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June 7, 2022
North America & Europe
9 AM New York | 2 PM London | 3 PM Paris
June 8, 2022
Asia Premiere
8 AM Mumbai | 9:30 AM Bangkok | 10:30 AM Beijing
The PAC Global Disruptors Summit will feature storytellers from across the globe.
Learn from a cross sector of leaders about the first-mover of DISRUPTIVE PACKAGES, designs, processes, materials, and circular innovations from around the world. Attendees leave with a deeper understanding of opportunities and challenges facing the packaging industry today.
Our speakers and disruptive industry trailblazers will cover topics like:
- Promoting cross-value chain collaboration for results that benefit the industry at large
- How to scale disruptive and revolutionary change, turning big ideas into big impact to the bottom line
Join us at this packaging event on a journey through global packaging industry transformation.
Check back for the most up-to-date speaker announcements and schedule as details are released!
2022 Disruptors Summit Schedule
Session Details
Disruptors Summit Welcome & Kick-Off
Rob McCarthy, President, Marks (part of SGS & Co), and Jim Downham, PAC Global CEO will open the event and set the stage for a day of inspiration and learning from our disruptive innovators and industry leaders. Enjoy the show.
Reimagining Circularity with Indorama
Anthony Watanabe
VP & Global Head of Environmental Sustainability
Indorama Ventures PLC
Circularity is more than recycling. It is the wholesale reimagining of a linear economic system that has existed for decades. But ambitious change requires innovation, tenacity, collaboration and courage. That is the Indorama story.
Consumer Centric Innovation and Innovative Sustainable Packaging Solutions from ABInBEV
Brad Weaver
Global VP Commercial Innovation
AB InBev
Benedikt Pröll
Managing Director
The Innovation Instigators
Join the Global Vice President of Commercial Innovation Brad Weaver and his ABInBEV team.
Self-Disruption for Consumer Centric Innovation
Learn about how this innovative team developed a unique package while providing a premium experience for Stella Artois Unfiltered consumers in the UK. This team tell the story behind how they embraced a new methodology, challenging themselves internally to innovate and disrupt packaging design for a consumer centric vision.
Innovative Sustainable Packaging Solutions
ABInBEV recently launched a Corona beer pack made with barley straw to create a fibre based circular solution. The innovation combines waste with 100% recycled wood fibers to create a paper board for new packaging that is as strong and durable as a regular six-pack, but better for the planet. Corona sees this as one path forward to eliminate the need for virgin trees and raw material from their supply chain in the future. Their goal is for all products to be packaging that is returnable or made from majority recycled content by 2025.
Tune in and learn about ABInBev’s Returnable Glass Commitment and the strategy behind some bottles being used up to 100 times.
Right First Time Production Artwork at Lightning Speed
Creating packaging artwork can be complex, time-consuming and expensive. But it needn’t be. Right first time, automated artwork production is transforming the design-to-print processes of the early adopter FMCG brand owners and retailers. Hear from Aire Global’s Chief Transformation Officer, Jack Lipp, about how the latest pack copy management and artwork automation technology is simplifying and streamlining graphics processes all around the world.
The Paper Bottle Revolution
Malcolm Waugh
Chief Executive Officer
Frugalpac
Frugalpac is a sustainable packaging company with a mission to decarbonise the food and drinks industry with recycled paper. The presentation highlights our Frugal Bottle, the world’s first commercial bottle for wines, spirits and olive oils.
Dry Molded Fiber Packaging, an Alternative to Single-use Plastics
PulPac has developed and patented a ground-breaking technology for high-performance fiber packaging that replaces single-use plastics.
Dry Molded Fiber is up to 10x faster than traditional fiber forming methods and is offered to converters that want to shift to a sustainable fiber-based packaging solution with highly competitive unit economics.
Urgently Scaling Recycling to Reuse
Tom Szaky
CEO
TerraCycle, Inc. & Loop Global
As we near 2025, we are getting closer to packaging commitments of recyclable, compostable or reusable. With less than 33 months to go, how can we practically scale future innovations like reuse? How do we achieve practical recyclability? What is the role of compostables?
Enhancing Sustainability and Recyclability in Thermoforming Films
Learn about Winpak’s latest innovations involving Recycle Ready flexible materials that are compliant with the recently released ‘Golden Design Rules’ and how Winpak is addressing challenges faced by the packaging industry such as climate change and recyclability.
Unlocking Brand Potential with Forecasting and Cultural Strategy
What are trends? And are they not just hype? Join Bryan Goodpaster, VP Foresight and Cultural Strategy at Marks, for a discussion about why cultural strategy is important for success in packaging design.Learn about trends that are important levers for brands and how you can identify the right moment to leverage a trend. Bryan will share his take on who the latest market disrutors are in packaging brand design.
Custom Designed Automation and Data-Related Solutions Engineering Leader
Derek Dlugosh-Ostap
CEO
Pack-Smart Inc.
Pack-Smart is a leader in developing and manufacturing digital print, converting, and packaging automation technologies for security, packaging, and product fulfillment applications. From manufacturing to data security, the company works with the world’s leading brands to solve the most challenging packaging automation and data-related challenges plaguing companies today.
Swiss Chalet’s Evolving Journey into Sustainability
Ron Simard
Chief Operating Officer
Swiss Chalet
As a leading Canadian restaurant chain, Swiss Chalet took massive strides during unprecedented times in transitioning from single use plastic containers to 100% recyclable paperboard products. Learn more about where they started, the challenges they faced and the future they foresee.
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June 7, 2022
North America & Europe
9 AM New York | 2 PM London
June 8, 2022
Asia Premiere
8 AM Mumbai | 9:30 AM Bangkok | 10:30 AM China