In 2017, the ADF&PCD Conference was a reinvigorated program of vital content to ensure it hits the spot to help you overcome your challenges. This program featured some of the gods and heroes of your industry, delivering insight on future trends, technical case studies, legislation updates, success & failure stories and how they overcame the challenges that you are also facing.

Take a look at the ADF conference program for the 2018 event.

Day one - Wednesday, January 31st

Global market trends and regulation

09:30 - Legislative threats and opportunities,  Alain D'Haese, FEA - European Aerosol Federation

10:00 - President,  Laurence Joly, L'Oreal

10.15 - Metal aerosols: the winner for Circular Economy,  Dimitrios Soutzoukis, Metal Packaging Europe

10:45 - Brexit and its consequences for the aerosol industry,  Patrick Heskins, BAMA

11.00 Nicolas Georges, Plastic Aerosol Research Group LLC (PARG)

11:15 - U.S. and global legislative & regulatory issues affecting the aerosol industry,  Steve Caldeira, Household & Commercial Products Association

11:45 - How to encourage young people to want to have a career in the aerosol industry?,  Ghania Degobert, Universite de Lyon

Aerosol technologies production: technical advances and innovations

1:45 - President,  Nathalie Thys, GSK

1:45 - President,  ]ean Blottière, CFA Vice-President

2:15 - Innovative aerosol applications,  Jason Galley, Manufacturing Director, Ball Aerocan

2:15 - Multi propellant leak detection,  Tom Hunter, Emerson

2:30 - Latest technologies for an inline final inspection of aerosol cans,  Ralf Freiberger, Mühlbauer Group

2:45 - Unleashing the power of digital decoration for mass production,  Ofer Nir, Velox Digital

3:00 - Fine mist with high flow rate and viscous formulations: impinging jet micro nozzles,  Anne Mechteld Mosman, Medspray

3:15 - Counterfeiting and how to prevent it from a packaging perspective,  Eduardo Alegria, Sun Chemical

Eco-design and sustainable development: challenges and prospects

3:30 - President,  Peter Lamboy, Kao Europe

3:30 - President,  Peter Lamboy / Johannes Burghaus / Virginia Janssens, Kao Europe / Procter & Gamble / EUROPEN

3:30 - President,  Peter Lamboy / Johannes Burghaus / Virginia Janssens, Kao Europe / Procter & Gamble / EUROPEN

3:45 - Development of an inerting device for aerosols in selective collection centres,  Laurent Bastida, CITEO - ex-Eco-Emballages

4:00 - Recycling aerosols and aluminum packaging,  Mostafa Aboulfaraj, France Aluminium Recyclage

4:15 - Sustainable steel solution for aerosol mounting cups, Quentin Benito, ArcelorMittal

4:45 - 5:30  ADF Awards Ceremony

5:30 - 6:30  Cocktail Party

Day two - Thursday, February 1st

Aerosol & Dispensing technologies: state of the art

10:00 - President, Bernhard Felten, Beiersdorf AG

10:15 - P'tit Sniff, an innovation to smell perfumes,  Valérie Pasmanian, Le P'tit Sniff

10:30 - New propellants - green alkane gases,  Sandra Esteves, South Wales University

10:45 - Latest paints and UV-curing technologies for coating and protecting the externals of aerosol cans,  Gerhard Passenegg, Schekolin/Salchi

11:00 - From paper to plastic – How Rapid Tooling influences development time,  Heinrich Heppenheimer, Mould2Part

11:15 - Foam performance in aerosol applications,  Cecilia Martins, Colep

11:30 - How to make actuator customization available at low investment and short time?  Damiano Marsilli, Coster

Inspiration from metal cans: a focus on drinks

2:00 - President,  Olivier Draullette, SNFBM

2:15 - Circular economy of metal boxes: from vision to multi-player action,  Arnaud Rolland, Coca-Cola European Partners France

2:30 - Steel for packaging, model for a circular economy,  Alexis Van Maercke, The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging

2:45  Sandrine Duquerroy-Delesalle, Crown

3:00 - 2017: the breakthrough year of digital printing for round hollow bodies,  Alexander Hinterkopf, Hinterkopf GmbH

3:15 - The ultimate steel beverage can,  Cécile Piquemal, ArcelorMittal

3:30  Sylvain Jungfer, BCME La boîte Boisson