The International Processing and Packaging Trade Event for the Philippines

4- 6 February 2026

World Trade Center Metro Manila

Pasay City, Philippines

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Halal Conference - Lobby

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:30 – 13:40 hrs

Welcome Remarks
 
Atty. Maria Katrina D. Rivera
Assistant Director
Export Marketing Bureau Department of Trade and Industry

13:40 – 14:10 hrs

Global Halal Marketing Opportunities
 
Ms. Heizle U. Trasmañas
Chief, Market Division
Export Marketing Bureau

14:10 – 14:40 hrs

TBA
 
Mohamad Romzi Bin Sulaiman
Assistant General Manager, Industry Development Division
Halal Development Corporation Berhad (HDC)

14:40 – 15:10 hrs

Incentives available under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) More Act 
 
Mr. Francis Penaflor
Chief Investments Specialist
Philippine Board of Investments

15:10 – 15:40 hrs

An Update on Indonesian Halal Policy
 
Ms. Lena Prawira
Deputy Chairperson for Organizational Affairs, GAPMMI
Vice Chair of the Permanent Committee for Halal Industry Empowerment, KADIN Indonesia

15:40 – 16:10 hrs

Panel Discussion

16:10 – 16:15 hrs

Closing Remarks

Industry Seminars - Seminar Room A

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:00 – 17:00 hrs

General Membership Meeting
 
Alliance of Local Artisans, Food and Other Producers (ALAFOP) Federation of the Philippines Inc.

Industry Seminars - Seminar Room B

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:00 – 13:45 hrs

Circularity Towards Sustainability for MSMEs
 
Ron Allan Estrebillo
University Extension Specialist II
UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries

13:45 – 15:15 hrs

TBA 

Atty. Luke Jickain
Head of Legal and Policy of the AFLO

15:15 – 16:15 hrs

Designing the Circular Future: How Circular Execution is Redefining Packaging and Supply Chain Efficiency
 
Agnes G. Magallanes
General Manager
PMG Integrated Communications Philippines, Inc.

16:15 – 17:00 hrs

Beyond the Box: Strategic Brand Foundations for Packaging and Design That Connects
 
Paul Ignacio
Creative Director
Keen Design Co.

AIP TRAINING COURSE - Luna Room

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:30 – 12:30 hrs

Course 1: Unboxing Accessibility: Easy to Open, Reclose, Grip & Handle Packaging
 
Nerida Kelton FAIP
Vice President Sustainability & Save Food – WPO
Executive Director – AIP
 

13:30 – 15:30 hrs

Course 2: Steps to design Sustainable Packaging: Guidelines for primary, secondary & tertiary packaging
 
Prof. Pierre Pienaar FAIP, CPPL
Immediate Past President – WPO
Education Director – AIP

Hidalgo Room

TIME

ACTIVITY

12:00 – 17:30 hrs

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (by invitation)
 
Philippine Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA)

EPR Workshop - Amarsolo Room

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:00 – 17:30 hrs

Navigating EPR Requirements: Practical Compliance for Producers, Importers, and Brand Owners
 
 
Plastic Pollution in the Philippines: New insights from an Archipelagic Country
 
Dr. Deo Florence L. Onda
UP MSI
 
Understanding the Philippine EPR Law
 
DENR – National Ecology Center
 
Inclusive EPR: Community-Based Waste Recovery
 
Laarni Josieleah Salanga 
Urban Poor Associates
 
From Waste to Value: Circular Economy Solutions
 
Michelle Bautista-Tañada
COO – Chief Basurera
Alpha Distinct Development Solutions Inc.
 
Addressing Residual Plastics under EPR
 
Christian Perez
SM GUUN Environmental Company
 
Complying with the EPR Law through PARMS
 
Zed Avecilla
EPR Program Director
Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability
 
Panel Discussion
 
Moderator:
Mr. Mario Estrada
Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability

Lobby

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:00 – 12:00 hrs

Sustainability Forum(Green Impact Stories)

Kervin Valero
Board Trustee
Philippine Printing Technical Foundation (PPTF)
 
Faith Nacarato
Co-founder and President
Oikos Sustainable Solutions, Inc.
 
Michelle Bautista-Tañada
COO – Chief Basurera
Alpha Distinct Development Solutions Inc.
 
