Agenda
Capturing Growth in a Changing Packaging Landscape
Inaugural Session - Shaping the Future of India's Packaging Paper & Board Sector
Opening remarks from the Organizing Committee Chair, welcome keynote address, and ceremonial inauguration.
Session I: CEO Leadership Panel - Charting the Next Growth Chapter for India's Packaging Paper & Board Industry
Leading CEOs discuss the opportunities, challenges, and strategic imperatives that will shape the future growth, competitiveness, and sustainability of India's packaging paper and board industry.
Key Discussion Points
What will define the next decade of growth and leadership for India's packaging paper & board industry?
Session II: The Producers' Panel - Perspectives from India's Leading Packaging Paper & Board Manufacturers
India's leading packaging paper and paperboard manufacturers share their perspectives on capturing emerging growth opportunities, navigating evolving market dynamics, and building a globally competitive and future-ready industry.
Key Discussion Points
Shaping the Next Decade of Growth, Competitiveness and Value Creation in India's Packaging Paper & Board Industry
Networking Coffee Break
Session III: From Board to Box: The Market Makers of Packaging
Companies closest to end-users share insights on evolving customer expectations, emerging demand drivers, and the trends reshaping India's packaging marketplace.
Key Discussion Points
How can the packaging paper and board value chain align more closely with changing customer needs, market trends, and future growth opportunities?
Session IV: Beyond Plastic - Winning the Battle for Packaging Substitution
Industry leaders discuss how paper and board can capture the next wave of sustainable packaging growth through plastic substitution.
Key Discussion Points
What Will It Take to Make Paper & Board the Preferred Alternative to Plastic?
Networking Lunch
Session V: Food, Beverage, FMCG & Convenience Packaging - Where the Next Billion-Dollar Opportunities Lie
Explore the growth opportunities being created by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability priorities, and innovation across food, beverage, FMCG, and convenience packaging markets.
Key Discussion Points
Where Will the Next Billion-Dollar Opportunities Emerge in Food, Beverage, FMCG & Convenience Packaging?
Session VI: Packaging the Digital Economy - E-Commerce, Retail & Quick Commerce
Explore how e-commerce, modern retail, and quick commerce are reshaping packaging demand and creating new opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Key Discussion Points
Winning in the Digital Commerce Era: How Packaging Can Drive Growth, Efficiency and Consumer Loyalty
Networking Coffee Break
Session VII: Brand Owners' Summit - What Do Leading Brands Want from the Paper & Board Industry?
Leading brand owners share their expectations and priorities for the future of paper and board packaging.
Key Discussion Points
What Will Define the Preferred Packaging Partner for Leading Brands in the Next Decade?
Day One Strategic Wrap-Up - India's Packaging Market 2035: The Roadmap for Growth, Innovation & Competitiveness
Key takeaways and strategic insights shaping the future of India's packaging paper and board industry.
CEO Dinner (invite only)
End of Day 1
Agenda
India Packaging Paper and Board Conference 2026
Inaugural Session - Shaping the Future of India's Packaging Paper & Board Sector
Opening remarks from the Organizing Committee Chair, welcome keynote address, and ceremonial inauguration.
Session I: CEO Leadership Panel - Charting the Next Growth Chapter for India's Packaging Paper & Board Industry
Leading CEOs discuss the opportunities, challenges, and strategic imperatives that will shape the future growth, competitiveness, and sustainability of India's packaging paper and board industry.
Key Discussion Points
What will define the next decade of growth and leadership for India's packaging paper & board industry?
Session II: The Producers' Panel - Perspectives from India's Leading Packaging Paper & Board Manufacturers
India's leading packaging paper and paperboard manufacturers share their perspectives on capturing emerging growth opportunities, navigating evolving market dynamics, and building a globally competitive and future-ready industry.
