GET READY: PROPAK WEST AFRICA 2021 STARTS TUESDAY NEXT WEEK!
Next week Tuesday 14 September 2021, the halls of Nigeria’s premier exhibition venue - Landmark Centre will be open to industry stakeholders heralding the 8th edition of the region’s largest packaging, printing, plastics and processing exhibition - PROPAK West Africa for a three-day quality networking, value-driven conferencing, and profitable business match-making experience. You’re yet to register? Do so now to attend for FREE here:
https://www.eventsrail.com/propakwa2021
(c) Ariel view of part of 2019 edition
With event organising team (at Afrocet Montgomery) hard at work getting everything prepared for opening morning next week Tuesday, this is a reminder to all visitors to mark - Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15, and Thursday 16 on your calendar for quality engagement with 80 top brands and 35 Speakers. Also at the industry event of the year, you will be joining many of your fellow peers to compare over a hundred solutions; purchase cutting-edge technologies and products; find new suppliers and manufacturers; and network with fellow professionals to form partnerships and solutions that will be beneficial to you and your business now, and in future.
And if you sign up now you will gain access to PROPAK West Africa Matchmaking Platform that allows you to speak with exhibitors and speakers before you arrive and save the agenda to your phone so that you get reminders when the sessions you are interested in are about to start. This innovative online networking platform not only connect you with exhibitors digitally ahead of the exhibition, it also gives you complete access to all exhibitors once registered so that you can engage with your key targets and be sure that while onsite. All you need to do now is just sign up, answer few questions so that the platform knows what you want and then, automatically connects you to your desired exhibitor(s) from numerous recommendations. You can also register here to visit: https://www.eventsrail.com/propakwa2021 and experience the added-value to quality visitor-exhibitor engagement at this year’s PROPAK West Africa.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
(c) Value-driven PROPAK West Africa Conference + Speaker Speaker Sessions
This year’s PROPAK West Africa Conference will take place over the three days with special focus on sustainability outlook across all the industry value chain. Curated with input from key stakeholders and PROPAK West Africa Strategic Partners - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the thought-provoking sessions will provide you with vital insight into trends, innovative technologies, and the chance to ask questions direct to top industry Speakers on stage.
AGENDA FOR EACH DAY:
Tuesday 14th September 2021
· 11.30 – 12.00 KEYNOTE SESSION: Packaging Industry Outlook 2021/22: Stats, Growth Projections, threats and Insights by Victor Ukwat, Executive Director, Sales and Marketing - Redstar Express PLC
· 12:30 – 13:30 PANEL SESSION: Innovation in a Shifting Landscape: Consumer Behaviour Changing
Moderators: Kayode Ashamu, Senior Associate, PwC Nigeria & Samson Ojosemako, Senior Associate, PwC Nigeria
Speakers:
Samuel Olabode Akinrimisi, Category Manager, HPZ; Zoran Tadic, General Manager, Neofyton; & Kenneth Iruonagbe, Group Digital Manager, Tolaram Group
· 15:00 – 15:30 TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Food Packing in West Africa – Automate Production, Enhance Productivity by John Alimi Product Manager, Ishida - Snacks Packaging Solution
Wednesday 15th September 2021
· 10:30 – 11:00 KEYNOTE SESSION: Financing: Leveraging Financial Support and Facilities to Support Business Growth strategies by Wunmi Kalejaiye, Vice President (DGM) SME and Retail Businesses - FCMB
· 11:30 – 12:30 Panel Session: Plastic Recycling as a Tool for Financial Inclusion
Moderator: Yewande Adeyi, Senior Associate, PwC Nigeria
Speakers: Seun Garber, Lead – Group Office, Recyclan, Christian Hell, Manager West Africa, UandH Intergrated Services, & Franz Weixbaumer, Area Sales Manager, Erema
· 15:00 – 16:00 PANEL SESSION: Women in Manufacturing
Moderators: Kehinde Fadare, Senior Associate, PwC Nigeria, & Damilola Adesogbon, Senior Associate, PwC Nigeria
Speakers: Fiyin Toyo, Senior Innovation and Equity Manager, Mondelez International, Rachel Ekeh, Packaging Material Specialist, Honeywell Flour Mills, & Omotomilola Omotosho, Manufacturing Manager (Can), FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nig. PLC & National Secretary, IOPN
Thursday 16th September 2021
· 10:30 – 11:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Exciting Innovations in Smart Food Labeling through intelligent and active labels by Jennifer Balogun, Head of Marketing Fan Milk - Danone Food Company
· 11:30 – 12:00 PANEL SESSION: The changing flexible Packaging Industry Story: How to transform challenges into opportunities
Speakers: Oshiole G. Imoesi-Aliu, Sales Manager, Bobst West Africa & Tarek Betatache, Area Sales Manager, Bobst West Africa
· 12:00 – 13:30 PANEL SESSION: Opportunities in Print & Allied Sectors Post COVID-19
Moderator: Joju Adekanbi, Publisher, WHERE To Print magazine
Speakers: Favour Madu, Brand Consultant / MD, Favision Signs, Akin Oduwole, MD / CEO, Technology Global Services LTD & Azuka Ijekeye, Managing Director, Interstreet Messenger LTD
Better still, you can See the full agenda here
Don’t forget, PROPAK West Africa 2021 will be open on:
· Tuesday 14th September from 9:30am to 5:30pm
· Wednesday 15th September from 9:30am to 5:30pm
· Thursday 16th September from 9:30am to 5pm
Where?
The Landmark Centre, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria.
PROPAK West Africa will of course run in full accordance with health and safety measures as well as implementing best practices learnt across the Montgomery Groups global portfolio of events. This is to ensure the safety of all attendees remains paramount while offering the opportunity to reconnect with industry peers.
For more information, please visit: www.propakwestafrica.com
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