“Exceptional packaging is a brand’s single most effective frontline tool to create an immediate and emotional connection with a consumer.” GCI Magazine

During InnoCos Pack (November 27-28), senior executives of renowned international companies will discuss key issues surrounding packaging innovations, design and development.

A unique combination: We are excited to announce that INNOCOS PACK and PACKAGING INNOVATIONS have joined forces to co-locate at the Passenger Terminal in Amsterdam on Day 2 of InnoCos Pack (November 28th).   Take advantage of this unique chance to visit PACKAGING INNOVATIONS in the afternoon, where you can meet with even more industry professionals, agencies and suppliers to conduct business face-to-face that will ensure you leave Amsterdam fully inspired.

Join us at this exciting and informative conference where delegates and speakers can engage in lively and honest discussions with the most innovative leaders.

Learn how to:

• Positively impact the bottom line and the success of products through your packaging
• Harness open innovation to create packaging that is aesthetically pleasing, exciting and a delight to use
• Work more closely and innovate with suppliers and external partners to improve margins, meet eco-design and innovation standards
• Uncover consumer insights in packaging design and innovations through Open Innovation
• Create remarkable packaging that stands out on the shelf
• Innovate in design, colours, material and structure
• Utilise social media to crowdsource packaging design
• Connect emotionally with your consumers through packaging design
• Develop sustainable, green and environmentally packaging
• Understand how materials and techniques can reduce your costs and speed up time-to-market
• Discuss packaging trends
• The role and future of beauty packaging

Why brands should attend:

Executives including SVPs, VPs, Board Members, Directors, Senior Managers, Executives in charge of:

• Packaging
• Packaging Design
• Packaging Innovation
• Packaging Development
• Open Innovation
• Innovation
• Branding
• Marketing
• Graphic Design, Creative, Design
• Consumer Insights

Questions? Contact us at:

Phone: +31 64 300 19 54

Email: info@kgsglobal.com 

PACKAGING INNOVATIONS is an exclusive event presenting the latest trends and innovations for luxury and consumer packaging. Manufacturers show their newest packaging and packaging materials, design agencies show their vision on packaging design in their own way. Event visitors include professionals who understand the commercial value of packaging: marketing-, design- and packaging professionals from the entire FMCG industry: e.g. retail, food, private label, pharmacy & cosmetics, as well as consumer electronics, sustainable consumer goods, fashion & design agencies. This year’s edition of PACKAGING INNOVATIONS will take place on November 28 & 29, Passenger Terminal Amsterdam.

Want to know more about PACKAGING INNOVATIONS? Check www.easyFairs.com/PI-NL, mail Hugo.de.Maare@easyFairs.com or call +31 162 408 996.

Official Twitter hashtag: #innocos

Next event: 

InnoCos Europe and innoCos pack, 4-6 June, Hotel Negresco, Nice, France

 InnoCos USA, 10-11 July, New York. 

Are you an expert on packaging innovation, packaging design, packaging trends, sustainability / green packaging in the cosmetics and personal care industry? We are looking for you!

Requirements:

• You work for a beauty, cosmetics or personal care brand / corporate company (FT 500 or Fortune 1000)
• You are senior level: SVP, VP, Director, Head, General Manager
• You have an interesting case study to share; including processes, successes and problems incurred
• You are passionate to facilitate an interactive workshop session

In return you will benefit from:

• The visibility of speaking at this senior executive event
• Having the unique opportunity to develop new business relationships
• Discuss best practices with your peers face-to-face in an exclusive networking environment
• Get on InnoCos Wall of Fame as one of the top 3 speakers and receive publicity

Examples of topics to be covered include:

• Working more closely and innovating with suppliers to improve margins, meet eco-design and innovation standards
• Uncovering consumer insights in packaging design and innovations
• Innovating in design, colours, material and structure
• Utilising social media to crowdsource packaging design
• Connecting emotionally with your consumers through packaging design
• Developing sustainable, green and environmentally packaging

The deadline for entries is ***Friday 31 August 2012***

Interested?

Please send Lisanne Vos an email lisanne@kgsglobal.com with a short presentation abstract (maximum 500 words) & biography or call Lisanne directly on: +31 70 44 000 51.

Sponsorship Opportunities

This event provides the perfect opportunity for consultants and vendors to network, create brand awareness and showcase your company’s products and services. For more information on our sponsorship packages, please contact Irina Kremin on: ikremin@kgsglobal.com or +31 643 00 19 54.

Bulldog, the UK’s first and largest natural skincare brand for men, provides men with a natural alternative amongst the chemical-heavy products currently found on the shelf, making natural grooming more accessible to all.