Ivy Declaro Ramirez
Proprietor
Philiphibs Homemade Food Trading
 
Nikki Sevilla-Caampued
President
EcoNest
 
Miguel Yorro
VP for Business Development, Sustainability, and Product Innovation
Restore Solutions PH (Safewater Technologies, Inc.)
 
Margaux Arambulo-Lucena
CEO
Dermtropics Inc.
 

12:00 – 13:00 hrs

LUNCH BREAK

13:00 – 14:00 hrs

Building Sustainable Indsutrial Ecosystems:
Innovation, Infrastrcuture, and Inclusive Growth in PEZA Ecozones

B Philipip Teomar A. Radin
Investment Promotions DIvision
Philippine Economic Zone Authority

Eco-Zoning the Philippines Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Development and CREATE MORE Law

Grethel D. Tan, CPA, MMPA
Officer-in-Charge, Incentives Management Division
Philippine Economic Zone Authority

14:00 – 14:45 hrs

Industrial Growth Horizons in the Luzon Economic Corridor

Francis Ceballos
SVP (Head, Industrial and Logistics)
Filinvest Land, Inc.

14:45 – 15:30 hrs

Basics of Printing

Michael Cheng
Vice President, Technology & Innovation Department
Majestic Press, Inc.

15:30 – 16:15 hrs

Integrated Facilities Management, Tape and Reel & Manpower Services

Elmer F. Lapena
President and COO
Testech Group

16:15 – 17:00 hrs

Sustainability

Toshiba

PHILIPPINE PACKAGING FORUM - Seminar Room A

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:30 – 17:30 hrs

Comm. Joseph Ross Jocson PhD, MNSA
Immediate Past President
Asian Packaging Federation (APF)

Nerida Kelton FAIP
Vice President Sustainability & Save Food
World Packaging Organisation (WPO)

Prof. Pienaar FAIP, CPPL
Education Director
Australasian Institute of Packaging

Gwyneth Anne Palmos
Program Analyst, Climate Action
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Stefano Paolo Bunag
Board Member
World Packaging Organisation (WPO)

Carinna T. Saldana-Pierard
Science Research Specialist
Packaging Technology Division, ITDI-DOST

Eunice Joy D. Ison MBA, AAIP
Founder
EUNJIK Industrial Design Services

Jebsen Montalbo Villarba MAIP
Packaging Assistant Manager for Design and Development
Crestec Philippines Inc.

Phoebe Aisleen-Valdez
R&D Manager
Amcor Flexibles Packaging

Carlos Cabochan
Treasurer GS1 Philippines, and President of the Philippines Consumer Centric Traders Association, Inc (PCCTA)

Devaki Rajendren MAIP
APAC Sustainability Manager
MCC Label

Gene Abner Molina
Managing Director
India-Southeast Asia & Oceania, Kersia

Bambii Joanne M. Pestano
Senior Manager, Business Development & Key Accounts
Sealed Air

Amrei Dizon CPM-Asia
Co-Founder
Introspeak Management Consultancy

Seminar Room B

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:30 – 11:30 hrs

ITDI FoodtrIP: A Technology Platform for Small to Pilot-Scale Aseptic Processing and Packaging

Rommel M. Belandres
Supervising Science Research Specialist, Food Processing Division

 

Greening the Chain through the Establishment of the Biodegradability, Ecotoxicity, and Compostability (BEC) Laboratory

Engr. Rodelma D. Perez
Senior Science Research Specialist, Environment and Biotechnology Division

 

MATDEV Laboratory: Supporting National Innovation through 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing Materials Research

Mark Anthony R. Agbayani
Science Research Analyst, Materials Science Division

 

Nanomaterials Characterization Capabilities and Nanotechnology R&D for Industry

Dr. Persia Ada N. de Yro
Career Scientist I, Materials Science Division

11:30 – 12:00 hrs

Miguel Yorro
VP for Business Development, Sustainability, and Product Innovation
Restore Solutions PH (Safewater Technologies, Inc.)

12:00 – 13:00 hrs

LUNCH BREAK

13:00 – 13:45 hrs

Roles of Halal Certification and Packaging

Mr. Ustadz Alexander Sultan, PhD.
President/CEO
Halal International Chamber of Commerce and Industries of the Philippines, Inc. (HICCIP)

13:45- 14:30 hrs

Mastering Food Allergen Management: Trends, Strategy, and Tools for a Safer Food Supply

Jennifer Santos, RND
Senior Product Specialist
Glenwood Technologies International, Inc.

