Education Program

Several cultural movements are coming to a head—from the evolution of digital lifestyles to a maturing sustainability landscape to emotional fatigue after two years of a pandemic and global political unrest. We are at a pivotal time for culture and business. What does the future hold? Wunderman Thompson Intelligence decodes how these cultural currents are informing consumers’ behaviors and what it means for all premium brands and businesses.

Join Material Driven for an interactive sensorial workshop Part 1

How can cutting edge, tactile and unconventional materials handpicked for packaging help deliver a sensory, elevated experience? Which luxurious, high-performing, yet beautifully crafted materials can provide the sensations of awe, curiosity, connectedness, and comfort, among others? The hands-on workshop will dive into a world of advanced, diverse materials that are ripe for packaging design while building individual sensory palettes and analyzing mystery materials.

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Please note the workshop will take place at the WORKSHOP CENTER on the show floor. Seating will be on a first come first serve bases.

Pact Collective launched one year ago with the mission to work with beauty industry stakeholders to make packaging much more sustainable, as soon as possible. In this panel you’ll learn how Pact is bringing packaging suppliers, brands and retailers together, and hear from key members on recent successes, including a startup’s proven innovative zero waste packaging, a data platform’s co-launch of Pact’s new tool to help members understand end-of-life implications, and a high-growth, clean beauty brand’s ability to invest and scale more sustainable packaging.

Moderated by Mia Davis,  VP Sustainability & Impact at Credo. Co-Founder – PACT COLLECTIVE

Humans are emotional beings. Overwhelmingly, our behaviour is driven by feeling over fact, heart over mind, impulse over reason. So, to truly connect with consumers in ways that matter, and last, brands must embed emotion into every experience – creating associations and infusing interactions with real and authentic memories.

JDO will present their ethos on the power of creativity in changing what your audience thinks and feels. Building brands is about building belief – in a purpose, a product, an experience, an idea – and as thinkers, designers and makers, how to apply tools to construct whatever that belief might be. From greener engine oil to biodegradable skincare, future-fit foods or soap that changes lives,. It is no longer about just designing products, packaging or brands – it is how to create belief.

Break it Down: Sustainability Workshop Part 2

From compostable and biodegradable materials to those with lower carbon, energy, and water footprints, to bio-based and recyclable solutions—materials offer the most tangible pathway to sustainability for products and their packaging. Decoding and demystification is essential though, to navigate today’s ‘sustainable material choices’. With a library of innovative physical samples to aid and inspire them, attendees will break down concepts, develop their own sustainability criteria and labeling system, and visualize their dream packaging solutions with materials at hand.

Led by: Purva CHAWLA, Founder and Partner – MATERIAL DRIVEN

More information here:

Please note the workshop will take place at the WORKSHOP CENTER on the show floor. Seating will be on a first come first serve bases.

Modern brands and retailers are investing in refillable solutions from product components and packaging to in-store walk in and membership services. In this session, we will discuss the pros and cons of refillable products and how profitable is this growing new trend?

Get a first-hand snapshot view of the award-worthy nominees. Join us for the eagerly anticipated announcement of this year’s in green winners!

Hosted by Diana VERDE NIETO, Co-founder and CEO of Positive Luxury

The industry has been upended by supply challenges through the last two years of turmoil, and brands and businesses have had to adjust to a range of disruptions. Join Dr. Akemi Ooka, Head of Global Supply Chain Resources at the Independent Beauty Association (IBA), as she discusses the state of the supply chain with brand and supply chain management professionals having to pivot with supply chain volatility. Hear the latest on how labor challenges, geopolitical instability, Covid-19, and demand expectations are affecting brands, manufacturing and freight movement in the industry.

Moderated by Dr. Akemi Ooka, Head of Global Supply Chain Resources, Independent Beauty Association (IBA)

Join Material Driven for an interactive sensorial workshop Part 1!

How can cutting edge, tactile and unconventional materials handpicked for packaging help deliver a sensory, elevated experience? Which luxurious, high-performing, yet beautifully crafted materials can provide the sensations of awe, curiosity, connectedness, and comfort, among others? The hands-on workshop will dive into a world of advanced, diverse materials that are ripe for packaging design while building individual sensory palettes and analyzing mystery materials.

More information here:

Please note the workshop will take place Workshop Center on the show floor . Seating will be on a first come first serve bases.

Sustainable beauty continues to escalate its credentials through the pursuit of carbon- and plastic-neutrality by leveraging ingredient and packaging alternatives, offsets, collective action and more. This session will feature experts from the worlds of retail, packaging and sustainability, representing actions and strategies that are meaningfully moving the needle.

Key topics will include:

• The range of certifications available to brands
• Proven strategies for adopting plastic and/or carbon neutrality
• Supplier programs and resources to bring the industry closer to plastic/carbon neutrality

Moderated by: Jeb Gleason Allured, Content Director, Global Cosmetic Industry Magazine

Join us for a dynamic discussion on how some of the leading brands across sectors are embracing digital technologies for impactful consumer engagement via all platforms (in-store, on product, or at home) A not to be missed session with some of the industry’s most innovative thinkers.

Moderated by Cameron Worth, Founder, SharpEnd

Break it Down: Sustainability Workshop Part 2

From compostable and biodegradable materials to those with lower carbon, energy, and water footprints, to bio-based and recyclable solutions—materials offer the most tangible pathway to sustainability for products and their packaging. Decoding and demystification is essential though, to navigate today’s ‘sustainable material choices’. With a library of innovative physical samples to aid and inspire them, attendees will break down concepts, develop their own sustainability criteria and labeling system, and visualize their dream packaging solutions with materials at hand.

Led by: Purva CHAWLA, Founder and Partner – MATERIAL DRIVEN

More information here:

Please note the workshop will take place at the WORKSHOP CENTER on the show floor. Seating will be on a first come first serve bases.

Craft spirits have been energizing the beverage alcohol landscape, bringing flavor and design innovation to a curious and adventurous consumer base. Jeff Cioletti, editor in chief of CRAFT SPIRITS magazine—a publication of the American Craft Spirits Association—will present detailed insight on all of the major spirits categories and a look at the packaging design innovations that have derived from those new categories. Be inspired by this revolution and opportunity for more white space potential!

A select group of packaging experts will take center stage and demonstrate industry technology advances designed to offer packaging products and services a competitive edge across all sectors. Meet the experts who specialize in brand protection, smart packaging, and/or digital packaging solutions.