CIFST Webinar: Trends Influencing Sustainable Packaging Adoption

Trends Influencing Sustainable Packaging Adoption

In his presentation, our speaker Jamil Karim will touch on trend data from their recent Food Innovation Challenge on plastic reduction, new innovations that are coming to market to help reduce plastics, and talk about some of the Canadian companies that are leading in this space. 

Our Speaker:

Jamil Karim,  Director of Communications, Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)

Bio: 

Jamil Karim combines more than a decade of marketing and communications experience with a passion for helping people and companies tell their stories. A creative and energetic team player with a wealth of public sector experience, Jamil has worked with organizations like the Digital Technology Supercluster, Innovate BC, and Western Economic Diversification to launch new programs, secure additional funding, and facilitate cross-sector collaborations.

Jamil also has extensive experience working with industry, where he’s led media and community relations strategies for some of the country’s fastest growing tech companies. He enjoys collaborating with different stakeholders on major projects and has worked with researchers, investors, founders, and innovators on announcements and events that have generated media coverage across North America.

Jamil is deeply committed to having a positive impact on his community. He mentors for the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow Program and currently serves as President of his local community centre in Richmond, British Columbia.

Event Details:

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. EST

Through Zoom Webinar platform