Summit To Focus On Food, Packaging, Sustainability Clemson alumnus David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, will give the keynote presentation at the Food, Packaging & Sustainability Summit hosted by Sonoco FRESH at Clemson University.The virtual Summit will take place February 24 – 26. FRESH said the program reflects its unique approach to evaluating the entire food value chain, with the Summit covering topics and insights regarding supply chain disruptions and innovative technologies to op- timize the food value chain and protect the environ- ment through safe, secure and sustainable solutions. According to The United Nations World Food Pro- gramme (WFP), it received the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to prevent and combat hunger. The Summit will lead with presentations from Clem- son President Jim Clements and Sonoco President and CEO Howard Coker, followed by Beasley, who will speak on the industry’s ability to make positive chang- es for the future of sustainable food systems. Additional presentations will cover designing and de- livering cradle-to-cradle packaging solutions, advanced recycling practices, launching sustainable packaging innovations and a case study using sugar cane fiber for food packaging. A social hour hosted by Joel Gamoran, founder of Homemade Classes LLC and Richard Crawford, host of Amazon Prime’s Leave NoTrace, will focus on eco-eth- ics in travel and food. Speakers from Deloitte Consult- ingwill discuss the current state of the food value chain. Caue Suplicy, the founder of Barnana, a banana-based snack company that has upcycled 100 million bananas, will speak on innovative approaches to circularity.Ron Gonen, co-founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, will present on collaboration for the greater good. Pro- ceeds from the Summit will support future activities of the FRESH initiative at Clemson University. Loftware, NiceLabel Merge Loftware, an enterprise labeling and artwork man- agement company, and NiceLabel, a label management developer, have joined forces under the Loftware cor- porate umbrella. NiceLabel’s global partner network includes re- sellers, ISVs, OEMs, and print technology partners that deliver NiceLabel labeling technologies. Loftware brings experience in selling, servicing, and supporting enterprise labeling and artwork management to large global organizations.
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