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Day One – 09 October 2023
08.00 - 08.50 Registration
08.50 - 09.00 Introduction
09.00 - 09.20 Welcome Remarks – Nidhi Verma, Founder & Managing Director, ElitePlus++ Business Services
09.20 - 09.40 Keynote Address 1: Rigid Packaging – The Future Targets in view of Sustainability
A.S. Sahney, Executive Director (Petrochemicals) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
09.40 - 10.00 Keynote Address 2: Opportunities for the Rigid Packaging in the Current Scenario
Avinash Verma, President PetChem Ops, Reliance Industries Ltd.
10.00 - 10.20 Keynote Address 3: Future growth potential for FMCG in India
Dr. R.S. Sodhi, President Indian Dairy Association, Former Managing Director GCMMF (Amul)
10.20 - 10.40 Keynote Address 4: Catalyst for India's Economic Growth: Strategies and Opportunities
Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist, Axis Bank, Head of Global Research, Member Board, Axis Capital
10.40 - 11.10 Coffee Break & Networking
PLENARY SESSION
11.10 – 11.30 Plastics - A wonder material or a curse? Path ahead!
Vagish Dixit - Managing Director, ALPLA India Pvt. Ltd.
INJECTION MOULDING
Business Session 1: Material Opportunities for Moulding Applications
Session Chairman:
11.30 - 11.50 Leveraging Resin Technologies to Enhance the Sustainability of Polyolefins
Unmesh Nayak, COO - Polymers, Reliance Industries Ltd.
11.50 – 12.10 Polyolefins – Light at the end of the tunnel – A Global Perspective
Sarah Rae, VP Olefins and Derivatives, Argus Media
12.10 – 12.30 Polypropylene (PP) Rigid Packaging and its Sustainability Solutions
Dr. Zhaolin Zhou, Vice President – Asia – Chemicals, Milliken Chemical
12.30 - 12.50 Opportunity for Indigenisation & Export for Injection Moulders. - Parts for Solar, 5G Telecom, EV Batteries, etc.
Sri Ramani, INDIA Business Leader, SABIC - HPP BU
12.50 - 13.10 Billion Bottles and Counting: Driving circular economy for human-contact applications
Mani Vajipey, Co-Founder and CEO, Banyan Nation
13.10 - 13.20 Q & A Session
Business Session 2: Voice of Converters – Injection Moulding
Session Chairman:
13.20 - 13.35 2 & 3 Dimensional Decoration Processes on Moulded Applications
Hemit Gandhi, Executive Director and Uchit Gandhi, Executive Director, Mutual Automotive Pvt. Ltd.
13.35 - 13.50 Sustainable PAILS solution for Paints Industry
Navninder Singh, Head Packaging, Asian Paints
13.50 - 14.05 Better Efficiency at Renewable Energy - Best Practices
Sanjeev Verma, Head of Operations, Nilkamal Ltd.
14.05 - 14.15 Q & A Session
14.15 - 15.10 Lunch & Networking
The program's timing may change in the future, as the current timing is only kept for reference. *Awaiting Confirmation
Business Session 3: Innovations in Machinery & Moulds
Session Chairman: Kailash P, Advisor, Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd.
15.10 - 15.30 Transitioning to Sustainable Packaging
Christophe Beck, General Manager PET Tooling, Husky TechnologiesTM
15.30 - 15.50 Innovations in Precision Injection Moulding: Transforming Industries
Makoto Nishizawa, Executive Officer, Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd.
15.50 - 16.10 Breakthrough Technology in Hydraulic Fluids
Speaker from Yizumi
16.10 - 16.30 Comprehensive Mould Solutions
Dayanand Reddy, Managing Director & Owner, Vasantha Tool Crafts
16.30 - 16.50 New Developments for Lowest Part Weight for Containers & InMold assembly Caps.
Vishal Agarwal, President, Yudo Hot Runner India Pvt. Ltd.
16.50 – 17.00 Q & A Session
Business Session 4: Mobility, White Goods, Latest Trends
Session Chairman:
17.00 – 17.15 The Critical Role of Plastics in Fuelling Demand for Electric Vehicles
Achal Thakkar, Managing Director, Autotech-Sirmax India Pvt. Ltd.
17.15 – 17.30 Lightweighting solution with long glass fibre reinforced polypropylene and continuous glass fibre reinforced poly
propylene composites
Sun Yajie York, Chief Technology Officer, Kingfa Science & Technology (India) Ltd.
17.30 – 17.50 Latest Trends & Sustainability in Home Appliances
Vijay Kumar S, Materials Integrator, Whirlpool of India Ltd.
