PACKAGING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF PACKAGED GOODS?

It’s a given that the top packaging keynote speakers and shipping futurists have loads to talk about lately. For instance:

• Sustainability – Trends and innovations in sustainable packaging such as recyclability, compostability, renewable materials, and waste reduction.
• E-commerce packaging – As packaging keynote speakers, designing and optimizing packages for e-commerce shipping considering protection, efficiency, unboxing experience, and returns.
• Smart packaging – Incorporating technologies like sensors, RFID, indicators, connectivity into packages for functions like tracking, monitoring freshness.
• Packaging materials – Emerging packaging materials like bioplastics, edible/disappearing packaging, nanocellulose, and advances in glass, metal, paper.
• Package printing/decoration – New inks, substrates, printing techniques (digital, 3D, etc) enabling better branding, shelf appeal, and security that packaging keynote speakers recommend.
• Regulatory updates – Changes in safety, labelling, environmental regulations impacting packaging usage, disposal, processes.
• Consumer trends – Insights into changing consumer preferences, demographics, desire for convenience, personalization, transparency etc.
• Retail landscape – Adapting packaging strategies considering shifts in retail channels (online, mobile, omnichannel, micro-moments).
• Packaging processes – Automation, robotics, quality control innovations for faster, more flexible, efficient packaging operations.
• Supply chain integration – Strategies that packaging keynote speakers advise to optimize packaging across complex global supply chains and reduce costs.

You’ll often find them weighing in on the future of packaging design, materials, technologies and processes as well.