Plan for Tomorrow's Challenges Today at The Future of Packaging: 2013–2023 The Power of Packaging is unleashed at The Future of Packaging: 2013–2023. If you are responsible for ensuring that packaging drives bottom-line impact and growth for your business, request your invitation today to gain a long-term strategic, yet practical understanding of packaging that will pay dividends today and for years to come. You'll come away with: •  An understanding of why Holistic Packaging Design is central to •  packaging in the future •  Cutting-edge, proprietary research on packaging innovation, global •  consumer trends, mass customization, emerging markets, and the •  role of mobile and social technology •  A global view of scenarios affecting packaging over the next decade •  A 10-year strategic packaging roadmap Move From Cost Center to Solution Center Harness Emotional Engagement – Be Deliberate About All Aspects of Packaging All Channels, Always – Bricks, Clicks and Everything In Between Packaging for a New Age The Future of Packaging: 2013–2023 Program Leadership Dynamic workshop leaders, including Packaging Hall of Fame inductee Mike Richmond, Todd Bukowski, and other industry luminaries, will guide you as you explore of the future of packaging, exchange insights and ideas with other conference sponsors, and learn how to bring your packaging program to the forefront of strength and innovation to drive growth and the bottom line performance for your organization. Leading Futurists, LLC – Jennifer Jarratt and John Mahaffie The Future of Packaging: 2013–2023 is an invitation-only event and is limited to industry leaders from across the packaging value chain. We keep the number of sponsors to a small group to enable an environment rich with dialogue, content and value. Proprietary research and insights, strategies, and tools for driving growth will be shared exclusively with sponsors and will not be made available at any other time. “The Future of Packaging program provides key takeaways around the leading global and regional packaging drivers, trends and needs – including an extensive total value chain focus – as well as the top anticipated science, technology and regulatory impacts over the next ten years. It has proven to be invaluable in providing actionable takeaways and roadmaps for Sonoco, and has had a very real and positive impact on our strategy and the course of our business.” Connie Sivillo Director Global Marketing, Sonoco

“If a corporation values the use of packaging as a competitive advantage for their brands – I would highly recommend participation in a Future of Packaging workshop.” Pete Macauley Director, Global Packaging & Sustainability Programs, Global Engineering Services, Abbott