Meet our Speakers

Inaugural Session - WHAT THE FLEXO!

Anil Arora
President
ReEnvision Events Pvt. Ltd.
Kaunain Shahidi
Sustainability & Packaging Expert
Almarai, UAE
Aleksander Kuśmierczyk
Head Of Analytics
Polish Chamber of Printing, Poland
Sante Conselvan
President FTA - Global Alliance, FTA Europe,
CEO
GAMA Group, Italy

Session 1 - POSSIBILITIES

Dr. Kai Lankinen
Senior Lecturer
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Steve Smith
Regional Lead - Modern Flexo
Miraclon, Belgium
Chatura - Speaker
Chathura Jayatissa
Managing Director
ALFT Packaging Company Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka
Jai Chandra
Managing Director
Veepee Graphics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Ranesh Bajaj
Director
VINSAK
Manish Desai
Director
Mudrika Labels Pvt. Ltd.
Kaushik Nag
CEO
Jupiter Laminators Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjay Ghoshal
Head Of Packaging
Diageo India Pvt. Ltd.

Session 2 - POSSIBILITIES

Dr. Dipshikha Banerjee
Head of Technology, Flexible Packaging, India - Region
Siegwerk India Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjeev Sondhi
Managing Director
Zircontech Technologies India Ltd.
Murtuza Akbarally
Director
Lanka Plastic Industries Pvt. Ltd. , Sri Lanka
Amit Banga
Managing Director
SB - Constantia
Prof. Madhura P. Mahajan
Professor
Pune Vidyarthi College of Engineering and Technology
Jacek Kusmierczyk
President
Polish Chamber of Printing
Ranesh Bajaj
Director
VINSAK
Manoj Kochar
Director, Ex- ASPA- President
Holoflex Ltd.
Tappan Patel
Managing Director
BST Eltromat India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Petr Blasko
Global Marketing Director
SOMA, Czechia
Joachim Barthelme
Joachim Barthelme
Executive Vice President Business Unit Flexible Materials , Managing Director
Nyquist Systems GmBH

Session 3 - PROFITABILITY

Hersh Lulla
Marketing Manager
Miraclon
Kirti Panchal
Managing Director
Echaar Equipment Pvt. Ltd.
Steve Smith
Regional Lead - Modern Flexo
Miraclon, Belgium
Rutul Prashant Zaveri
Director
Pinmark Block
Parag Koradia
Director
Acme Rolltech Pvt. Ltd.
Jainam K Shah
Managing Director
Flexure Print N Pack LLP.
Manoj Kopparam Manjunath
Director - Sales and Tech Services, S. Asia
Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd.
Nagaraja Ranganathan Alagani
Director
Webtech International Machineries
Lee Stephanie
Regional Marketing Manager, BU - Print & Packaging Solution, AP
Tesa Tapes
Jai Chandra
Managing Director
VeePee Graphics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Sreenivas Goud
Director-Sales (NW) India & Export
Flint Group
Parul Goel
Procurement Head
Reckitt Benckiser India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Ainain Shahhidi
Director
4 Sixes Packaging & Marketing
Venugopal Menon
Zone Business Director
Bobst India Pvt. Ltd.
Deepanshu Goel
Founder & Managing Director
Creative Graphics Solutions India. Ltd.
Rohit Kapoor
Managing Director
Meghdoot Packaging (Uttaranchal)
Vikas Gupta
Director of Sourcing & Development
L & E International Ltd.
Alok Agarwal
Paper & Board Business Unit
Siegwerk India Pvt. Ltd.
Pawandeep Sahni
Managing Director
OMET India Pvt. Ltd.
Amit Taneja
Chief Operating Officer
Parksons Packaging Ltd.
Sahil Sheth
Business Head
Kris Flexipacks Ltd.
Sanjeev Sondhi
Managing Director
Zircontech Technologies India Ltd.
Harveer Sahni
Harveer Sahni
Chairman
Weldon Celloplast Limited
Sundeep Adivishnu
Vice President
Moldtek Group

Session 4 - PROFITABILITY

Amit Kumar
SME, IPO Coach
Msmex & Growbiz Fund
Deepanshu Goel
Founder & Managing Director
Creative Graphics Solutions India. Ltd.
Suhas Kulkarni
Country Head
Soma, South Asia
Vinay Nalawade
Director
Parakh Agro Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Amit Ahuja
Director
Multitec Aids Pvt. Ltd.
Roman Dresler
Area Sales Manager (Asia-Pacific region)
SOMA
Tinku Sharma
Sales Manager
Sandon Global Engraving Technology Ltd.
Richard Birch
Product & Applications Manager Northern Europe
Flint Group India Pvt. Ltd.
Pawandeep Sahni
Managing Director
OMET India Pvt. Ltd.
Jan Williem Boers
Jan Williem Boers
CEO
Polymount International BV, Netherlands
Peter Pereira
Chief Operating Officer
Kris Flexipacks Ltd.
Amit Taneja
Chief Operating Officer
Parksons Packaging Ltd.
Hyuma Mahadeviya
Executive Director
Yamit Packaging Pvt.Ltd.

Session 5 - PEOPLE

Dr. Gita Bajaj
Director
VINSAK India, Rotatek Printing & Packaging Technologies
Subodh Kulkarni
PM Supply Chain Director
Tetrapack India Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Madhura P. Mahajan
Professor
Pune Vidyarthi College of Engineering and Technology
Sanjeev Popli
Executive & Managing Director
Popli Graphics Pvt. Ltd.

Inspirational Session

Suresh Gupta
Ex-Executive Chairman Huhtamaki India Ltd. (Formerly PPL)
President - IFCA
Dr. Preeti Jain
Finance Reinvention
Accenture
Benjamin Daniel
Chief Editor
Packaging MEA
Dr. Kai Lankinen
Senior Lecturer
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Dr. Kai Lankinen has over 25 years of experience in packaging printing. He serves as a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Converting and Printing at Tampere University of Applied Sciences in Finland and as a Docent at DHBW University of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart Media University (HdM) in Germany, where he mentors future professionals in sustainable packaging technologies.

Dr. Lankinen is an internationally recognized consultant, advising printers and brand owners on improving efficiency and advancing sustainability through Expanded Gamut (ECG) printing. He founded Dr. Lankinen Graphic Innovations Ltd, is a co-owner and former CEO of a leading Nordic repro house, and is a founding member of the Global Premedia Network (GPN). 

His career includes roles as Factory Manager at a flexible packaging printing company and co-founding the Finnish Packaging Printing Committee, which he also chaired. In 2021, Dr. Lankinen published his doctoral thesis, “Evaluation of Expanded Gamut Printing in Flexography,” further solidified his role as a leader in sustainable packaging printing.