As a part of its commitment to the ASEAN region, the AIP will be heading to ProPak Vietnam for the first time in March and bringing with it three educational offerings.
The AIP will be delivering the inaugural Vietnam Packaging Forum at the event, along with providing two mini training courses for those in attendance. The AIP will also have a stand at the show.
Vietnam Packaging Forum: Wednesday 19 March
The AIP, in partnership with Informa Markets, will be holding the inaugural edition of the Vietnam Packaging Forum on Wednesday 19 March alongside ProPak Vietnam.
The Vietnam Packaging Forum will bring together 18x local, regional and global packaging experts from the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the AIP, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA), the Vietnam Packaging Association, Vietnam Forest Certification Office, UPM Raflatac, Henkel Vietnam, SIG Group, Circular Analytics, Tetra Pak, Sealed Air, Acviss Technologies, Swiss-Bridge and Koenig & Bauer.
Topics that will be discussed will include:
- The European Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR);
- Eco-modulation;
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR);
- Global and national mandated design standards;
- Updated state of industry reports for sustainability and packaging regulations globally, regionally and locally;
- Paper-based alternatives;
- The latest trends and innovations in sustainable packaging;
- Finding the balance between packaging waste and food waste;
- Trends and innovations for mono-material packaging;
- Recycled content and recycle-ready packaging; and
- Active and intelligent packaging trends and innovations.
The Vietnam Packaging Forum is supported by the AIP, Informa Markets, the Vietnam Packaging Association, the Asian Packaging Federation, the WPO and the AIPIA.
All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance and CPD points towards attaining the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) program. The one-day forum is free to attend for visitors.
AIP to run 2 training courses: Thursday 20 March
The first course offered is the Introduction to Sustainable Packaging Design Guidelines, and the second will be Sustainable Food Packaging Design Guidelines.
All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance and also six points per course towards attaining/maintaining the global Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation.
The lecturers will be AIP’s Ralph Moyle, education coordinator; and Nerida Kelton, AIP’s executive director AIP and vice-president Sustainability & Save Food at the WPO.
Mini training course 1: Sustainable Packaging Design Guidelines
The introduction to Sustainable Packaging Design Guidelines will enable companies to deep-dive into their existing and new packaging development processes to ensure that the business is reducing the environmental footprint of all packaging where possible, and at the same time meeting global and local food waste and packaging waste targets.
The Sustainable Packaging Guidelines (SPGs) have been established to assist the design and manufacture of packaging that meets the sometimes conflicting demands of the market, consumer protection and the environment.
Sustainable packaging ultimately ensures that the design provides the lowest possible environmental impact compared to existing or conventional packaging.
Sometimes achieving the lowest possible environmental impact can be challenging, particularly when balancing various environmental criteria with other functional and commercial considerations.
The mini training course will work through the 10 SPGs and showcase award-winning best practice examples from across the globe.
Mini training course 2: Sustainable Food Packaging Design Guidelines
Does your business actively design packaging to minimise food loss & waste? What design criteria are your packaging engineers and designers using?
This mini training course will not only help set the scene on food waste globally and locally, but it will also help you to redesign your packaging to minimise food loss and waste.
The Sustainable Food Packaging Design training course will provide the detailed guidelines, criteria, research and checklists to arm packaging technologists, designers, innovation teams, sustainability & environmental teams, sales, business development, design agencies, consultants, procurement and marketing and communications departments with the tools to integrate the roadmap into their product-packaging design.
The outcomes from this course will include more innovative and intuitive packaging that can minimise food loss and waste all the way to the household, and ultimately lower environmental impacts across the value chain.
There are limited places available for the training courses so please book your place today by clicking here.
