Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Ame Igharo

Senior Director, Sustainability Strategy

Ulta Beauty

Ame Igharo is the senior director of sustainability strategy at Ulta Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the U.S. In her role, Ame develops and executes Ulta Beauty’s long-term strategy, aspirations, and vision for environmental sustainability. Prior to Ulta Beauty, she was a marketer at several beauty brands before transitioning into the sustainability sector and working at EDF+Business where she partnered with leading food and agriculture companies to accelerate their progress on climate. Ame currently sits on the steering committee for ChemForward’s Chemical Hazard Data Trust and on the board The Sustainability Consortium.

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Day 0

Monday 26th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
17:00 - 18:00
Day 1

Tuesday 27th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:55
Welcome words 
Institute of Packaging Professionals
09:15 - 10:00
EPR compliance infrastructure: What do the rules require and what can the market deliver? 
RecycleMe | ALDI USA | Unilever | The Recycling Partnership
Plenary
10:00 - 10:45
Plenary
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:40
‘Design for recycling’: Why we need more dialogue between upstream and downstream 
Kenvue | Sustainable Packaging Podcast with Cory Connors, presented by Atlantic Packaging
Breakout
11:40 - 12:20
Plenary
12:20 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:30
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
15:30 - 16:15
Hard-to-recycle packaging: Lessons for cross-industry collaboration 
L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty | Pact Collective | Independent
Case study
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Day 2

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:45 - 08:55
08:50 - 09:30
Case study
09:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:10
Reuse at scale: What works, what doesn’t, and pathways forward 
Mastercard | Tomra | Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Plenary
11:10 - 11:50
Circular economy as industrial strategy: How to build stronger value chains and local economies 
Martin Brower | Washington State Department of Commerce | WRAP | PR3
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary