17 June 2026 · Dorint an der Messe Köln
Secure your ticket nowTen years of future –
bigger than ever
For a decade, the Future Resources the most important meeting point for the packaging and recycling industry. On 17 June 2026, the trade conference will celebrate its 10th edition – at Dorint Hotel & Congresspark Köln, with an expanded programme, new interactive formats and even more room for discussion.
The packaging journal is once again a co-organiser and media partner. Editor-in-chief Jan Malte Andresen and deputy editor-in-chief Matthias Laux moderate the entire day's programme – from the morning keynote to the evening networking reception.
Look forward to top-class speakers, current regulatory topics at PPWR and VerpackDG, practical best practices, and an accompanying exhibition for innovative packaging solutions.
What to expect
PPWR & VerpackG
Gain an overview, recognise scope for action, and strategically implement regulatory requirements.
Sustainable Packaging
Design for Recycling, innovative materials and the targeted use of post-consumer recyclates.
Circular economy
Practical solutions, scalable concepts, and honest insights into what is already possible today.
Recycling & Recyclates
Quality, quantities, and perspectives for stable material flows along the value chain.
Best Practices
Successful projects from industry and trade – concrete, implementable, and transferable.
Joint transformation
How cooperation between business, politics, and associations accelerates change.
The programme
One day, three perspectives: From the plenary session to parallel deep-dive tracks to the concluding impulse.
Morning – Plenary
Keynote, regulatory impulses on PPWR and VerpackDG, strategic perspectives on the packaging of the future – all participants together.
Afternoon – Three Tracks
Parallel deepening sessions: Market & Strategies, PPWR Masterclass for Transport Packaging and PPWR Masterclass for Food & Beverage.
Conclusion & Networking
Closing plenary, PPWR surgery and closing drinks for networking – the perfect setting for new contacts.
PPWR Masterclasses
Two parallel 90-minute sessions in the afternoon – industry-specific, interactive and with the legal expertise of the law firm cattwyk.
PPWR & Transport Packaging
The EU Packaging Regulation presents major changes for the transport and shipping industry. In this Masterclass, a lawyer specialising in transport law and the circular economy will assess the requirements, directly answer participants' questions, and moderate practical reports from logistics and shipping.
Dr. Julia Hörnig
Counsel · cattwyk, BrusselsPPWR & Food / Beverage
Reuse rates, recycled content, new deposit schemes – hardly any sector is as broadly affected by the PPWR as the food and beverage sector. This Masterclass dissects the most pressing questions: reusable systems, convenience packaging, and what the regulation means for established structures.
Franziska Kaiser
Shareholder · cattwyk, HamburgMeet these experts
High-calibre speakers from industry, law, science and futurology – the list is constantly growing.
Dr Markus W. Pauly
PAULY Solicitors
Franziska Safak
ZSVR
Thomas Reiner
B+P Group
Dr. Julia Hörnig
Cattwyk · Masterclass Transport
Franziska Kaiser
Cattwyk · Masterclass F&B
Michael Weinert
TÜV SÜD
Lisa-Marie Getrost
DanoneJoin now
Secure your ticket for the anniversary edition – before the places are gone.
To register
Registration is carried out through our partner interzero. Including all presentations, catering and marketplace access.
Venue
Dorint Hotel & Congresspark Köln
Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 22-24
50679 Cologne
Located directly at the Cologne Trade Fair. Excellent public transport connections (S-Bahn Köln Messe/Deutz) and plenty of parking.
Media Partner
The packaging journal Future Resources is co-hosting – editorially, analytically and with passion. Follow-up reporting in print, online and podcast.
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