February 3rd, Wednesday

9:00 Opening of the exhibition

9:30 - 11:30 ME1 - Beauty & Make Up Enhancement - The Packaging Innovation Hub
Chair: Hervé BOUIX, Senior Vice President Corporate Packaging Innovation, THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES Inc., USA

Me1.1 Keynote address: from test part to production: what prospects ?

Me1.2 Beauty enhancement: which advances and packaging challenges for which trends?
Dr Pascale GAUTHIER, Pharmacien, PhD, chargée d’enseignement, Faculté de Pharmacie de Clermont-Ferrand, France

Me1.3 Regulatory context eco-conception: last update, developments?
Me Edith BON, Cabinet Edith BON, France

Me 1.4 Exploring Global Facial Skin Care Rituals: consumer insights from around the globe and their implications on Packaging
Sandy GREGORY, Associate Director for Fragrance and European Beauty Markets, WestRock Company (formerly MWV), Spain

Me1.5 Lesscoseal – Less Contact Sealing i.V.
Stefan BAUER Dipl.-Ing. (Uni), Head of Product Management, HEINZGLAS, Germany
Dr. Frank FLEISSNER, CEO, HEINZGLAS, Germany

Me1.6 The future application systems
Karl HARTSCK-MARTIN, Head of Product Development, GEKA GmbH, Germany

Me1.7 Blogs & bloggers: what impacts?
Clémentine FONTAINE-GOOSENS, The Quiche Girl, France

Lunch, Visit the exhibition

14:00 - 15:45 ME2 - Fragrance & Perfume Sublimation - The Packaging Innovation Hub

Me2.1 Presentation of the session

Me2.2 2025: the use of perfume on all 5 continents of the world
Presentation by student representatives led by Olivier ARON, ESdP & Adeline DIMIER, ESEPAC
Adeline DIMIER, Artwork & Master Manager, ESEPAC, France
Chantal ARTIGNAN, Directrice de l'Ecole Supérieure du Parfum, France

Me2.3 The Art of Spray, a synergy between packaging and formula
Etienne BRIERE, Responsable Marketing Fine Mist, ALBEA, France
Jean-Pierre SONGBE, Expert Innovation & Développement, ALBEA, France

Me2.4 Virtual simulation vs test section: advantages and complementarities
Astrid RUTKOWSKI, Directeur Développement et Innovation Produit, Pochet du Courval, France
Romuald GUILBAUT, Responsable Innovation, Pochet du Courval, France

Me2.5 Glass-on-glass gluing and ultra light jars for perfumery and cosmetics packaging
Simone BARATTA, R&D Manager, BORMIOLI LUIGI, Italy
Frédéric MONTALI, Marketing Manager, BORMIOLI LUIGI, Italy

Me2.6 Softer Side of Metallic Effects
Sharon DERBYSHIRE, Sr. Industry Manager, Packaging, PolyOne, USA
Sandrine REBOUX, Marketing Manager, Europe, Personal Care & Cosmetics industries, PolyOne Color & Additives Europe

Me2.7 Magnetism : current applications, its role in the future
David SAUTRAY, Sales & Application Engineer, ECS France Magnet Engineering, France

Break, Visit the exhibition

16:15 - 17:30 ME3 - Innovation and creativity
Chair: Eric SCHEID, DanTrade Key Account Director - Western Europe, DANONE Group

Me3.1 The sourcing of innovation: how to involve the players outside the company

Me3.2 Patents: a means to stimulate creativity Yann de KERMADEC, Expert en management de l’innovation et de la propriété intellectuelle, Groupe Julhiet - Sterwen, France

Me3.3 European unitary patent and unified patent court for 2017?
Me Olivier ROUX, TESLA, France

Me3.4 Boosting innovative activity with online and collaborative tools
Pr Denis CAVALLUCCI, INSA de Strasbourg, France

Me3.5 Open innovation, purchasing: what strategy?
Michel DUPUIS, COJEMIAL CONSEILS, France

Visit the exhibition, Cocktails

19:30 End of the first day, Closing of the exhibition