Future, Innovation, Trends – The Perfect FIT to ensure your success

May 13

Water View Grill, 37 Bow Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 USA

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm I Welcome Reception

May 14

50 Lighthouse Drive Dover, NH 03820 USA

8:00 am - 9:00 am I Registration and Networking

9:00 am - 12:00 pm I Keynotes

• North American Packaging Legislation Update by AnnMarie Treglia, Global Director, Government Affairs, Dart Container
• Sustainability at the Intersections by Carrie Houtman, Lead Sustainability Director – Climate & Circularity, The Dow Chemical Company
• To Be Announced, Thomas Reiner, CEO, Berndt + Partner GmbH
• PET Closures for Performance and Recycling Circularity by John Bissell, CEO, Origin Materials
• How Packaging Converters Drive Environmental Impact for Brand Owners by Zach Muscato, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Plastic Ingenuity

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm I Keynote

• How a Global Champion Navigates in Today’s Fast-Changing World by Dr. Axel von Wiedersperg, CEO, Brückner Group

Jimmy‘s Jazz and Blues Club, 135 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801

6:00 pm - 11:00 pm I Dinner Reception

May 15

50 Lighthouse Drive Dover, NH 03820 USA

9:00 am - 9:40 am I Industry Expert Speakers and Presentations

• In-Line-Extrusion Today by Thorsten Bung, Managing Director, Kuhne
• Stretching the Limits of Polyethylene: Designing Flexible Films for a Circular Tomorrow by Dr. Jian Wang, Principal TS&D Scientist, and Michelle Sauder, Marketing Director – Food and Specialty Packaging, The Dow Chemical Company
• PET Closure:  An Injection Molded Solution to Enable the Circular Economy by Michael White, Director Business Development - Closures, Husky 
• Higher Performance and Sustainability of Molded Fiber Products by Anne Opstad, Senior Engineer, Borregaard
• Dielectric Energy Storage Films: A Key to Unlocking Sustainable Fusion Energy Generation by Mike Ponting, Chief Scientific Officer, Peak Nano
• To Be Announced, Lars Sandberg, CEO, Blue Ocean Closure

9:40 am - 10:25 am I Networking

10:25 am - 11:05 am I Industry Expert Speakers and Presentations

• PET-Glue, In-Line Adhesive Coating of Mono trays to replace PET-PE by Phil Trewhitt, Owner and CTO, Fin Diemme
• Engineering the future: The Latest in Biaxial Innovation by Dr. Stefan Seibel, Director of Process and New Technology Brückner Maschinenbau
• Process Control in Foam Extrusion by Dave Molloy, Director of Business Operations, Promix Solutions
• Twin Screw Extrusion: A Non-Conventional Pulping Process for Alternative Fibers by Lionel Danos, Market Manager Green Industries and Biomass, Clextral
• BOPEF Film – A New Sustainable Solution for Flexible Food Packaging by Marcos Vieira, NA Business Development Manager & BOPET Development Manager, Oben Group

• Sustainable Ridgid Packaging Utilizing the Kiefel KTR 6.2 by Sven Engelmann, Vice President Technology, Kiefel GmbH
• Eliminating Obstacles in BiAx Film Processing by Improving BoPLA Film Production Efficiency by Nikushi Yatigala, Senior Scientist, NatureWorks LLC
• XPP - A Functional Alternative to Polystyrene in Thermoforming Applications by Michael Moren, Commercial Director, Impact Plastics / ICPG
• NH-FT Flame Treatment Technology and Its Applications on Polyolefins by Stefano Mancinelli, Sales & Process Manager, EsseCI