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Update on Plans for IAPRI Communities of Practice in 2022
With the addition of the University Education Community of Practice under development, IAPRI now has five communities planning activities for 2022.



The community of practice on Sustainable Packaging is currently preparing for the IAPRI conference in Bangkok. The theme for this year is “Barrier packaging vs. circularity, can the two overlap?”. Chair Carlos Diaz-Acosta says he continues to meet with Alexander Bardenshtein, and Sandeep Kulkarni to have a conversation around sustainable packaging and prepare for the session. The session will follow the format of a short presentation followed by a guided discussion. More information about the Sustainable Packaging CoP can be found here Click Here 
 
Distribution Packaging CoP members are meeting on either February 22 or 23 via Zoom with two meetings to facilitate the time difference for all the members. According to Chair Vincent Rouillard this is an effort to re-acquaint us with each-other and explore ways to improve interaction and collaboration within the group.  The two meetings will accommodate everyone across the globe, and everyone is feel free to attend both if they like).  Some items to discuss are:
  • How to best use the CoP discussion board feature to facilitate discussion and the exchange of ideas?
  • Are multiple (online) meetings annually a good option (in addition to the in-person meetings at IAPRI events)?
  • How to ramp-up collaboration across institutions?
    • Co-supervision of graduate students
    • Collaborative research projects
    • Laboratory facilities exchange for research projects
    • Staff student exchanges (in person and/or virtual)
  • Industry liaison – what are problems/issues related to distribution packaging that industry considers important/urgent
  • Other matters.
More information about the Distribution Packaging CoP can be found here:? Click Here 
 
The Active & Intelligent Packaging CoP is planning to have the member meeting at the IAPRI conference in Bangkok. At the meeting in Bangkok, online or hybrid is yet open. We will work on an action plan based on the potential activities we defined at the meeting we had with the group.  More information: Click Here 
 
The community of Practice on Packaging and Consumers is planning to have an online meeting to prepare for the IAPRI conference in Bangkok. The chair will send an invitation for the group members shortly.  More information: Click Here 

The just now forming University Education Community of Practice is being lead by Dr. Bruce Harte, former Director of the Michigan State University School of Packaging. You can see the proposed structure of the new CoP here: https://iapri.org/university_education.php
 

Published: 02/13/22