PPMA SHOW PREVIEW PPMA UNVEILS ISSUES-LED CONFERENCE


Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the PPMA Showreturns to the NEC, Birmingham from 25th- 27th September. Running alongside the exhibition is an informative conference programme that looks set to create a forum for education, knowledge-sharing and debate. Read on to find out more...


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his year, the free to attend conference programme will run over the first two


days of the show in the Enterprise Zone, with sessions focusing on some of the key issues facing modern manufacturing. These include topical issues such as Brexit, Industry 4.0, cyber security, robotics, automation and optimisation, augmented reality, as well as tackling the ongoing debate surrounding the impact of plastics in packaging. Headlining the programme will be two of


the most respected and influential business leaders in the UK, Lord Mark Price and Jonathan Warburton. With less than a year to go before Brexit


on 29 March 2019, Lord Mark Price will dedicate his keynote address to looking at how business can prepare for life post- Brexit. Lord Price is a former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, whose previous roles have included Managing Director of Waitrose and Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership. Jonathan Warburton is the current


Chairman of Warburtons, the largest family-owned bakery business in the country, whose business has seen a 60% increase in turnover under his leadership. His keynote address will focus on how to build long-term sustainable businesses by drawing on his own experiences of growing the Warburton business into a £550m turnover organisation. “The Enterprise Zone will be a central


focal point for visitors who will be attending the show to see the latest display of innovations and technologies. There’s also the opportunity to learn and take away creative ideas to enhance their own businesses,” said Dr Andrew Mint, CEO of the PPMA Group. “We have devised a conference


programme that will add value to the PPMA visitor experience and offer the perfect balance of informative, educational and thought-provoking presentations, while still allowing visitors the time to walk the aisles and explore all the hands- on equipment demonstrations and new product launches at the show.” Presentation highlights will include: Day One: Tuesday 25 September • KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How to Brexit


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proof your business delivered by Lord Mark Price • Q&A Panel Discussion: How will the


proposed new regulations coming from both DEFRA & Brussels impact on the FMCG market’s use of Plastic? With Mike Baxter, External Affairs Director, RPC bpi; Gail Hunt, Editor, Machinery Update; Nick Brown, Head of Sustainability, Coca-Cola. • Smart technologies & robotics for


packaging optimisation by Alexandre Flory from Schneider Electric • A&IP and how it fits into modern


production by Andrew Manly at Active & Intelligent Packaging Day Two: Wednesday 26 September • KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How to build a


long-term sustainable business - Jonathan Warburton • The future of food manufacturing


(preservation technologies & safety management) led by Craig Leadley, Campden BRI • Robotics & automation - Mark


Swainson from the National Centre for Food Manufacturing • Augmented reality & the Virtual


factory - Matt Rayment from the Manufacturing Technology Centre • Processing Emulsified Sauces: A


development project case study - Soren Steffensen & Ulrika Brintje of Tetra Pak will be joined by a Tetra Pak customer for interactive discussion. • Cyber security for packaging


manufacturers & Industry 4.0 - Richard Werran, Director of Food at BSI Group Networking events will also be


organised daily, while the British Plastics Federation (BPF) will also be on hand to discuss developments in materials and handling technology.


The conference programme has been devised to allow visitors the time to walk the aisles too


Headlining the programme will be two of the most respected and influential business leaders in the UK, Lord Mark Price (above) and Jonathan Warburton (below)


Automation is one of the key topics featured in this year’s seminar programme


The first two days of the conference


schedule will start at 10.00 and run until 15.45 with a lunchtime Champagne networking session between 12.00 and 13.00. Day three will be dedicated to addressing the skills gap; another significant challenge facing the industry, when PPMA’s BEST (Business, Education, Skills & Training) initiative will host 60 students and introduce them to the potential career opportunities available within the processing equipment and packaging machinery industry. A full up-to-date PPMA 2018 conference


schedule can be viewed at https://www.ppmashow.co.uk/ enterprise-zone/programme. Other highlights of this year’s show


include: Industry Firsts. Over the years, the


PPMA Show has become renowned as a platform for many significant product launches and this year will be no exception, with several exhibitors announcing their plans to unveil their latest solutions. Bright Ideas - Ambassador


Programme, a free advice service in which visitors investigating specific products and services will be ‘matched’ with specialist knowledge experts PPMA Group Industry Awards, which


recognise excellence in manufacturing, technical innovation, entrepreneurship and outstanding achievement, will take place on the evening of the first day of the PPMA Show. The ceremony and gala dinner will move to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the NEC, and will be hosted by TV presenter and comedian Brian Conley. For further information and to enter, visit: https://www.ppmashow.co.uk/awards/ ppma-group-industry-awards.


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