As of 16th August, 03.

15 PM
8th Speciality Films & Flexible Packaging
Global Summit – 2019
22nd –23rd August, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, India
“Growth & Sustainability”
DAY 1- 22nd August
07.30 - 08.50 Registrations
08.50 - 09.00 Welcome Remarks
Nidhi Verma, Director, ElitePlus Business Services
09.00 – 09.20 Opening Address: Last One Year of Rollercoaster Ride of Flexible Packaging Industry
Kamal P. Nanavaty, President - Strategy Development, Reliance Industries Ltd.
09.20 - 09.40 Keynote Address 1: Circular Economy
Vipul Shah, Chief Operating Officer – Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Ltd.
09.40 - 10.00 Keynote Address 2: Vision of Plastic Industry and the Current Issues
Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, UFLEX Ltd.
10.00 - 10.20 Keynote Address 3:
New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to end plastic waste, and its impact on films and
flexible packaging
David Clark, Vice President, Sustainability, Amcor
10.20 - 10.40 Keynote Address 4: Global Economic and Geopolitical Trends - India's Role
Shubhada Rao, Group President & Chief Economist, YES BANK
10.40 - 11.00 Address by: Shri. P. Raghavendra Rao, IAS, Secretary, DCPC, Government of India
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break & Networking
BUSINESS SESSION 1: PACKAGING - RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY
11.30 - 11.50 Government Perspective on Packaging and Managing Plastic Waste
Shri Sudhir Shrivastava, IAS, Chairman, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

11.50 – 12.10 Panel Discussion 1 - Defining Single Use Plastics (SUP)

Session Chairman: Mr. Indrajit Pal, IAS, Ex-Secretary, DCPC, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India
Padma Shri Prof. Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan-Plastic Man of India, Dean & Prof. of Chemistry Thiagarajar
College of Engg, Madurai | Dr. D. D. Kale, Ex Prof. of Polymer Technology, ICT Mumbai | Padma Shri Dr. S.
Sivaram, Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research |
Dr. S.K. Nayak, Director General, CIPET
12.10 – 12.20 Interactive Q & A Session
BUSINESS SESSION 2: POST CONSUMER WASTE MANAGEMENT
12.20 - 12.30 Cleaning to Circular Economy- Journey to connect with Mother Nature
Afroz Shah, Advocate, Champions of the Earth - UN Environment, Indian of the Year
12.30 – 12.55 Panel Discussion 2- Strategies for fulfilling EPR Obligations
Moderator: Pradeep Banerjee, Executive Director-Supply Chain, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Chitranjan Dar, Group Head, ITC Limited | Mr. Barun Banerjee, Corp Packaging Development
Manager, Nestle India Ltd. | Jaideep Gokhale, Director of Communications & Sustainability Region
South & South East Asia, Tetra Pak | Dr. Priyank Arya, Corporate Head EHS, Dabur India Ltd.|
Maneesh Sharma Packaging Head, Future Groups | Dr. Atul Sud, Director Legal, Regulatory &
Corporate Affairs, Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd | Keshav Gupta, Consultant – Standards, Parle
Products Pvt. Ltd.
12.55 – 13.05 Interactive Q & A Session
13.05 – 13.20 Plastics and Circular Economy – From a Brand Owners Perspective
Louis Lindenberg, Global Packaging Sustainability Director, Unilever
13.20 - 13.40 Panel Discussion 3 – Plastic Waste Management 2016 from the battle ground
(Leading Waste collection and disposal start-ups share their experiences)
Moderator: Mr. Surendra Patawari, Chairman, Gemini Corporation NV
Mr. Sandeep Patel, Founder and CEO, Lets Recycle NEPRA | Mr. Ashish Jain, Director, IPCA |
Mr. Aditya Dalmia, Director, Dalmia Polypro Industries Ltd. | Harshad Barde, Director, SWaCH |
Ms. Wilma Rodrigues, CEO, Saahas Zero Waste
13.40 - 13.50 Chemical Recycling of Films & Flexible Packaging
Mr. Suhas Dixit, Director, Agile Process Chemicals LLP

