Only one month to go before the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) biennial National Conference which will be held on Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th of June at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria.
With thirty six speakers covering a broad range of topics including innovation, design for the aging population, openability, sustainability the AIP National Conference is designed for both personal and professional development and offers tremendous networking opportunities with like-minded packaging experts. Open to both Members and non-members and is ideally suited for the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries.
Keynote speakers include Liz Hulbert, Head of Replenishment, Tesco UK, Jonathan Reeve, Operations Development Manager, Coles, Nigel Garrard, President, Amcor Australasia, Dr Mike Okoroafor, Vice President, Packaging R&D, HJ Heinz Co, USA, Keith Chessell FAIP, Packaging Technical Specialist, Cadbury and Rod Evenden, General Manager- Private Labels, Woolworths Limited.
International Speakers include: Thomas Schneider, Vice President, World Packaging Organisation, Asma Siddiqi, Euromonitor International, Dr Mike Okoroafor, Vice President, Packaging R&D/Innovation, HJ Heinz Co and many more.
In addition the conference will have a number of key exhibition stands allowing the delegates the opportunity to meet with packaging suppliers and find out what new products and innovations are available in Australia. Exhibitors to date include Chep, Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association, AUSPACK PLUS 2011, Viscount Plastics, Visy, AES, Wellman Packaging, Tronics, Kraton, LeMac, Matthews, KHS, Fibre King, SSI Schaefer, Result Packaging, Snapsil Corporation, Laser Resources, Contech Engineering and Impact International.
