19 June 2009

09.00 – 09.15

Opening and Welcoming Address

Representative from
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Session 1: The EU’s Sustainable Consumption & Production Policy (SCP)  and its Implication on Packaging in European Markets

• Understanding the EU’s SCP and relevant legislations
• European Retailers’ reaction on the SCP
  

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Julian Carroll
Director of The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN)

10.15 – 10.30

Session 2: Views from European Retailers on Sustainable Packaging

• Giving views on European food markets: European consumers’ behaviours and demands on packaging
• What are retailers’ expectations from suppliers

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Dr. Darmp Sukontasap
Senior Vice President
Tesco Lotus, UK

11.30 – 11.45

Session 3: Designing your packaging for European Markets: Be Sustainable

Understanding the principle of sustainable packaging design:

• The new consumer perception of the packaging
• Sustainable packaging, a consumer need and a legal constraint
• Principal innovative and creative axes for a sustainable packaging
• How to communicate with customers your sustainable acts

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Fabrice PELTIER
President of Institut National de Design Packaging (France)

Session 4: Designing your packaging for European Markets: Be Innovative

• Updating innovating packaging material design in the European food industry e.g. film packaging

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Dr. Ingo Bueren
Director of Science and Technology, International Packaging Institute (Switzerland)

Session 5:  Designing your packaging for European Markets: Be Creative

• Case Study of Royal Project Foundation
• A cost-effective solution to ‘branding and repackaging’
• How to highlight ‘sustainability’

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Tony Dvorjetz
Marketing Consultant for Office of Agricultural Affairs in Brussels

Session 6: Q&A and Conclusion

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