13.50 - 14.50 Lunch & Networking

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BUSINESS SESSION 3: FLEXIBLE PACKAGING IS FUTURE READY
Session Chairman: Prof (Dr.) N. C. Saha Vice President, Asian Packaging Federation (APF) & Former Director, IIP, Gov. of India
14.50 – 15.10 Flexible Packaging: Serving Society, Sensibility and Sustainability
Dr. Arup Basu, Managing Director, Huhtamaki PPL
15.10 - 15.30 Environmental Sustainability – Plastics: Boon or Bane
Mohammed Nadeem, CEO, Paharpur 3P
15.30 - 15.50 Making Flexible Packaging More Sustainable
Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films
15.50 – 16.10 Sustainability-360-degree approach from Industry Perspective- The war on Plastic Pollution
is Winnable
Jeevaraj Pillai, Jt. President - Packaging & New Product Development, UFLEX Limited
16.10 – 16.30 Market Trend and Dynamics in Flexible Packaging in India w.r.t. Sustainability
Sanjeev Yadav, Director - NPD & R&D, Jindal Poly Films Limited
16.30 - 16.40 Interactive Q & A Session

16.40 – 17.00 Special address by:

Shri C.K. Mishra, IAS, Secretary - Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,
Government of India

17.00 – 17.30 Coffee Break & Networking

BUSINESS SESSION 4: NEW GENERATION: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING

Session Chairman: V. K. Taparia, Executive Director, Supreme Industries Limited
17.30 – 17.50 Circular Economy & Digitalisation in BO film industry
Markus Gschwandtner, Managing Director and CEO, Brückner Servtec GmbH
17.50 – 18.10 Blue goes Green – The Reifenhäuser approach for sustainable packaging
Eugen Friedel, Sales Director, Reifenhäuser Blown Film GmbH
18.10 - 18.30 Future Challenges and Opportunities
Joachim Oberbauer, Operations Director, Hosokawa Alpine
18.30 - 18.50 Mono Oriented Films and their Markets
Francesco Peccetti, Sales Area Manager – India, Colines
18.50 – 19.00 Interactive Q & A Session

19.00 - 19.20 Special Address by: Shri Amitabh Kant, IAS, CEO, NITI Aayog, Government of India

BUSINESS SESSION 5: PACKAGING STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE

Session Chairman:

19.20 - 19.40 Emerging Packaging Business Strategies for 2020

Suresh Gupta, Packaging Industry Mentor
19.40 – 20.00 Journey to Recyclable, Compostable, or Biodegradable Packaging
Rob Cotton, R&D Director of Packaging Material and Standards, PepsiCo Consumer Packaging
Trends - Packaging Strategies
20.00 – 20.15 Evening Speaker: Public, Private, and Partnership Model for EPR Implementation
Shri. Praveen Pardeshi, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, MCGM

20.15 – 20.35 Share a laugh with

Manish K Tyagi – Stand-up Comedian
Anshu Mor – Stand-up Comedian

20.35 - 20.40 Feedback Lucky Dip Prizes

20.40 Onwards Networking Cocktails & Dinner

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 DAY 2- 23rd August

08.55 - 09.00 And the Journey Continues

Nidhi Verma, Director, ElitePlus Business Services
09.00 - 09.20 Keynote Address 1: A status on National Standards for Sustainable Packaging
Dr. R. K. Bajaj, Deputy Director General (Standardization), Bureau of Indian Standards
Government of India
09.20 - 09.40 Keynote Address 2: Continuing our Journey in Sustainable Packaging
Ajit Singh, Chairman & Co- Founder, ACG Worldwide
09.40 – 10.00 Keynote Address 3:
Address by:
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indian Government Ministry

