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GERARD MCKONE

Business Development and Technical Manager (ANZ)

Clariant (New Zealand) Limited

CLARIANT : BRINGING PACKAGING TO LIFE THROUGH ADDITIVES

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals strives to bring additive  solutions to the packaging sector utilising emerging technologies to deliver solutions to their customers. This presentation looks at ways of bringing packaging to life through smarter innovative additive technologies.

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Gerard's background is in industrial chemistry, namely in the fields of surfactants, surface coatings and thermoplastics. This association with Clariant stems back for more than 35 years. He has held a variety of technical, business development and operational roles throughout APAC with Clariant, including Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and more recently taken a mentoring technical role for both New Zealand and their fresh start masterbatch business in Sydney, Australia.

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Gerard's personal passion for thermoplastics finds his continuously monitoring, challenging current technology and searching for new emerging technologies to deliver smarter solutions for all sectors of the plastics industry. He has strong product stewardship and compliance views, supported by Clariant, ensuring global standards and local regulations are adhered to – this is an essential part of our value proposition. His long-term view is that the Clariant name continues to be connected to quality, reliability and sustainability.

DR OLIVER A.H. JONES

Senior Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry

School of Science, RMIT University

MIGRATION OF PACKAGING MATERIALS INTO FOOD

Coatings in cans, laminates on cartons and glass jar seals; small amounts of chemicals from all these materials can diffuse into food products. The presence of such non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food is often unknown by the consumer but an increasingly significant regulatory challenge for producers. This presentation will discuss the state of the science in this field and suggest areas of possible future research.
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Oliver's background is in analytical chemistry, particularly as applied to biochemistry and pollution. He obtained his PhD from Imperial College London, and then worked as a postdoc at the University of Cambridge and later as a lecturer at the University of Durham. He is currently president of both the Australia and New Zealand Metabolomics Network and Proteomics and Metabolomics Victoria, secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance and a member the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) and the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Chemistry.

Price

$60 inc GST AIP / SPE Members

$77 inc GST for ABA/AFGC/FIAL/LATMA/SPE/AEROSOL ASSCN Members

$88 inc GST Non Members

*CPE points are used to maintain your Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) credential.

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NB: A Tax Invoice will be emailed upon receipt of your booking. The attendance fee includes catering for a two course dinner, beer and wine. Due to catering requirements NO CANCELLATIONS will be accepted after Friday the 8th of July 2016. Replacements will however be accepted.