14:30 – 14:45 hrs

GS1 Awareness Course: The benefits of GS1 Standards

Anne de Paz
Membership Officer
GS1 Philippines

14:45 – 15:45 hrs

GS1 Philippines Subscriber Onboarding
(Exclusive for GS1 Philippines Sibscribers)

Richel Plata
Technical Junior Manager
GS1 Philippines

Maria Cristina “Tin” Solis
Senior Data Specialist
GS1 Philippines

15:45- 16:30 hrs

Food Safety by Design: The Critical Role of Hygienic Conveyors and Process Flow Management

Ashley Angon
Technical Sales Engineer
Enabling.Win Pte. Ltd.

Luna Room

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:00 – 17:00 hrs

Oathtaking (by invitation)

Philippine Association of Food Technologists, Inc. (PAFT)

 

Sensory-Safe Packaging Design
“From Barrier Performance to Flavor Protection”

Doc. Maria Leonora Lotis dL. Francisco, PFT, PhD, CFS
National President
Philippine Association of Food Technologists, Inc. (PAFT)

 

Consumer Perception VS. Technical Reality
“When the Product is Fine But the Consumer Says It Isn’t”

Joshua Jerico T. Del Rosario
Board of Director
Philippine Association of Food Technologists, Inc. (PAFT)

Seminar Room A

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:00 – 12:00 hrs

Packaging Innovation Awards – Prestige

12:00 – 13:00 hrs

LUNCH BREAK

13:30 – 14:30 hrs

Consumer-First Packaging Innovation for Sustainable MSME Growth

Amiel Ortiz Arguil, MSc. RMicro
Master Graduate Fellow and Senior Science Research Specialist
DOST-NCR

14:30 – 15:00 hrs

Importance of Financing to MSMEs

Wally Don Calderon
Vice President
Small Business Corporation

15:00 – 16:00 hrs

APAkagandang Innovation sa Global world

Joanne Liesse Tan
Sales and Operations Manager
Year Luck Food and Industrial Corp.

Seminar Room B

TIME

ACTIVITY

13:30 – 17:00 hrs

2026 DrinkTech Conference

Nerida Kelton FAIP
Vice President Sustainability & Save Food
World Packaging Organisation (WPO)
 
Atty. Juan Lorenzo Tanada
President
Beverage Industry Association of the Philippines (BIAP)
 
Virginia M. Robledo, PDH, PFT
Innovation & Product Development Manager
San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation
 
Sherwin Gonzales
Logistics Director
Coca Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines (CCEAP)
 
Devaki Rajendren MAIP
APAC Sustianability Manager
MCC Label
 
Prof. Pierre Pienaar FAIP, CPPL
Education Director
Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
 
Nouwarat Sirisabya
Business Leader – PIMS
Sealed Air

Luna Room - Powering Packaging to the Future (PPTF)

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:00 – 10:30 hrs

Registration and Assembly

Mr. Kervin Valero
Executive Director
PPTF

10:50 – 11:20 hrs

TBA

Marnel Bautista
EPSON

10:50 – 11:20 hrs

TBA

Sheila Zarsadias
Canon Marketing Philippines

Hidalgo Room

TIME

ACTIVITY

10:00 – 10:30 hrs

Consumption to Conscience: Innovating For A Competitive and Sustainable Future

Henry Andres Luciano
President
PROMAP

10:30 – 11:15 hrs

Smart Manufacturing through Industrial Automation

Robert C. Candelaria
National Sales Manager
Festo Inc.

11:15 – 12:00 hrs

Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing Industries 
 
Jonathan F. Estolano
Plant Manager
RFM Corporation – Flour Division

13:00 – 14:00 hrs

Breaking Barriers: Elevating Filipino Talent in the Digital Economy
 
Fernando M. Ocsan
Professor
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc – College of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Accountancy

14:00- 15:00 hrs

Introduction to Servicification of the Manufacturing Sector 

Robert Purugganan
P VP – Commercials and Partnership 
TIV Cyber Solutions Corp. 

*Updated as of 29 January 2026