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PAC-sponsored conference, Creating Next Life Solutions is a call to action for all North American packaging leaders to advance a 'world without packaging waste.'
The Packaging Association is hosting its next great PAC conference – Creating Next Life Solutions: A World Without Packaging Waste in Ottawa between September 28-30, 2012.
The conference is a call to action for North American packaging leaders to advance A World Without Packaging Waste. For organizations involved in all aspects of the life cycle of packaging, PAC is calling this THE MUST ATTEND conference of the year.
The conference will examine a plethora of aspects of packaging life cycles including:
Policy – Shaping the Landscape
• Canada – CCME (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment) and industry collaboration on packaging optimization;
• US – EPR (extended producer responsibility) emerging in the US;
• Provincial, BC – a chance to create the perfect EPR model;
• Municipal – Ottawa’s innovative waste recovery solution.
Economics – What’s in it for Me?
• The Future of Packaging – industry size and growth;
• International Opportunities – how to do it;
• Buy, Sell, or Recap – maximize opportunities, mitigate risk;
• The economics of recovery, job creation, GDP growth, entrepreneurial opportunities.
Innovation Enablers – What’s in the Toolbox?
• GPPS (Global Protocol on Sustainable Packaging) – the global dictionary on sustainable packaging;
• GS1 – the retailer solution to the scorecard;
• Labeling – a consumer guide to recovery;
• National Design Guide – to facilitate optimization.
Sustainable Innovation – Environmental Design
• Leading edge product and process innovations for packaged goods;
• Emerging solutions for discarded packaging recovery.
Although speakers, exhibitor information, and social and companion sessions are still to be announced, a tentative conference program has been released:
Day 1: Friday, September 28, 2012
9AM – Registration opens
11:45AM: Lunch & Welcome – Jim Downham, president & chief executive officer, PAC
1PM – 5:30PM: Policy – Shaping the Landscape, Speakers TBA.
Plant tours – Cascades Recovery Container Plant
6:30PM: Welcome reception
7:30PM: Chairmans’ Gala – Dinner at Château Laurier
Day 2 – Saturday, September 29, 2012
7:30AM: Breakfast
9AM – 12 Noon: Economics – What’s in it for Me?, Speakers TBA
12 Noon: Lunch
1PM – 3PM: Innovation Enablers – What’s in the Toolbox?, Speakers TBA
6PM: Dinner and entertainment at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Day 3 – Sunday, September 30, 2012
7:30AM: Breakfast
9AM – 12 Noon: Sustainable Innovation – Design for the Environment, Speakers TBA
12 Noon: Lunch and closing ceremonies
Accommodation
The PAC has arranged a discounted group rate for delegates at the Fairmont Château Laurier:
Standard room: $199
Deluxe room: $269
- based on double occupancy, additional person will be charged an additional $40/night. No charge for children under 18 sharing with their parents. Maximum capacity if four people per room.
www.fairmont.com/laurier or call toll free: 1-866-540-4410
Tel:886-2-28941823 Fax:886-2-28941837 E-mail:viya@packsourcing.com
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