
November 2021 E-Newsletter International Association of Packaging Research Institutes
IAPRI Member Satisfaction Survey The IAPRI Board of Directors has sent an email survey to everyone on the mailing list who is a member of our research and/or education community involved in IAPRI activities. Please look in your emails or maybe your spam file for the email, it contains a link to the survey. Then take a few minutes and complete the 14 questions member satisfaction survey. It is very valuable to IAPRI for a number of reasons. Your response allows us to collect important feedback from you our member, make improvements to your association (thus possibly boosting your engagement). It’s provide IAPRI a chance to address issues and at the most basic level, show you, our member, that we genuinely care about your thoughts and happiness. Thank you in advance for your participation and feedback. Survey closes on December 8, 2021. IAPRI News IAPRI Looking for Volunteers and a Chair to create a Media Strategy 11/26/2021 IAPRI has relatively little social media presence currently, with a Twitter account and a LinkedIn account which are really mostly ineffective and rarely used. Membership Approves Changes to the IAPRI By-Laws 11/06/2021 The IAPRI Membership has approved the Board of Directors proposed changes to the By-Laws. With no negatives votes the revised IAPRI By-Laws became effective on November 6, 2021. 23rd IAPRI World Conference Call for Abstracts and Peer-Reviewed Papers 11/04/2021 The Thai Packaging Centre, hosts for the 2022 World Conference June 12-16, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand announces dates for General Stream abstract and Peer-Reviewed paper submissions. Research News VTT spearheads reusable packaging consortium 11/26/2021 Finland’s VTT and University of Vaasa have followed up on a joint research concept looking at viable options for reusable packaging by helping to convene the 4everPack consortium spanning the supply chain. Member News Mars and Disney to speak at Clemson’s 2022 sustainability summit 11/28/2021 Clemson University in the US has announced three keynote speakers for its second annual Food, Packaging & Sustainability Summit, to be hosted by Sonoco FRESH next March. US bottler installs Safe Load test lab 11/26/2021 Safe Load Testing Technologies has kitted out an in-house package testing laboratory for a US-based beverage multinational, with installed units including drop test, horizontal stability test, compression and tilt test equipment. Career Center Michigan State University School of Packaging Job Opening for Assistant Professor - Wood and Cellulosic-Based Packaging 11/26/2021 The School of Packaging (SoP) at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure track Assistant Professor position with 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service assignment with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2022.
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