Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Paul Harris

Product Strategy and Growth Lead

O-I

Paul is a cross-functional creative leading Product Strategy and Growth Processes at O-I Glass Inc. With a background in engineering and concept design, he now focuses on solving problems and creating cohesive strategies, leveraging the impact of visualization and divergent thinking in executional processes that spur growth and innovation. A forever creative tuned to business and manufacturing sensitives, Paul empowers his collaborators to think differently and arrive at meaningful solutions with measurable value. Usually while wearing a pink sportscoat and Converse sneakers.

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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 - 08:50
Welcome words 
Institute of Packaging Professionals
09:10 - 09:50
EPR compliance infrastructure: What do the rules require and what can the market deliver? 
RecycleMe | The Recycling Partnership | ALDI USA | Unilever
Plenary
09:50 - 10:30
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:50
Closing the loop: How to develop viable end markets for secondary materials 
Tetra Pak | Can Manufacturers Institute | Crown Holdings | NAPCOR
Plenary
11:50 - 12:20
Plenary
12:20 - 13:20
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
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 
Delterra | Martin Brower | Washington State Department of Commerce
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary