November 2020 E-Newsletter
International Association of Packaging Research Institutes

IAPRI News

Now is the Time to Submit Your Research Abstract for the 2021 Member Conference
11/13/2020
Now is the time if you are interested in presenting at the 30th IAPRI Member Conference in 2021 for action on your part. Whether it is in a general or peer reviewed stream you need to submit your abstract for review by the Scientific Committee. For peer reviewed you must prepare your paper as well as an abstract.

Seeking Candidates for Election to the Board of Directors in 2021
11/20/2020
IAPRI announces the opportunity to serve and seeks candidates. The Leadership Committee has begun looking for candidates to become Directors in June of 2021 on the IAPRI board. We have one opening for an Institutional member representative.

IAPRI Announces Changes to its By-Laws & Operating Policies
11/23/2020
The membership has approved changes to the by-laws and the Board of Directors have changed the Operating Policies to coincide with the by-laws. This completes the last steps in a review and revision process that the board has been working on for the past few years.

Conference Spotlight

Latest developments with active & intelligent packaging
11/27/2020
In the last of our series highlighting areas of the 2020 IAPRI Online Conference, we look at new research grappling with topics from controlled antimicrobial release to colour-change freshness indicators.

Member News

Dow to Announce the 2020 Dow Packaging Innovation Awards Winners
11/09/2020
Dow invited you to join the livestream on Twitter or LinkedIn on November 11 at 10:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. CET for the Packaging Innovation Awards Ceremony. David Luttenberger, Global Packaging Director for Mintel and members of thr distinguished judging panel will be announcing the winners receiving a Packaging Innovation Award. You can sign up at our LinkedIn Event page by going here

IAPRI Joins the World Packaging Organization (WPO)
11/25/2020
IAPRI has joined the WPO as a non-voting Affiliate Member. The same membership status that the WPO has as an IAPRI member.

WPO and WDO work together on designer training
11/27/2020
The World Packaging Organization (WPO) and World Design Organization (WDO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with initial co-operation likely to focus on training in packaging design and technology.

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