

Efficient Distribution and Logistic System in a Diverse Retail Environment

Mr. Radha Mohan Gupta, Regional Procurement Director, South Asia, Reckitt Benckiser Ltd

 

Compliance to Statutory Regulation  for Consumer Packaging

Ms. Vinod Kotwal, Director, FSSAI, Govt. of India

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - 16:00

TECHNICAL SESSION - I : PACKAGING DIFFERENTIATORS - FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MEDIA
Session Chairman : Mr. C.Bhaskar, President, Xpro India Limited

 

 

 

 

Innovations in coated paper board for packaging

Mr. R. Senguttuvan, CEO, Packaging & Printing Division, ITC Limited.

 

Flexible packaging - Innovations in Food packaging

Mr. Mohammad Nadeem, CEO, Paharpur 3P

 

Flexible Packaging - New Developments in Barrier Properties Characterization

Mr. Richard C. Tseng, International Sales Director
Labthink Instruments Co. Limited, China

 

 

 

16:00 - 16:30

 TEA /COFFEE  BREAK

16:30 - 18:00

TECHNICAL SESSION - II : PACKAGING DIFFERENTIATORS - RIGID PACKAGING MEIDA
 

 

Beverage cans and metal packaging - A Comeback Story

Mr. Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Hindustan Tinworks Limited

 

Glass Packaging - A need for resurgence

Mr. Sanjay Somani, Managing Director, Hindustan National Glass an Industreis Limited

 

Emerging Markets Growth Demanding New  Innovative Solutions

Mr. Wolfgang Dirk, Gerresheimer - Germany

DAY-2

18TH JANUARY, 2014  (SATURDAY)                  

09:30 - 10:00

FOCUS SESSION: TRENDS IN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING,
Key Speaker: Mr. Amit Ray, President, UFLEX Limited

10:00 - 10:30

 TEA /COFFEE  BREAK

 

10:30-12:00

PLENARY SESSION - I : INNOVATIVE CONSUMER PACKAGING FOR MEAT PRODUCTS
Session Chairman: Mrs. Anuradaha Prasad, IAS, Joint Secretary, MOFPI, Govt. of India

 

MAP / Vacuum Packaging  for Fresh Meat products

Mr. Jim Mize, Vice President, Global Sector - Food Packaging, Sealed Air Corporation

 

Retort packaging for Meat & Poultry Products

Dr. S.N.Sabhapati, Scientist F, DFRL, Mysore

 

Innovative Packaging Techniques For Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) Meat Products

Overseas speaker from Newzealand

12:00-13:30

PLENARY SESSION - II : NEW GENERATION PACKAGING MACHINERY
Session Chairman : Mr. Mahendra N. Patel, M.D. M/s. Mamata Machinery

 

Reduction in costs using Cartoning Machine

Mr. Justin Kirkpatrick- Econocorp - USA

 

Latest  Packaging Machinery Solutions

Mr Ajay K. Tandon, Director, UFLEX Engineering Ltd., NOIDA.

 

Advanced End of Line Solutions

Mr. NLN  Raju, COO, ITW India Limited

13:30- 14:30

LUNCH

14:30-16:30

PLENARY SESSION - III : PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION - A CHALLENGE
Session Chairman: Mr. Samir Bhaumik, Managing Director, DIC India Limited

 

Offset Packaging Inks - An update

Dr. Bernhard Fritz, Sun Chemical Inc. Germany

 

 

  

 

Quality Optimization in Consumer Packaging 

Dr. Sanjay Kr. Chattopadhyay, Professor / Additional Director, Head Laboratories, Indian Institute of Packaging

 

 

  

17:00

CONCLUDING REMARKS

 

FOLLOWED BY TEA BREAK