Key Discussion Points
Shaping the Next Decade of Growth, Competitiveness and Value Creation in India's Packaging Paper & Board Industry
Networking Coffee Break
Session III: From Board to Box: The Market Makers of Packaging
Companies closest to end-users share insights on evolving customer expectations, emerging demand drivers, and the trends reshaping India's packaging marketplace.
Key Discussion Points
How can the packaging paper and board value chain align more closely with changing customer needs, market trends, and future growth opportunities?
Session IV: Beyond Plastic - Winning the Battle for Packaging Substitution
Industry leaders discuss how paper and board can capture the next wave of sustainable packaging growth through plastic substitution.
Key Discussion Points
What Will It Take to Make Paper & Board the Preferred Alternative to Plastic?
Networking Lunch
Session V: Food, Beverage, FMCG & Convenience Packaging - Where the Next Billion-Dollar Opportunities Lie
Explore the growth opportunities being created by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability priorities, and innovation across food, beverage, FMCG, and convenience packaging markets.
Key Discussion Points
Where Will the Next Billion-Dollar Opportunities Emerge in Food, Beverage, FMCG & Convenience Packaging?
Session VI: Packaging the Digital Economy - E-Commerce, Retail & Quick Commerce
Explore how e-commerce, modern retail, and quick commerce are reshaping packaging demand and creating new opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Key Discussion Points
Winning in the Digital Commerce Era: How Packaging Can Drive Growth, Efficiency and Consumer Loyalty
Networking Coffee Break
Session VII: Brand Owners' Summit - What Do Leading Brands Want from the Paper & Board Industry?
Leading brand owners share their expectations and priorities for the future of paper and board packaging.
Key Discussion Points
What Will Define the Preferred Packaging Partner for Leading Brands in the Next Decade?
Day One Strategic Wrap-Up - India's Packaging Market 2035: The Roadmap for Growth, Innovation & Competitiveness
Key takeaways and strategic insights shaping the future of India's packaging paper and board industry.
CEO Dinner (invite only)
End of Day 1
Session I: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Packaging - The Next Frontier for High-Performance Paper & Board Solutions
Exploring the opportunities shaping the future of healthcare, pharmaceutical, and personal care packaging.
Session II: Consumer Durables, Electronics & Industrial Packaging - Reimagining Secondary and Transit Packaging
Explore how innovation, efficiency and sustainability are transforming secondary and transit packaging across industrial and consumer markets.
Networking Coffee Break
Session III: The Future of Containerboard, Cartonboard, Specialty Grades & Lightweight Packaging
Gain strategic insights into the market dynamics, innovation trends and growth opportunities shaping the future of containerboard, cartonboard and specialty paper grades.
Session IV: Circular Packaging Economy - EPR, Recycling, Fiber Security & Regulatory Transformation
Exploring the policies, partnerships, and innovation pathways shaping a resilient and globally competitive circular packaging ecosystem.
Networking Lunch
Session V: Smart Mills, Intelligent Converting & The Factory of the Future
Explore how AI, digitalization and smart manufacturing are redefining operational excellence, productivity and competitiveness in the packaging paper and board value chain.
Session VI: Designing the Future - Packaging Innovation, Performance & Brand Differentiation
Explore how innovation, design, functionality, and sustainability are redefining packaging performance and creating new opportunities for brand differentiation.
Networking Coffee Break
Session VII: Global Packaging Paper & Board Outlook 2035 - Trade, Exports, Geopolitics, Renewable Energy & Strategic Investments
Explore the global trends, investment priorities, and competitive forces shaping the future of the packaging paper and board industry.
Grand Finale Leadership Roundtable - India 2035: Building a Global Packaging Paper & Board Powerhouse
A high-level leadership dialogue on the vision, priorities, and strategic actions required to position India among the world's leading packaging paper and board industries by 2035.
Conference Closing Address - The Road to 2035: Building a Globally Competitive and Sustainable Indian Packaging Paper & Board Industry
Closing remarks on the strategic priorities, opportunities, and actions required to strengthen India's global competitiveness and leadership in the packaging paper and board industry by 2035.