As PFAS restrictions tighten, PPWR reshapes packaging requirements, and scrutiny on recycled materials grows, staying compliant has never been more complex — or more critical. Plastics & Paper for Food Contact Packaging (P&P) brings together regulators, brand owners, manufacturers, and technical experts from across the food contact supply chain to cut through the complexity together.
Join us in Vienna on 9–10 December for two days of practical insight, regulatory clarity, and direct access to the people shaping the future of food contact compliance — from migration testing and risk assessment to inks, adhesives, and the evolving EU regulatory framework.
đź“… 9–10 December 2026
đź“Ť Vienna, Austria
đź‘Ą 150+ industry professionals
Whether you're navigating new purity requirements, managing supply chain compliance, or preparing for the next wave of regulatory change, P&P gives you the practical strategies and expert connections to move forward with confidence.
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Koen Weel is a food technologist with a PhD in analytical chemistry. He has been working in the domain of food contact materials since 2004, at baby food manufacturer Royal Numico, ISACert NL (certification body), TNO Triskelion (managing FCM compliance studies) and Danone Specialized Nutrition in a global role in packaging specifications, food safety and compliance. He currently works for The Coca-Cola Company Europe in Scientific and Regulatory Affairs focusing on FCM. He is chairing the FCM taskforce of the European soft drinks association UNESDA. At PETCORE EUROPE he chairs the NIAS working group and the Lab Cluster steering committee.
Graduated in chemistry in 1989, then a Master in Environmental Sciences from 1989 to 1991. Ph.D in analytical chemistry in the field of Ecotoxicology at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne.
Scientific collaborator within the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne during 4 years.
He joined Nestlé Research Center in June 1998, working on packaging safety and compliance.
From 2007 to 2010, he moved to Nestlé Switzerland for the implementation of the packaging safety and compliance strategy of Nestlé Group.
2011 back to Nestlé Research Center to manage a project on adhesives.
Since beginning 2014, Senior Packaging Safety & Compliance Expert for the European Zone
Mark Roberts has worked in the plastics recycling sector for more than 15 years and has a First-Class honours degree in Polymer Science and Technology. He was the Managing Director of a recycling business acquired by Berry in 2018 and now has a central role within Berry CPI with a broad-ranging brief to accelerate and deliver circular economy growth, including providing Technical and Regulatory leadership for the new cutting-edge recycling facility in Leamington Spa, a concept he first brought to the business back in 2019.
Beate has accumulated over 15 years of expertise as the Head of Regulatory Affairs, where she manages the safety and compliance of packaging materials for Constantia Flexibles worldwide. She follows global regulatory developments and provides regulatory support to ensure the compliance of the manufactured products. Beate attained her Doctorate in Technical Chemistry from the Vienna University of Technology, focusing her studies on photochemistry. This background allows her to also deep dive into analytical challenges related to the safety evaluation of packaging materials and used raw materials by closely working with internal and external laboratories.
From 2014 to 2020, Annika König studied food chemistry at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg/Germany. Afterwards, she completed her practical apprenticeship as an officially certified food chemist at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority.
As of 2022, she has been working at ISEGA Forschungs- und Untersuchungsgesellschaft mbH in Aschaffenburg/Germany and is responsible for the analysis and evaluation of food contact materials in the field of paper, board and tissue grades.
Dr. Christian Kirchnawy studied food and biotechnology in Vienna. Since his doctor thesis in technical chemistry he is working on the safety assessment of food contact materials and medical devices at the Austrian Research Institute OFI. Today, a special focus of his research is on the safety evaluation of recycled plastic.
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