BIOVEGEN participated on September 17 in a new meeting of the Working Group “Packaging and Packaging” of the Food for Life-Spain and Packnet Platforms. The meeting, attended by representatives from companies, research centers, and the Administration itself, aimed to provide more information about the situation of various R&D funding calls, connect with collaborating entities, and learn firsthand about ongoing projects and project proposals for collaboration.
Participation in this Working Group is part of the collaboration maintained between FOOD FOR LIFE-SPAIN and BIOVEGEN with the aim of generating projects, R&D activities, and promoting public-private collaboration.
AGENDA
- Welcome and brief introduction of the attendees
- Collaboration proposals. New projects and networking:
- “Inks for printing cartons as food contact material. Risk assessment and regulatory situation.” José Juan Rodríguez, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
- “New sustainable solutions in food packaging: NEWPACK Project”. Jorge Barriobero, Ctic Cita.
- “Funding opportunities for tomorrow’s packaging”. María Prieto, PKF Inncome.
- “Sustainability, innovation, and omnichannel in flexible packaging”. María Lara, Sealed Air
- “Are our reusable plastic containers safe?”. Raquel Requena, Food Contact & Packaging Laboratory – AIMPLAS.
- “Paper batteries as a sustainable energy source for Smart packaging”. Marc Castellarnau, Fuelium and Àlex Brossa, Packaging Cluster.
- Update on the lines of interest of the GT
- Opportunities in training
- Current news and future events of PTF4LS
- Dates of the next GT meetings
- Requests and questions