17.50 - 18.20 Coffee Break & Networking
Business Session 5: Reaching the End Users
Session Chairman: Dr. Radha Mohan Gupta, Former Procurement Director- South Asia, Reckitt
18.20 - 18.40 Biomimicry Integration in Sustainable Packaging Design
Sribacha Nayak, Packaging R&D and Healthcare Sustainability Leader, Procter & Gamble
18.40 – 19.00 Viewing through FMCG Industry lens - Opportunities and Challenges faced by companies
Garima Singh, Chief Government Affairs & Communications Officer, PepsiCo India
19.00 - 19.20 Panel Discussion: The Brand Owners' Wishlist
Nayandeep Banerjee, Head Packaging, Britannia Industries Ltd. | Ayaz Kagzi, Technology Leader – Packaging
Development, Pidilite Industries Ltd., Sridhar J, Head, Packaging Dev, Pureplay Skin Sciences, Geetanjali Vats,
Global Plastics Sustainability Lead Asia & ANZ, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
19.20- 19.40 Evening Address: Emerging Scenario for Merger & Acquisition in Packaging Sector
Ajay Arora, Head of Investment Banking Advisory, Ernst & Young India
19.40 - 20.00 Stand-up Comedy performance by Abijit Ganguly
20.00 - 20.10 Lucky Dip Prizes
20.10 Onwards Cocktails & Networking Dinner
The program's timing may change in the future, as the current timing is only kept for reference. *Awaiting Confirmation
Day Two – 10th October 2023
08.00 – 08.45 Registration
08.45 – 08.55 Introduction and Welcome Remarks
08.55 – 09.10 Welcome Back – Nidhi Verma, Founder & Managing Director, ElitePlus++ Business Services
09.10 – 09.30 Transforming Rigid Packaging with Artificial Intelligence: Innovation, Sustainability, and Quality Assurance
Nitin Kumar Satankar, (Industrial Artificial intelligence and Data Science), Reliance Jio
09.30 – 09.50 Keynote Address by:
Angelo George, CEO, Bisleri International
09.50 – 10.10 Panel Discussion: Excellence in Manufacturing through Automation
Moderator: Raju Desai, Director, Jyotiplastic
Business Session 6A: PET – Perspective of Brand Owner
Session Chairman: Dr. Vimal Katiyar, FSSAI, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
10.10 – 10.30 Latest Developments in Pharma Packaging
Rajesh Mishra, Director - Packaging Development, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
10.30 – 10.50 Changing the Landscape of Beverage Packaging
Chandramohan Gupta - Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Moon Beverages Ltd.
10.50 - 11.05 Innovations in Packaging and Consumer Purchase Experience
Amit Milind Kale, Assistant Vice President, Reliance Retail
11.05 – 11.25 New Trends in Packaging for Health Hygiene and Personal Care
Ali Muhammad Lakdawala, Head Packaging Procurement at ITC Limited (Foods Division), ITC Ltd.
11.25 – 11.50 Coffee Break & Networking
Business Session 6B: Innovations and Emerging Technologies in Rigid Packaging
Session Chairman: Vaibhav Saraogi, Managing Director, Chemco Group
11.50 - 12.10 Innovations in PET Packaging
Thimmaiah Napanda Poovaiah, MD & Chief Executive Officer, Manjushree Technopack Ltd.
12.10 - 12.30 New Injection Moulding System for PET preform with embedded Quality Control Vision System and High
cavitation Moulds dedicates to new 26mm neck finishes families.
Moraldo Masi, Pet Business Unit Director, Sacmi
12.30 - 12.45 A Fresh Look at New PET Packaging Prospects
Constantinos Sideris, Director, CYPET Technologies
12.45 - 13.05 A look into the future of Blow Moulding Machinery, including Emerging Technologies and Potential
Disruptions
David Mclver, Managing Director South East Asia, Uniloy
13.05 – 13.35 Panel Discussion: Indian Industry's March for Sustainability
Moderator: Dr. Vijay Habbu, Consultant, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Panelist: Haren Sanghavi, Director, GMS Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd., Devendra Surana, Managing Director Magnum
Group, Ayodhya Prasad Singhal, Director, J B Ecotex Ltd., Neeraj Porwal, Director Technical & Supply Chain Sustainability
– India & South West Asia, The Coca-Cola Company
13.35 - 13.45 Q & A Session
13.45 – 14.30 Lunch & Networking
The program's timing may change in the future, as the current timing is only kept for reference. *Awaiting Confirmation
BLOW MOULDING
Business Session 7: Blow Moulding – Packaging: Perspective from Brand Owner & Convertor
Session Chairman:
14.30 - 14.50 Packaging for Lubricant Oil and Challenges around Sustainability
Purnima Rathore, SME Packaging Lead, Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.
14.50 - 15.10 Global Mega Trends in Plastic Packaging
Vinay Agarwal, Managing Director, & Hersh Agarwal, Partner, Creative Group of Industries
15.10 - 15.30 Innovative use of Blow Moulding in Packaging Applications
Eric Chavent, EVP Global Accounts, Berry Global
15.30 - 15.50 Creating High Quality Capacities
Saurabh Dhawan, Director – Strategic Operations, SSF Plastics India , Dhruv Dhawan, Director, Recraft Processing
15.50 - 16.20 Coffee Break & Networking
ROTO MOULDING
Business Session 8: New Applications in Raw Material & Design in Roto Moulding
Session Chairman:
16.20 – 16.40 An Outlook on Roto Moulding Market and New Applications
Speaker from Matrix Polymers*
16.40 – 17.00 Rotationally Moulded Remote Operated Rescue Craft
Satish Gokhale, Director - Industrial Design, Design Directions Pvt. Ltd.
17.00 - 17.20 A Global Outlook on the Roto Moulding Market
Speaker from Floatex*
17.20 – 17.30 Q & A Session
17.30 – 17.40 Grand Lucky Dip Prize
17.40 Onwards Closing Remarks by Nidhi Verma, Founder & Managing Director, ElitePlus++ Business Services
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The program's timing may change in the future, as the current timing is only kept for reference. *Awaiting Confirmation
