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Day 1 - Tuesday 7 October 2008

8:30	Registration and refreshments
9:30	Chairman's opening remarks
9:40	REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PACKAGING: REALISING THE BENEFITS What are drivers for packaging change and are they here to stay? How is the UK progressing? The commercial benefits of getting it right Developments in reduction, recyclability and recycled content Future opportunities Peter Skelton, Retail Innovation Team, WRAP
10:10	SUSTAINABILITY: RED HOT OR GREEN FATIGUE How can we really see past the problem and begin to act on the opportunity We need to improve our understanding of its meaning and broaden our awareness of its drivers Emergent design approaches are much better at providing the insights for sustainable solutions Green Fatigue – can we recognise the symptoms and retain the positive momentum? Martin Bunce, Senior Design Consultant, Tin Horse
10:40	IMPLICATIONS OF BEING A SUSTAINABILITY LEADER Our newest solution for a sustainable future – Sustainex Trends in bioplastic packaging Our message for a sustainable future Dr Michael Strobl, Segment Managing Director - Coating Consumer Products, Mondi
11:20	Question and answer session
11:30	Break
12:00	SUSTAINABLES IN PLASTICS PACKAGING – PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND PROGRAMMES Development of a composite plastics packaging CO2/Life cycle impact Bioplastics: positive and negative market sectors growth estimates and market sector expansion Post-consumer recycled packaging trends bringing rPET to volume markets rHDPE – the next phase Dr. George Kellie, Director, Microflex Technologies Ltd
12:30	SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS: WHERE NOW FOR CARBON LABELS? Considering the sustainability paradoxes that exist in food supply chains – local, organic, seasonal Identifying where the carbon hotspots are in food supply Should we be heading for carbon labels on products? Is packaging part of the solution? Professor David Oglethorpe, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University

13:00	Question and answer session
13:10	Lunch
14:40	THE NEW PLASTIC PACKAGING BUSINESS Responding to the changing market place Making sure our own house is in order Taking a total supply chain view Andrew Copson, Managing Director, Sharp Interpack Ltd
15:10	PLASTIC PACKAGING - THE BEAR IN THE CORNER OF THE LIVING ROOM YOU CAN'T IGNORE Plastic - Love it or hate it ASDA plastics Platic recycling past, present and future Plastic in the future - a life less ordinary Shane Monkman, Packaging Buyer, ASDA
15:40	Question and answer session
15:50	Break
16:20	REVERSE VENDING RECYCLING MACHINES A new recycling concept for the UK? UK Deposit Return System - the way forward? What are Reverse Vending Recycling Machines? Case Studies: British Land Shopping Centre & Barry College Stephen Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Reverse Vending Corporation
16:50	CAN SUSTAINABILITY SURVIVE THE CREDIT CRUNCH? Genuine sustainability versus cost-cutting – drawing a line under green wash Consumer spending and behaviour – how will priorities change during the recession? Raw materials and energy prices – how will competition between packaging materials be affected? Which will win out – environment or economy? Michael Sturges, Director, Edge
17:20	Question and answer
17:30	Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day One
17:30	Drinks reception for all attendees

Day 2 - Wednesday 8 October 2008

8:30	Refreshments
9:00	Chairman's opening remarks
9:10	SUSTAINABILITY: TODAY AND TOMORROW Modern packaging need Sustainability, plastics & packaging Comparison of polymers Innovative packaging solutions support the overall goal of sustainability Dr. Martin Berlekamp, Director PET Technology, Klöckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG
9:40	EXAMPLES OF USING SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS IN RETAIL PRODUCTS AND PACKAGING Issues facing implementation of sustainable plastics in the retail sector and how the supply chain can help retailers Overcoming the technical obstacles and commercial barriers Examples of sustainable products and packaging introduced into Boots and the business benefits achieved Dr. Steve Owen, Polymers Technical Consultant, Boots The Chemist
10:10	LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AND PLASTICS – FRIEND OR FOE Strategies for developing and presenting life cycle benefits of plastics packaging Carbon and energy-constrained scenario impact on primary material and supply chain costs ability of plastics to competitively meet the future challenges Jonathan Churchman-Davies, Director, CarbonAided Limited
10:40	Question and answer session
10:50	Break
11:20	EUROPEAN VIEW ON PACKAGING DESIGN VERSUS PLASTIC PACKAGING RECYCLING EPRO – working across Europe to raise levels of plastic packaging recovery and recycling How can we promote the recyclability of plastic packaging? European initiatives and guidelines Encouraging industry to test new packaging concepts to sustain a European plastic recycling industry Sharing information and knowledge An Vossen, Manager, Plarabel and Representative of European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO)
11:50	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PACKAGING WASTE DIRECTIVE Artemis Hatzi-Hull, Directorate General for the Environment, European Commission
12:20	SUSTAINABILITY AND CASE STUDY – WASTE MANAGEMENT Sustainability, reducing consumption of energy and non-renewable resources Biodegradation and the European Norm EN 13432 Our experience in Norway sorting collection treatment cost savings for local authorities Mater-Bi and environmental sustainability Rolf Rennesvik, Sales Manager, BioBag International AS
12:50	Question and answer session

13:00	Lunch
14:30	SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC MILK BOTTLES Definitions Background to plastics and recycling rHDPE development and launch HDPE from crop waste to bottles James Crick, Business Development Director, Nampak Plastics Europe
15:00	INTEGRITY SEAL Reduces packaging by 25% for many products Improves product protection by making hermetic seals Can be retro-fitted to many packaging machines, vertical bagging and horizontal flow wraps Graham Clough, Director, International Food Partners
15:30	Question and answer session
15:40	Break
16:10	THE ETHICAL SHOPPING EXPERIENCE How important is sustainable packaging to consumers The aesthetics of sustainability Appealing sustainable packaging design Luke Vincent, Consultant, Dragon Brands
16:40	Question and answer session
16:50	Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference

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