This webinar is part of the FoodPackLab project, funded by the European Commission COSME programme, whose second internationalisation phase will be launched in September 2020.  It aims at fostering cross-border and cross-sectorial collaboration between clusters and business networks in the strategic field of food security. It connects groups of four different sectors (agriculture, food processing, packaging and deep technology) and five European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain) to help European SMEs access new global value chains and ensure their position as innovation leaders in specific industries in selected third countries (India and South Africa).

Our consortium coordinator secpho will host this webinar to offer you a deeper understanding of the technologies that are emerging as a driver of change in the packaging sector. We will deal with technological advances in the market, such as:

– 3D print to manufacture packaging or parts for machinery via 3D printers

– active and intelligent packaging to  increase the shelflife of products, monitor their freshness, show quality information, improve safety and convenience

– edible packaging, to replace single use plastic packaging for food

– self-cooling packaging capable of heating or cooling its contents autonomously

– water soluble packaging for decomposition in the sea

– multisensory packaging that brings new sensations (like aromatic, audible, etc.) to the consumer

This free webinar is going to be held in English and the target audience is:

– companies, R&D centres and research groups from the food packaging and photonics sector.

Agenda

12:00 Welcome and webinar introduction

Sabine Runge | secpho

12:05 Title of presentation pending

Gerard Corominas, International Area Manager | Macsa ID

12:20 Creating the new quality and freshness standard for packaged foods

María Eugenia Martín Hidalgo | ColorSensing

12:35 Title of presentation pending

Meritxell Basssolas | CVC – Computer Vision Centre

12:50 Advances in packaging technologies from the perspective of sustainability
Pedro Zomeño & Ricardo Díaz | AINIA

13:05 Title of presentation pending

TBC

13:20 Assembly and Packaging for Harsh environment applications

Demetrio López, Innovation Director | ALTER TECHNOLOGY

13:35 Trends in innovation funding

Felipe López, Regional Managing Director (Catalonia) | Zabala Innovation Consulting

14:00 End of the webinar

Technical requirements to attend the webinar

We will use the Cisco Webex platform that is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. You can use browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari. You can also attend the webinar through mobile devices using the free Webex apps for iOS and Android.

Access to presentations

The presentations will be recorded and published on secpho’s Youtube Channel.