BUSINESS SESSION 6: ADVANCEMENTS IN MATERIALS IN PACKAGING-POLYMERS

Session Chairman:
10.00 – 10.20 Innovative and sustainable packaging solutions
Nilesh Shah, Senior Technical Advisor, ExxonMobil Company India Private Limited
10.20 - 10.40
Mr. Rajnish Mehta, ED – CSP & BD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

10.40 – 10.50 Interactive Q & A Session

10.50 – 11.05 Indian Flexible packaging industry with focus on Food & beverages sector
Shiva Mudgil, Vice President, Rabo Research food & Agribusiness, Rabobank India

11.05 - 11.30 Coffee Break & Networking

BUSINESS SESSION 7 CONVERTING OPERATIONS IN PACKAGING- PART 1

Session Chairman: Chakravarthi AVPS, Global Ambassador, WPO
11.30 - 11.50 Product Solutions for Flexible Packaging
Jason Zhao, Regional Technical Manager - Asia Pacific, DuPont Advanced Printing
11.50 – 12.10 Extended Gamut – New Opportunities for Flexo and Gravure
Hermann Veismann, General Manager Business Unit Printing and Finishing, WINDMÖLLER &
HÖLSCHER KG
12.10 - 12.30 Sustainable Disruption – Mastering Growth in A rapidly changing Business Environment
Esa-Matti Aalto, Managing Director / CEO, Polytype Converting GmbH
12.30 - 12.50 Food Flexible Packaging Structural Evolutions witnessed in the market and Opportunities for
Sustainability
Giovanni Caprioglio, Head of Sales, Bobst Group
12.50 – 13.10 R2R processing – future applications beyond hardware Coating and printing
processes and machinery concepts for packaging and smart films, printed electronics
and medical applications
Andrea Glawe, Regional Sales Director - Asia & Pacific, KROENERT GmbH & Co KG.
13.10 – 13.20 Interactive Q & A Session

13.20 – 14.20 Lunch & Networking

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BUSINESS SESSION 8: CONVERTING OPERATIONS IN PACKAGING – PART 2
Session Chairman:
14.20 - 14.40 Uteco Data Acquisition and Analysis.
Giuseppe Sauli, Area Manager - South Asia and Far East, UTECO Group
14.40 – 15.00 Future Proofing of Slitter Rewinders
Biku Kohli, Managing Director, SP ULTRAFLEX SYSTEMS (P) Ltd.
15.00 - 15.20 Sustainable Flexible Packaging Solutions - Films, Bags / Pouches and Packaging
Vijay Shankar, Vice President, Mamata Extrusion Systems Pvt. Ltd.
15.20 - 15.40 Sustainability Solutions for Flexible Printing
Gautam Prabhu, Vice President - Converting Division, Reifenhauser India Marketing Ltd, Pelican RotoFlex Pvt. Ltd.
15.40 – 16.00 Surface Treatment – Corona or Plasma?
Nico Grams, Area Manager, Erhardt + Leimer / SOFTAL Corona & Plasma GmbH
16.00 - 16.20 The Importance of Carrying Out OTR & WVTR Permeation Testing on Sustainable Packaging
Andy Dickinson, EMEA Application Sales Manager, SYSTECH ILLINOIS

16.20 - 16.30 Interactive Q & A Session

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break & Networking

BUSINESS SESSION 9: INKS, ADDITIVES & ADHESIVES

Session Chairman:
17.00 - 17.20 OXO- BIODEGRADABLE ADDITIVE -- SOLUTIONS FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Umesh Anand, Joint Managing Director, HPL Additives Ltd.
17.20 - 17.40 Enabling Circular Economy with adhesives and coatings
Marcin Lapaj, Global Business Development Manager- Circular Economy, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
17.40 – 18.00 Replacement of “Toluene” with other solvents, in the light of Regulations
Sebastian Anton, Head of Global Business Development, OXEA GmbH

18.00 - 18.10 Grand Lucky Dip Prizes

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