AUSPACK 2019 opens
AUSPACK 2019 will be officially opened on Tuesday, 26 March at 8.30 am by Mark Dingley, Chairman of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), which owns AUSPACK. The two-day AUSPACK 2019 Business and Industry Conference will be officially opened at 9 am by the Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change.
On Wednesday night, the Gala Awards Ceremony for the APPMA Awards of Excellence will be held to announce the winners and APPMA Annual Scholarship recipient.
Friday morning will see the NextGen Breakfast Forum, with highly practical advice on attracting and retaining the next generation into the workforce. By 2025, Gen Z will comprise more than 25% of the Australian workforce, and it is essential that manufacturers have the right workforce skills in place.
AUSPACK registration opens from 8.15 am each day. Doors to the exhibition open from:
- 9 am–5 pm, Tuesday to Thursday
- 9 am–3 pm, Friday
For more information and to register, please visit https://www.auspack.com.au/.
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