Rethinking Materials: Innovation in Plastics and Packaging

Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution

The Rethinking Materials summit presents new opportunities for partnerships and investment in the changing landscape of plastics, bio-based alternatives, and circular solutions. 

With an emphasis on packaging and performance materials, this year’s event provides pivotal insights into the challenges facing C Suite and Director-level stakeholders in tackling plastic waste both upstream and downstream; the viability of new technologies and ‘next generation’ materials; routes to scaling up; and cross-sector applications in packaging, food & beverage, personal care, pharmaceuticals and more. 

Join us live in London on May 4-5, 2022, for two days of intelligent debate and targeted networking with business leaders from across the value chain: major consumer goods brands and retailers, producers, converters, designers, manufacturers, technology providers, regulators, start-ups and investors who are developing, financing and adopting innovative solutions.

All sessions will be livestreamed, so you can choose whether to join the summit in London or log in from home.  Whether in-person or online, all delegates will be able to meet and collaborate on the same platform, facilitating connections and new business relationships across our global network.

Key themes include:

Scale-Up: Scaling Capacity of Biological Innovation to Meet Surging Downstream Demand 

Defossilisation: Performance Materials in a Low Carbon Circular Economy 

Microbial Biomass: Innovative Applications of Bacteria, Yeast, Algae and Fungal Cultures

Supply Chain Optimisation: Market Adjustment to New Solutions for Green Manufacturing

Standardisation: Achieving Consistency & Alignment Across Industry Legislation & Metrics

Advances in Waste Valorisation: Opportunities and Potential for Repurposed Biowaste

Circularity: Advanced Recycling, Carbon Capture, Biodegradability, and Reuse

Biomanufacturing: Material Innovation, Sustainability and Luxury Goods Application

Digitalisation: Blockchain, Smart Packaging, Sortation and Transparency 

Financing Growth: Investment, Equity, and the Road to Commercialisation

Design: Product Innovation Delivering on Sustainability Objectives  

Rethink Events has produced thought leadership summits around the world for more than 10 years. These include the Future Food-Tech Series in London, New York, San Francisco and Singapore; the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit Series in London, Amsterdam, New York, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Singapore; and the World Waste to Energy & Resources Summit in London.