Simon Duffy,  Co-Founder,  discussed their journey at the InnoCos 2011 event last June in Paris (presentation above).  He spoke about ideation to retailer shelf, the thought process behind creating leading natural formulations that men love and how Bulldog competes by being different and making the best of use of new media.

Want to meet with your peers face-to-face and hear more presentations like this?

Visit InnoCos Europe conference in Geneva, May 30-31, 2012

Visit InnoCos USA conference in New York, July 11-12, 2012

Click HERE to download InnoCos conference agenda

Lux Research is an independent research and advisory firm providing strategic advice and ongoing intelligence for emerging technologies.

In this presentation, given at the InnoCos 2011 event in Paris, Chananit Sintuu, Ph.D, Research Associate at Lux Research Inc. discusses targeted delivery technologies and why partnerships in this field are especially important. Chananit Sintuu shares best practices for partnering in the delivery space with specific examples from the cosmetics industry and shows how various delivery technology developers stack up against each other on the Lux Innovation Grid and how the grid can be used in partner selection process.

Want to hear more?

Visit InnoCos Europe conference in Geneva, May 30-31, 2012

Visit InnoCos USA conference in New York, July 11-12, 2012

Click HERE to download InnoCos conference agenda

Not able to attend InnoCos Europe in person?

We are excited to offer the full conference proceedings in a special DVD Box Set recorded in HD.

You will have hours of relevant, valuable content that you do not want to miss! Case studies straight from the industry on how they are building customer relationships through social media.

Small investment = high return where you will learn from top practitioners including:

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION :

• THE NEW NECESSITY: HOW SUSTAINABIITY DRIVES INVENTIVENESS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY – Daria Myers, SVP Global Innovation and Sustainability, The Estee Lauder Group of Companies
• THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FOR LONG TERM BUSINESS SUCCESS – Francis Quinn, Director Sustainable Development, L’Oreal
• COLLABORATION VS OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGIES: CRE- ATING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS – Graham Cross, Director, Commercial Alliances and Innovation Acceleration, Unilever
• LEVERAGING THE ROLE OF CONSUMER INSIGHTS TO FUEL INNOVATION  - Federico Trovato, Vice President Consumer Market Intelligence, Philips Consumer Lifestyle - Roxann Paulson, CEO/General Manager Philips Crystalize, Philips
• INSPIRING INNOVATION THROUGH CO-CREATION - Dr. Michael Bartl, CEO , HYVE AG.
• UNLOCKING CHINA’S BEAUTY MARKET POTENTIAL - Serena Jian, Senior Beauty and Personal Care Analyst,Euromonitor
• BULLDOG: CREATING A WORLD CLASS NATURAL SKIN­CARE BRAND FOR MEN - Simon Duffy, Co-Founder, Bulldog Male Grooming
• CO-CREATING THE 2010 AXE VARIANT “TWIST” UNILEVER’S FIRST CO-CREATED PRODUCT - Andrew Needham, Founder and CEO, Face Group - David Cousino, Global Consumer & Marketing Insight Director, Icecream, Unilever
• THE CONSUMER CONNECTION: OPTIMISING NEW CHAN­NELS OF COMMUNICATION TO GET NEARER TO THE CONSUMER - Emily Culp, VP Global Digital Marketing, Clinique (live from New York)
• OPEN INNOVATION ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN - Dr. Ralph Schimpf, Corporate Director Prototyping, Beiersdorf AG
• TARGETING EMERGING DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN - Chananit Sintuu, Ph.D, Research Associate, Lux Research Inc.
• BUSINESS-ORIENTED OPEN INNOVATION SPECIALIZED IN CHEMICALS: HOW TO FIND SOLVERS & PARTNERS USING ON-LINE NETWORKS? - Sébastien Gourdon, Open Innovation Director, SpecialChem
• BRINGING LEADING EDGE PHARMACEUTICAL CAPABILITIES TO COSMETICS - David Pompliano, CEO, Bioleap Inc
• ADDITIVE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VS INTE­GRATIVE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY - Bas Schneiders,Head of Corporate Sustainability and Strategic Sourcing, Weleda Group
• NATRUE ORGANIZATION – QUARDIAN OF THE PHILISOPHY AND VALUES BEHIND THE NATURAL AND ORGANIC COSMETIC SEC­TOR - Julie Tyrrell, Director General, Natrue
• NEW INGREDIENTS PANEL SESSION  Speakers: Frederic Pilz, R&D Manager- Clariant, Fanny Coste, Sales and Marketing Director – Aqua Bio Technology

And many more!

Limited number of DVD sets available to buy here