{"id":74409,"date":"2023-01-25T17:51:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=74409"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:51:37","slug":"german-packaging-congress-2023-vuca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/deutscher-verpackungskongress-2023-vuca\/","title":{"rendered":"German Packaging Congress 2023 deals with VUCA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The German Packaging Congress will take place in Berlin on 30 and 31 March. Under the motto \u201eHow VUCA is changing the (packaging) world\u201c, the German Packaging Institute (dvi), as the organiser, invites you to attend lectures, discussion panels and workshops in the capital.<\/strong><\/p>

The word VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. \u201eIt describes new states that involve unknown conditions. It also describes a world that looks very different than it did three years ago.<\/strong> Many habits and certainties have been turned upside down by recent events and crises. The impact on the packaging value chain is also enormous - and requires new questions, new thinking, new strategies and new resources,\u201c says Kim Cheng, Managing Director of the German Packaging Institute (Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e. V.).<\/p>

The congress will address the question of how the competitiveness of energy-intensive companies in Germany can be maintained. How brands can survive the crisis and emerge stronger from it. Which national and European regulations the industry must adapt to. And what is advisable in view of the creeping end of \u201echange through trade\u201c. The congress will also take the much-acclaimed television documentary \u201eThe Recycling Lie\u201c as an opportunity to shed light on the state of and prospects for the circular economy of packaging.<\/strong><\/p>

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The speakers at the summit include, among others:<\/p>

  • Michael Kellner<\/strong>, MP, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection<\/li>
  • Dr Susanne Lottermoser<\/strong>, Ministerial Director and Head of the Transformation - Digitalisation, Circular Economy, Climate Adaptation Division at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection<\/li>
  • Dr Frank Heinricht<\/strong>, Chairman of the Management Board of Schott AG<\/li>
  • Dr Peter Biele<\/strong>, Chairman of the Executive Board of Thyssen Krupp Rasselstein GmbH<\/li>
  • Benedict Wermter<\/strong>, journalist and author of the award-winning documentary \u201eThe Recycling Lie\u201c<\/li>
  • Eva Bredehorst<\/strong>, Global Packaging Sustainability Manager at Beiersdorf AG<\/li>
  • Susanne Heldmaier<\/strong>, Strategic Lead of Basic Research & Technical Innovation of the Mibelle Group<\/li>
  • Gabriele H\u00e4ssig<\/strong>, Managing Director Communications and Sustainability at Procter & Gamble Service GmbH<\/li>
  • Francesca Stevens<\/strong>, Secretary General of the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN)<\/li>
  • Olaf Dechow<\/strong>, Senior Project Manager Materials & Circularity and Corporate Responsibility at the Otto Group<\/li>
  • Hans-Lothar Domr\u00f6se<\/strong>, General (ret.).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    On the second day of the congress, the dvi will offer a series of workshops in which selected aspects of the congress will be explored in greater depth.<\/strong> Topics include software as a driver for the circular economy, success factors in collaboration between companies and start-ups, ways out of fossil energy in the course of decarbonisation, AI-supported optimisation of the recycling of plastic packaging and more.<\/p>