AIPIA AGENDA

TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2023

Smart Futures Stage
Richard Einhorn
Crane Authentication

In this presentation, we will talk about the technology that makes authentication possible via enhanced packaging solutions. Providing public features that attract attention through strong 3D and movement effects, integrated with QR codes, companies can provide a secure, attractive and engaging entry point to their brand’s values and the product’s authenticity. The combination of overt and secure features with easy-to-use authentication tools like QR codes can be responsive to this authentication need and deliver the authenticity customers deserve.
Smart Insights Stage

Battery-free tags and the power of the cloud and AI are bringing the Internet of Things to billions of connected packages. Grocery, postal, healthcare and defense are all markets that are leading this adoption.  

Meanwhile there are a new set of standards being developed that will grow ambient IoT to trillions of connected things. Hear about the latest ambient standards coming to 802.11, 5G and 6G. These ecosystems bring with them a formidable set of new vendors, functionality and marketing dollars. 

In this presentation we share the state of the union of the ambient IoT market, the applications and benefits, the new standards that are coming and what this is likely to mean to us as users and vendors of smart packaging. 

10:45 AM

Smart Futures Stage
Mark Hewitt
Connected Experience Consulting




Ensuring our Unilever products are accessible to everyone in society is not just an important element of our equity, diversity and inclusion commitments - it makes good commercial sense too. With nearly 285M people around the world living with sight loss, learn how we've now made one of our most loved Homecare brands, Persil, fully accessible to them for the first time - courtesy of the Accessible QR code!

Agenda:

  • What is Accessible QR?
  • Why is it relevant?
  • The impact it is having for Unilever
  • Persil case study - Insights and Learnings
  • What the future looks like
  • Q&A
Smart Insights Stage
Simon Jones
Antares Vision Group

Exploring connected packaging beyond "code on pack", for trusted, smart, sustainable supply chains, by embracing traceability innovations in intelligent packaging, creating new value opportunities for all stakeholders in transforming product supply chains. 

12:15 PM

Smart Futures Stage
Robert Pick
Zebra Technologies

In an era where sustainability and product quality are paramount, the integration of environmental sensors and indicators into packaging solutions has become a game-changer across various industries. Join Rob Pick, Senior Advisor of Strategic Business Development at Zebra Technologies, as he explores the transformative impact of these cutting-edge technologies across multiple verticals, including food and pharmaceuticals.  

This presentation will delve into the innovative ways in which environmental sensors and indicators are enhancing product safety, extending shelf life, reducing waste, and enabling real-time monitoring of critical parameters. Rob will share insights into how companies can seamlessly adopt these technologies to create intelligent packaging solutions that not only meet regulatory requirements but also cater to evolving consumer preferences. 

With real-world examples and practical guidance, this presentation promises to enlighten attendees on the vast potential of environmental sensors and indicators, paving the way for more sustainable, efficient, and customer-centric practices in a variety of industries. Don't miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the future of packaging and its positive impact on both businesses and the environment. 

Smart Insights Stage
The topic is focused on new consumer expectations and opportunities which connected packaging opens up for brands and consumers. It will touch on 2-way engagement, traceability, sustainability/circular economy, and of course - trust (authenticity, verifiability, supply chain integrity).

1:45 PM

Smart Futures Stage
Details coming soon!
Smart Insights Stage
Organizations in sensitive industries, such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals, are further turning to RFID and NFC technology to add new packaging features to their products in order to facilitate digital transformation. We want to review today’s state-of-the-art solutions and take a look at new possibilities with conductive and capacitive status detection.
Smart Futures Stage
High level overview of the problem of food waste globally and the technologies that could serve to make an impact.
Smart Insights Stage

Packaging is becoming increasingly smart as a vital element of a complete product. In addition to packaging and protection functions, it is expected to enable anti-counterfeiting, traceability, and enhanced interaction as a tool connecting the real and digital worlds, endowing products with even more value.

But how do you make your packaging smart and connected?

TOPPAN will showcase how packaging and packaging component manufacturers can integrate NFC to their products with the real examples from spirits, cosmetics, high-grade tea, and pharmaceuticals. Then how to onboard it in combination with cloud-based product ID authentication platform that can be a key enabler for Brands for Consumer Engagement and other dynamic digital services to their customers.

