Programme 2024

13 June 2024 (day 1)

Internal meetings

13 June 2024 (day 1)

MPE Conference

14 June 2024 (day 2)

MPE Conference

13 June 2024 (day 1)

Internal meetings

8:30 Welcome coffee
09:00 – 11:00 MPE Board and WG meetings
11:00 – 11:30 Registration & coffee
11:30 – 13:30 Annual General Meeting (for members only)
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
Time Topic

13 June 2024 (day 1)

MPE Conference

Exploring challenges and opportunities for the metal packaging sector

14:00

Registration open

  • External participants and speakers
14:30

Conference opening

  • Dave Keating (moderator)
14:30 – 14:40

Welcome by President

  • Paulo Sousa, MPE President
14:40 – 15:20

Keynote speeches “Back to the Future: Making Metal Great Again”

  • Jehanzeb Noor, Trivium

“Advancing sustainability through aluminium packaging”

  • Dr Mandy Glew, Ball Corporation
15:20 – 16:40

EU policy session and panel discussion: “Green transition & circularity: what’s next?”

  • Maja Desgrées du Loû, DG ENV
  • Marco Musso, EEB
  • Monica Romenska, EXPRA
  • Cyrus Engerer, MEP
  • Erik Haverkort, former MP, VVD (liberal party), Netherlands
  • Paulo Sousa, MPE President
16:40 – 17:00

US perspectives on Trade

  • Robert Budway, CMI
18:00 – 23 :00

Boat trip and Gala Dinner at Maritime Museum ⚓️🥂 (Dress Code: Cocktail)

  • Kindly sponsored by Sidermec and Soudronic
Time Topic

14 June 2024 (day 2)

MPE Conference 

Exploring challenges and opportunities for the metal packaging sector

9:00 – 10:00

Suppliers session: “Sustainability and the green transition”

“The Value of steel in decarbonisation Packaging Europe”

  • Jeroen Klumper, Tata

“Aluminium Beverage Circularity: The path to 100% sustainability”

  • Andy Doran, European Aluminium Packaging Group

“Sustainable coating for sustainable packaging”

  • Sarah Dubail, Sherwin
10:00 – 10:10

Q&A session

  • Romeo Pavanello, MPE (moderator)
10:10 – 10:55 Coffee break
10:55 – 12:10

Customer session: “Market expectations for metal packaging sustainability”

  • Thor Tummers, Unilever
  • Marco Baldoli, Tomato Europe
  • Alain D’Haese, FEA
  • Hans van Bochove, Heineken
  • Laure Darondeau, Nestle Waters
12:10 – 12:50

Panel discussion: “METALmorphosis & sustainability: how to meet customer and legal demands”

  • Robert-Jan ter Morsche, Ardagh (moderator)
12:50 – 13:00

Closing remarks

  • Krassimira Kazashka, MPE
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch
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