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 | 4580 Views | 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.
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Day-1 |
17 January, 2014 (Friday) |
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08:00-09:30 Hrs. |
REGISTRATION |
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09:30-1030 Hrs. |
INAUGURAL SESSION |
Chief Guest:
Keynote Speaker: |
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10:30-11:00 Hrs. |
TEA /COFFEE BREAK |
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11:00-13:00 Hrs. |
KEYNOTE SESSION: Packaging – The Way Forward |
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Challenges in Packaging Development Vis-a-Vis Changing Retail Environment |
Mr. Asim Parekh, Vice President, R&D, Coke India Limited |
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Trends in Contemporary Packaging Design |
Dr. Tridha Gajjar, Professor, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
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Efficient Distribution and Logistic System in a Diverse Retail Environment |
Mr. Radha Mohan Gupta, Regional Procurement Director, South Asia, Reckitt Benckiser Ltd |
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Compliance to Statutory Regulation for Consumer Packaging |
Ms. Vinod Kotwal, Director, FSSAI, Govt. of India |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 - 16:00 |
TECHNICAL SESSION - I : PACKAGING DIFFERENTIATORS - FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MEDIA |
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Innovations in coated paper board for packaging |
Mr. R. Senguttuvan, CEO, Packaging & Printing Division, ITC Limited. |
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Flexible packaging - Innovations in Food packaging |
Mr. Mohammad Nadeem, CEO, Paharpur 3P |
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Flexible Packaging - New Developments in Barrier Properties Characterization |
Mr. Richard C. Tseng, International Sales Director |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
TEA /COFFEE BREAK |
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16:30 - 18:00 |
TECHNICAL SESSION - II : PACKAGING DIFFERENTIATORS - RIGID PACKAGING MEIDA |
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Beverage cans and metal packaging - A Comeback Story |
Mr. Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Hindustan Tinworks Limited |
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Glass Packaging - A need for resurgence |
Mr. Sanjay Somani, Managing Director, Hindustan National Glass an Industreis Limited |
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Emerging Markets Growth Demanding New Innovative Solutions |
Mr. Wolfgang Dirk, Gerresheimer - Germany |
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DAY-2 |
18TH JANUARY, 2014 (SATURDAY) |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
FOCUS SESSION: TRENDS IN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING, |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
TEA /COFFEE BREAK |
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10:30-12:00 |
PLENARY SESSION - I : INNOVATIVE CONSUMER PACKAGING FOR MEAT PRODUCTS |
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MAP / Vacuum Packaging for Fresh Meat products |
Mr. Jim Mize, Vice President, Global Sector - Food Packaging, Sealed Air Corporation |
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Retort packaging for Meat & Poultry Products |
Dr. S.N.Sabhapati, Scientist F, DFRL, Mysore |
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Innovative Packaging Techniques For Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) Meat Products |
Overseas speaker from Newzealand |
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12:00-13:30 |
PLENARY SESSION - II : NEW GENERATION PACKAGING MACHINERY |
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Reduction in costs using Cartoning Machine |
Mr. Justin Kirkpatrick- Econocorp - USA |
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Latest Packaging Machinery Solutions |
Mr Ajay K. Tandon, Director, UFLEX Engineering Ltd., NOIDA. |
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Advanced End of Line Solutions |
Mr. NLN Raju, COO, ITW India Limited |
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13:30- 14:30 |
LUNCH |
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14:30-16:30 |
PLENARY SESSION - III : PACKAGING OPTIMIZATION - A CHALLENGE |
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Offset Packaging Inks - An update |
Dr. Bernhard Fritz, Sun Chemical Inc. Germany |
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Quality Optimization in Consumer Packaging |
Dr. Sanjay Kr. Chattopadhyay, Professor / Additional Director, Head Laboratories, Indian Institute of Packaging |
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17:00 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS |
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FOLLOWED BY TEA BREAK |
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