Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA

27th - 28th October 2026

Chicago, USA

Xinnan Li

Vice President, Analyst Packaging & Logistics, Raboresearch

Rabobank

Xinnan Li is a senior analyst responsible for North American packaging, logistics, and cold storage sector research. With a vigilant eye on market trends and a deep understanding of the food and agricultural supply chain, Xinnan is recognized as a thought leader and frequent speaker at conferences on investment and M&A strategies, innovation and sustainability trends, and consumer and demographic shifts. Throughout her 10+ years of experience, Xinnan has provided in-depth insights into packaging innovation, cold storage market growth, the geopolitical impact on trade, and related cross-sectoral issues. She holds a Master’s degree from Cornell University.

Outside of work, Xinnan is an avid winter sports enthusiast and a long-term mentor with her local Big Sister Big Brother organization.

Xinnan Li's sessionsView full agenda

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
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