The symposium featured invited experts from the packaging, science and engineering industries.
Speakers and Session Chairs
- Marks & Spencer - Andrew Speck, Packaging Buyer, Foods
- The Sustainability Consortium/Harvard University – Greg Norris, PhD
- Kraft Foods - Roger Zellner, Director for RDQ Sustainability
- AIM-PROGRESS - Stuart Kyle, Director, Workplace Accountability, The Coca-Cola Company
- The Sustainability Consortium – Kelly Scott, Packaging Working Group Coordinator
- Procter & Gamble - Willie Johnson, Associate Director, Global Product Supply Sustainability
- Hewlett Packard – Randy Boeller, Packaging Engineering Manager
- Llamasoft, Inc. – John Ames
- Coca-Cola – Scott Vitters, Director of Sustainable Packaging
- U.C. Berkeley - Tony Kingsbury, Executive-In-Residence, Center for Responsible Business
- Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) – John Shanahan, Senior Director of Environmental Affairs
- Package Knowledge Group (PKG) - Larry Dull, Principal
- AMERIPEN – Ron Cotterman, Sealed Air Corporation, Executive Director of Sustainability
- Global Package Project - Laura Rowell, Director of Sustainable Packaging, MeadWestvaco
- ECRM - Charles Walsh, Sustainability & Business Solutions
- Environmental Packaging International (EPI) - Victor Bell, President
- Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) - Minal Mistry, Project Manager
- Nestlé - Lars Lundquist, Packaging Research Scientist
- EarthShift - Laurel McEwen, Training and Marketing Director
- Five Winds International – Laura Flanigan
- Sun Chemical - Russ Schwartz, CTO
- Starbucks Coffee - Jim Hanna, Director Environmental Impact
- CONE - Mike Lawrence, Chief Reputation Officer and Executive Vice President
- GlaxoSmithKline – Celia Ponder
Program Session Co-Chairs:
- ModusLink - Sean Sabre, Manager, Global Supply Chain Innovation
- Bridges to Sustainability Institute - Beth Beloff, President
- Sealed Air Corporation - Ron Cotterman, Exec. Dir. of Sustainability
- General Mills - Paul Earl-Torniainen, Senior Packaging Engineer
- EPA - Sara Hartwell, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
- MeadWestVaco - Laura Rowell, Director, Sustainable Packaging
- ENVIRON - Lisa Grice, Principal, Sustainability and GHG Management Practice