Betsy Cohen, vice president of sustainability at Nestlé will deliver the keynote address at the conference at Pack Expo 2008, on November 10. Her presentation – ‘More Safety versus Less Material? Where Does Packaging Go?’ - will dovetail with the conference’s overall theme of ‘Change, Innovation and Sustainability’.
The three-day conference (November 10–12) will be held in conjunction with Pack Expo International 2008 (McCormick Place, Chicago, November 9–13). Both events are sponsored and produced by PMMI.
Betsy Cohen will discuss the challenges, conflicts and competing values packaging professionals must balance every day. She co-ordinates sustainability related matters throughout several Nestlé divisions in categories including beverages, confections, prepared foods and pet products. She is also vp within Nestlé Purina’s Pet Products Company for a specialty line of products.
Trevor Cusworth, director, Deloitte Consulting, and Glenn Wright, commercial vp, North American Plastics, Dow Chemical, will also present keynote addresses during the conference. Trevor Cusworth will speak on ‘Packaging Sustainability: From Boardroom to Break Room’, on November 11;Glenn Wright’s session, ‘Packaging — Elemental to a Sustainable Future’, will be on the next day.
