Returning for its 11th Edition in September, Propak West Africa has announced its conference lineup, with a new feature and over fifty speakers included. Propak is the largest exhibition for the packaging, plastics, printing and food processing industries in West Africa and will bring together over 5,500 stakeholders from across the manufacturing industry.
Launching for the first time this year is the Product Innovation Stage. This new feature will provide an intimate setting for leading brands including Tetrapak West Africa, SACMI, Bobst, Krones West Africa and EPSON to talk through a case study of their latest equipment and one that is leading innovation in the sector.
With only 50 seats available for each session the organiser urges eager participants to sign up and be sure to arrive at the sessions early to claim their seats. The Product Innovation Stage will run across all three days of the exhibition so there is lots of opportunities for visitors to learn something new.
Taking place on Tuesday 10th September is the return of the Smart Packaging Conference, hosted by AIOPPN, WPO, APO. This year’s theme is “Unlocking Nigeria Food Security: Implementation of Smart Sustainable Packaging to Reduce Food Waste”. The full-day program will cover this hugely important subject with sessions looking at innovative approaches to sustainable packaging, cold chain technologies to reduce post-harvest loss, e-commerce platforms for food distribution and how to implement sustainable packaging in the food supply chain.
With more than twenty speakers providing presentations and joining panel discussions throughout the day it’s a must-attend event for those in the industry. The keynote will be provided by Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment (CCT&I), Lagos State with other leading minds from the likes of Flour Mills of Nigeria, LAWMA, Crown Flour Mill, Helen Keller International and Value Ingredients among those on the lineup.
In addition, 11th September will see strategic partners KPMG deliver an exclusive conference looking at ‘Plastics for a Sustainable Future: Exploring Cross-sectoral Responsibilities, Innovation and Sustainable Finance’. Leading partners at KPMG will be joined by Titilayo Oshodi – special adviser on climate change and circular economy to the governor of Lagos State; Victor Boyle-Komolafe, founder/CEO – GIVO Africa and Chigozie Ejimogu – head of sustainability – Verod Capital among others.
The conference at Propak complements the growth and importance of the manufacturing sectors, ensuring sustainability is at the forefront of their efforts and that can be seen with the increase in representation in products and services offered by the 250 brands across the four halls of Propak West Africa this year.