Pack to the Future Conference
Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on the Packaging Supply Chain
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Loughborough University
The 13th Pack to the Future Conference was held at the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University.
The conference focused on the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on the Packaging Supply Chain’ from design, commercial, production, environmental and behavioural perspectives.
Presentations included
- Stefan Casey, io.tt – Embracing the Future or Facing Extinction. AI and connected packaging, are you ready?
- Camilla Young, GS1 – The end of the line is coming – are you ready for the next generation of barcodes?
- Anthony Hornsby, Sherbourne Recycling – How a best-in-class MRF is utilising AI and waste technology to transform how recycling is processed.
- Brian Lodge, British Plastics Federation – The future of plastic packaging.
- Bhavnita Patel, The Manufacturing Technology Centre – AI in Manufacturing.
- Professor Georgina Cosma and Dr Nikki Clarke, Loughborough University – AI: The Future – Research and Innovation at Loughborough University.
- and a keynote presentation by Tim Barbary, Benchmark Consulting – The Role of Artifical Intelligence in Transforming Packaging.
To download pdf copies of the presentations where available and watch a recording of the conference, please login into your MPkgS account or register here.
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