Annual meeting 2024 International Working Group Innovation in Retail Packaging (Live Hybrid)

The NVC international working group Innovation in Retail Packaging will hold its eleventh annual meeting on Friday 27 September 2024. The working group includes leading retailers, manufacturers and suppliers of packaging technology that together contribute to the sustainable future of retail worldwide. The meeting is free of charge for NVC members or by invitation. You can participate from any location worldwide and there are a limited number of seats available for physical participation in the Best Western Hotel Gouda, The Netherlands.

12.00-13.00 INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER-LUNCH

13.00 START OF THE 10^th PLENARY ANNUAL MEETING (LIVE HYBRID)

• Update of Web Retail Packaging developments of the past year
  Corné Huijben – NVC Packaging Centre
• Reusable Packaging: challenges in the return logistics and washing process.
  Thijs Wester - PAKT Packaging
• PFAS:origins,  occurrence and regulatory aspects to packaging materials
  Stefan van Leeuwen – Wageningen University
• On the origin of contaminants in recycled plastics and mitigation strategies
  Ulphard Thoden van Velzen – Wageningen University
• How packaging can help to solve logistical challenge
  Paul Verdult - Logistica Next / Corné Huijben – NVC Packaging Centre

16.00 CONCLUSION (with after-party for those attending physically)