Österreichischer Verpackungstag

Thursday, 10th October 2024
FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences
Event Hall B.E.02
Favoritenstrasse 226
1100 Vienna

The Packaging Day at FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences is a meeting point for all players in the packaging industry - from manufacturers and packers to suppliers and authorities.

In line with our event title ‘Sustainable, Circular and Safe Packaging: Global Trends and Local Implementation’, you can look forward to an exciting, all-day event.

Austrian Packaging Day 2024 Program

09.15 am:
Entrance and Coffee

10.00 am:
Welcome and Opening
Wilhelm Behensky, CEO, FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences
Silvia Apprich, Head of section Packaging and Resource Management, FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences
Gunther Berger, Director of the Directorate for SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation, UNIDO

10.20 am:
Presentation of main sponsors

10.25 am:
Keynote Global Packaging Perspective
Nerida Kelton, Vice President Sustainability, World Packaging Organisation (WPO)

10.45 am:
Safety of Coating & NIAS
Peter Oldring, Director Regulatory Affairs - Europe at Valspar

11.05 am:
Safety assessment of plastic recyclates - The Safecycle Project
Lukas Prielinger (FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences), Elisabeth Pinter (OFI) and Bernhard Rainer (FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences)

11.25 am:
Strengthening Member States’ capabilities to assess the safety, authenticity, and origin of food
Christina Vlachou, Laboratory Head, Food Safety and Control Laboratory (FSCL), Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

11.45 am:
Podium
Challenges in safety assessment of FCM
Peter Oldring, Christina Vlachou and Bernhard Rainer

12.00 noon:
Lunch break

1.00 pm:
D4R – Labels in circular economy (Presentation in German)
Marika Knorr, CCL Label

1.20 pm:
D4R – New developments in HDPE Recycling (Presentation in German)
Manica Ulnic-Krump, Interzero Plastics Innovation

1.40 pm:
Management of packaging data (Presentation in German)
Alexander Peterlik, GS1 Austria

2.00 pm:
Benchmark study packaging (Presentation in German)
Charlotte Werner, Circuar Analytics

2.30 pm:
Podium
Success factors and obstacles in the implementation of PPWR
Manfred Tacker (CEO Circular Analytics TK GmbH), Marika Knorr, Manica Ulnic-Krump and Marko Schuster (PROPAK)

3.30 pm:
Deforestation-free supply chain (Presentation in German)
Daniela Andratsch, Austrian Economic Chambers

3.50 pm:
Packaging transformation in practice – challenges for brand owners and retail companies (Presentation in German)
Alexander Reitz, PreZero

4.10 pm:
Strategy of the Austrian Federal Government: Plastics and packaging (Presentation in German)
Sarah Warscher, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

4:30 pm:
Interview
Packaging in the contradiction between regulation, sustainability and innovation
Sarah Warscher, Nerida Kelton and Alexander Reitz

5:00 pm:
Coffee break

5:30 pm:
Awards
PROPAK Young Designers Award

6:00 pm:
State Prize Smart Packaging

7:00 pm:
Dinner and networking