ECOPORIUM SUSTAINABLE LAUNCH ON 1 JUNE

Ball & Doggett is launching ecoporium, its new sustainable packaging online resource for brands, printers and converters, at a special event in Melbourne on 1 June.

The launch features four keynote speakers, who will open the conversation on sustainable packaging, along with a celebrated panel of packaging professionals lined up for a Q&A session with the audience.

Seats for the free event, which takes place at the Melbourne Museum in Carlton, are limited to 200, with tickets available on a first-come first-served basis. The launch event starts with registration at 8.30am, followed by the four keynote presentations, and then the panel Q&A session, with the forum wrapping up by 10.30am. Click here to register.

The launch event will be hosted by Zaidee Jackson, national BDM for Sustainable Packaging at Ball & Doggett, with event facilitator Lindy Hughson, publisher of PKN Packaging News, the ecoporium media partner.

Jackson said, “It’s about the conversation, the collective impact and sharing important information pertaining to sustainable packaging.”

The keynote speakers are Amber Bonney from the Edison Agency; Chris Foley, APCO; Nerida Kelton, AIP; and Kellie Northwood, PVCA. The panel for the Q&A session with the audience will include John Bigley from Zipform Packaging; Rowena Lewis, CEO of Denomination Design; Sally Williams, founder of Choice for Life; and Asaf Weis, MD of Vacupack.

Zaidee Jackson said, "ecoporium by Ball & Doggett is a brand that has been developed into a resource through a website platform. ecoporium has been created to educate and inform the market on Ball & Doggett's Labels & Packaging range, and share knowledge with sustainability in focus."

Registrations must be in by Thursday 25 May to attend the event.