Keynotes

Join industry leaders for daily EXPO PACK Keynote sessions at 9:00 AM in Salón de Eventos at Expo Guadalajara. Your badge is your ticket, no additional registration required!
_{* Please note that all sessions will be presented in Spanish.}

With the focus on the Latin American consumer and their changing needs and demands, through disruptive cases and successful pioneers in Mexico and Latin America, leaders in innovation and sustainability of global brands will participate in this dynamic panel where they will discuss the areas of opportunity to integrate their packaging in the circular economy and how to capitalize on them.

‍Panelists

• Jorge Zúñiga, Global Thought Leader in Sustainability at Euromonitor
• Julián Lara, Director of Packaging Engineering Development at Perfetti Van Melle
• Humberto Quiroz, Regional Director of Sustainability and Purchasing for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean – ALPLA Mexico
• Luiza Adelita De Andrade, Manager of Private Label Packaging - Walmart
• Lizeth Manriquez Mecillas, Packaging Manager – Kraft-Heinz México

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Based on PMMI's intelligence report "Connect, Share, Inspire: Voices of Leading Women in Packaging and Processing" this panel will feature an in-depth and inspiring conversation about five essential tools for women of different generations and disciplines to successfully face and advance their career in the packaging, processing and manufacturing industry.

With the support of the Packaging & Processing Women's Leadership Network (PPWLN) of PMMI, Mexico Chapter, powerful women in our industry in the Latin American region will discuss the challenges, opportunities and actions to contribute to closing of the gender gap in a sector that is at the forefront of innovation and that urgently requires strategies in diversity, inclusion and female empowerment.

Panelists:

• Elisa Gutiérrez, Vice President of Operations of Casa Herradura - Brown - Forman
• Montserrat Cerf, International Sales Director - Polypack
• Marcela Martínez Pichardo, President of the Cámara Nacional de la Industria del Maíz Industrializado

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Faced with a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers, supply chain challenges, the need to achieve repeatable and consistent quality, increase speed on production lines and eliminate human error, and cybersecurity concerns brands see digitization as the key to successfully facing the future.

Join this panel to learn what we can expect in the immediate future of the implementation of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies in Mexico and Latin American region, actions that will facilitate progress towards more autonomous and increasingly connected factories in the packaging and processing industry.

‍‍‍Panelists

• Enrique Bojórquez, President and General Director of Sucroliq
• Alejandro Preinfalk, CEO and President of Siemens Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
• Eduardo Montes, Director of Automation Business Unit – Festo México