Events
IAPRI members have hosted world conferences and member conferences (formerly called symposia) since 1970. These events provide an opportunity for packaging researchers to meet and exchange views and present the latest findings in their areas of expertise. Conferences bring together a combination of established and emerging scholars and researchers and are a great way to assess your ideas and to expose research to a wide audience of fellow experts. IAPRI is all about disseminating these ideas and networking together. IAPRI World Conferences are held in even number years and are open to all. Member Conferences take place in the following year and are open to members only.IAPRI member institutes interested in the possibility of holding an IAPRI World Conference or Member Conference can fill out and submit an Application for Hosting an IAPRI Conference form by clicking here. To see the Guidelines for Planning and Hosting IAPRI Conferences click here. For other information about planning an IAPRI vvent and associated files to be used by hosting institutes to plan and carry out a conference click here.
24th IAPRI World Conference - 2024, Valencia, Spain
ITENE's 30th Anniversary takes place in 2024 and they are proud to host IAPRl's 24th World Packaging Conference as part of their special events and activities devoted to show how knowledge and technology make an impact to build a safer and more sustainable future.
Stay tuned for more details.
The following is a list of IAPRI events hosted by members. There are proceedings from some of the conferences and symposiums since 2010 available available to members in the member login center. On your member profile page there is an IAPRI File Archive tab in the Resources Folder.
2023 31st IAPRI Member Conference - "Responsible Packaging for a Better Future", hosted by the SIES School of Packaging Technology Center, May 22-25, 2023 in Navi Mumbai, India.
2022 23rd IAPRI Member Conference, "Packaging for World Crisis: Survivability and Sustainability", hosted by the Thai Packaging Center, June 12-16, Bangkok, Thailand
2021 30th IAPRI Member Conference, Virtual due to the pandemic, hosted by IAPRI, June 15-17, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
2020 22nd World Conference on Packaging, "Future of Packaging" Virtual Webinar
Deeply concerned with the health and safety of all attendees, as a result of the global pandemic crisis of COVID-19, the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) and the IAPRI Board Directors decided that the 22nd IAPRI 2020 World Packaging Conference needed to be canceled. It was a hard decision for the University considering the impact this conference has in the packaging field and our research area. So, the IAPRI Conference changed the physical conference to a digital one. The objective was to present the researcher’s work made during 2019 and 2020. The online conference allowed us to reach the packaging community all over the world and expand knowledge. Having an accessible cost, it enabled all of us to participate while staying safe at home. The information will be open until May 2021.
2019 29th IAPRI Member Symposium, "Serving Society - Innovative Perspectives on Packaging" hosted by the University of Twente in the Netherlands 11-14 of June, Enschede, Netherlands
2018 21st IAPRI World Conference on Packaging hosted by Jinan University and Hunan University of Technology 19-22 June, Zhuhai, China. "Packaging: Driving a Sustainable Future".
2016 20th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging hosted by CETEA, 12-15 June Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015 27th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by ITENE, 8-11 June, Valencia, Spain
2014 19th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging hosted by the Engineering Packaging and Research Group, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
2013 26th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, June 10-13, Espoo, Finland
2012 18th World Packaging Conference hosted by Cal Poly State University, June 18-21, San Luis Obispo, California
2011 25th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, hosted by BAM Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing, May 16-18, Berlin, Germany
2010 17th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, hosted by China Packaging Research Test Centre (CPRTC) in collaboration with Jinan University, BIGC, Jiangnan University,Tianijin University and CEPI, October 12-15, Tianjin, China
2009 24th IAPRI Symposium of Packaging hosted by Clemson University, May, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
2008 16th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, hosted by Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 23rd IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by Pira, Windsor, England
2006 15th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging hosted by Japan Packaging Institute, October 4-5, Tokyo, Japan
2005 22nd IAPRI Symposium on Packaging ,hosted by CETEA 22–25 May, in Campinas, SP, Brazil
2004 14th IAPRI World Conference of Packaging hosted by STFI-Packforsk, June 13016 Stockholm, Sweden
2003 21st IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, hosted by ITENE, Valencia, Spain
2002 13th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging, hosted by Michigan State University, June 23-28, East
2001 20th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by COBRO, Warsaw, Poland
2000 12th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by San Jose State University, June, San Jose, CA USA
1999 11th IAPRI Conference on Packaging hosted by PSB July 7-9, Singapore
1998 19th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY USA
1997 10th World Conference on Packaging hosted by Victoria University of Technology, March 24-27, Melbourne, Australia
1996 18th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, Helsinki, May 13-15, Finland
1995 9th International Conference of Packaging, hosted by BPI
1994 17th Symposium held in Reims, France
1993 8th IAPRI Congress hosted by CETEA, Food Packaging Technology Center, June 2023, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1992 16th Symposium, held in Taastrup, Denmark
1991 7th World Conference on Packaging, April 15-19, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1990 15th Symposium held in St. Gallen, Switzerland
1989 6th International Conference on Packaging, host by the Institute for Export Packaging & BFSV, September 27-29, Hamburg, Germany
1988 14th Symposium held in Gent, Belgium
1986 5th International Conference on Packaging hosted by Pira, October 7-9, Bristol, United Kingdom
1986 13th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging, May 26-28, Oslo, Norway
1985 4th International Conference on Packaging hosted by Michigan State University, September 16-18, East Lansing, MI USA
1984 12th Symposium on Packaging, Vienna, Austria
1982 11th Symposium on Packaging, Paris, France
1980 10th Symposium on Packaging, Warsaw, Poland
1979 3rd International Conference on Packaging hosted by the Swedish Packaging Research Institute, June 13-15. Stockholm, Sweden
1977 9th Symposium on Packaging, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1976 2nd International Conference on Packaging hosted by Institute of Food Technology and Packaging & IUFST, June 9-11, Munich, Germany
1974 8th Symposium on Packaging, Delft, The Netherlands
1972 7th Symposium on Packaging,, Munich, Germany
1972 1st International Conference on Packaging hosted by Pira & IAPRI, March 27-29, London, United Kingdom
1970 6th Symposium on Packaging, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prior to the formation of IAPRI - International Symposiums on Packaging Research
1968 Oslo, Norway
1966 Vienna, Austria
1964 Stockholm, Sweden
1962 Munich, Germany
1960 Leatherhead, United Kingdom