A symposium on the future of packaging design

The Future of Packaging Design, December the 6th 2019, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna

How does the packaging sector is changing? How are the buying, using and recycling habits around packaged products switching? How is the industry evolving towards sustainable packaging? What role does technology play in these changes?

Organized by the Advanced Design Unit of the Department of Architecture - University of Bologna on 6 December at the Golinelli Foundation - Opificio in Bologna, the Symposium “The Future of Packaging Design - Towards a smart and sustainable era” is intended to provide answers to these basic questions.

Objectives declared: mapping current practices and possible futures, well known paths but also emerging, transversal and relevant issues,  in response to the legislative guidelines and ecosystem changes taking place globally.
During the day the results of an in-depth research on packaging innovations at a global level and the drivers that are pushing this sector into the future, will be presented to the scientific and economic community.

In addition, there will be the opportunity to listen to relevant international guest cases, and to know what they have done and what they are going to do in order to change the world of packaging. furthermore, space will also be given to the excellences of the Emilia Romagna region.

At the time 300 case studies from over 50 international detectors have been elaborated: new materials, circular processes, the growing role of automation and robotic, new ways to use digitisation, the e-commerce revolution, new consumer awareness, are some examples of what we are dealing with.

The day of the symposium will be the opportunity to launch the establishment of a permanent Observatory on innovative and sustainable packaging based at the University of Bologna, which is essential to accelerate the processes of innovation, the dissemination of knowledge, and to consolidate the network.