Smart Futures Stage
Details coming soon!
Smart Insights Stage
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3:15 PM

Smart Futures Stage

With retailers and consumer brands across industries preparing for Sunrise 2027, our subject matter expert, Dominique (Dom) Guinard, will share insight into how brands are experimenting with the transition from 1D to 2D to yield greater business efficiencies while delivering on consumer demands for sustainability credentials, proof of authenticity, and personalized experiences. The transition has started.  

Will you be ready for 2027? 

Smart Insights Stage

Automated grocery store – hype around camera vision has started cool down and grocery retailers expectations are on efficiency and operational reliability. Improving only checkout process is not sufficient, and groceries need to be able to transform and renew their operational models (product management, order management, offer management, etc). Blockstore solution with sensors, camera vision and item level traceability in products and in their packages provide opportunities to modernize the way grocery retailer manage the supply chain and store operations. Fully digitalized, and real time supply chain provides multiple benefits and for example enables best before date tracking to bring tremendous opportunities in food waste reduction.

Smart Futures Stage
Details coming soon!
Smart Insights Stage
Jenny Stanley
Appetite Creative

Jenny Stanley at Appetite Creative looks at how a brand’s wider impact on society is a growing consideration for consumers.

Details coming soon!

WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2023

9:45 AM
Smart Futures Stage
Tim Sykes
Packaging Europe


Welcome back to day 2 of the AIPIA World Congress!
Smart Futures Stage

Nina Zehetmaier
Securikett

Simon Jones
Antares Vision Group


In this panel, Amazon’s Güneri Tugcu and industry experts explore the multiple opportunities around extending supply chain transparency, in the context of brand protection and upcoming regulatory demands – and how friction can be removed to realize this potential by enhancing alignment and interoperability.
Smart Insights Stage
Using the power of optical AI to identify and link packages and their contents.
11:00 AM
Smart Futures Stage
Avery Dennison - speakers to be confirmed!
Smart Insights Stage
Metrc holds the majority of regulated cannabis "track and trace" contracts in the US and we're currently using our position to create a new barcode standard that will serialize individual packaged products. We've learned a lot about the challenges and benefits and will share them in detail.
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Smart Futures Stage
Details coming soon!
Smart Insights Stage
Philippe Horcholle
STMicroelectronics

Connected NFC packaging is mainly used to enhance the consumer experience as well as to help brands protect products from counterfeiting. In this session, you will discover how much more NFC has to offer. Retailers, brands, and consumers can get plenty of other benefits, such as real-time inventory information both in-store and across the worldwide supply chain. We will also explore how NFC delivers real-time marketing analytics to help brands create new behavior-based marketing strategies and experiences in record time. 

Smart Insights Stage

e-Label and EU passport, sustainability and recyclability plus product-security. Are all goals possible with a single product?

2:30 PM
Smart Insights Stage

With the focus and activity around GS1 Digital Link it demonstrates a transformation in packaging design and production. With many of the benefits of adopting 2D codes in packaging centred around adding variable data for marketing, sustainability, traceability, and digital passports, it is essential that the practicality of how to produce these at speed is considered. It brings an opportunity to bring the late-stage customisation in-house and inline/near line and reap the benefits of being able to adapt your production line for short runs, without the need to carry expensive preprinted bespoke packaging with the downside of long lead times. Join Domino in this discussion around how to apply intelligence to smart packaging and discover how to improve your costs as well as your future flexibility in production.

Smart Insights Stage
Volha Kniazeva
ASBISc Enterprises PLC

Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) technology has emerged as a groundbreaking solution for extending the shelf life of various products, ranging from food and beverages to pharmaceuticals and beyond. By harnessing the power of ionized gases at room temperature, CAP offers a non-thermal and eco-friendly approach to preserving products, effectively inhibiting microbial growth and maintaining freshness. This presentation delves into the potential of CAP technology, exploring its applications, benefits, and the positive impact it can have on industries worldwide.

Join us to uncover the revolutionary capabilities of CAP and its role in creating a sustainable future with prolonged shelf life for a wide array of products.