The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) announced the launch of the conference Plastics in Food Packaging: The Virtual Edition. Set to take place over a day and a half Oct. 14-15, 2020, this event will include three half-day segments focusing on sustainability, plastics ensuring food safety and the range of styles in which plastics materials can be used.
Plastics in Food Packaging: The Virtual Edition will feature speakers focused on innovations in the uses of plastics and polymers with an emphasis on new technologies and manufacturing trends, as well as how the circular economy and sustainability are fundamental to the development of food packaging and its value chain.
“This joint event examines polymers and plastics from a food packaging perspective,” Jim George, director of education, IoPP noted. “As an educational event, it is our mutual purpose to provide attendees with a wealth of information about the numerous food packaging functions where plastics plays a key part.”
Plastics in Food Packaging: The Virtual Edition speakers include Ashley Moyers, R&D Packaging – Sustainability, PepsiCo; Michael Okoroafor, vice president, Global Sustainability & Packaging Innovation, McCormick; Claire Sand, founder, Packaging Technology and Research; Gang Sun, professor, University of California, Davis; Jason Tham, CEO, Nulogy; and Rory Wolf, business unit manager, Pillar Technologies.
“The synergies between plastics and packaging are almost too high to count,” Patrick Farrey, CEO of SPE said. “By bringing plastics and packaging experts together, Plastics in Food Packaging: The Virtual Edition will offer deeper understanding of the role plastics plays in the food packaging ecosystem.”