SPC Impact 2026

Rethinking Materials: Redefining Sustainable Packaging

SPC Impact gathers the experts responsible for how packaging is designed, labeled, recovered, and regulated. Attendees can look forward to forming packaging partnerships, understanding where regulation and recovery are headed, and leaving with clear next steps for their sustainability strategies.

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Late Fees Soon: Late fees kick in after 5 PM ET on March 24, 2026. Register now to lock in your rate.

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Why Attend SPC Impact?

Networking: Creating a unique pre-competitive space to foster connection and encourage collaboration for organizations to identify and work toward shared sustainability goals.

Community Engagement: By breaking down barriers to build bridges, we create a strong sense of community centered around advancing sustainability throughout the entire supply chain.

Educator: Ranging from foundational to advanced, our role as educators is crucial when many professionals, as the only sustainability expert in their organization, rely on our programs for guidance.

Authenticity: Reflected in our programs, resources, and communications, we deliver difficult truths, stand firm in our positions, and we facilitate honest discussions.

What to Expect at SPC Impact:

We’ve got a program designed to help the industry redefine sustainable packaging. Attendees can divide and conquer can’t-miss breakout sessions with their co-workers. Register for tours to connect with fellow attendees and see how Music City does sustainability. And don’t forget to find inspiration to change our industry — and the world — during main stage keynotes.

Potential Collaborators: Consider your sustainable packaging problems solved. At SPC Impact, hundreds of attendees find the partnerships they need to solve some of packaging’s stickiest problems, from flexible film circularity to scaling compostable solutions.

Insights from Industry Thought Leaders: Wondering which states will pass EPR next? How we can finally inspire consumer behavior change? SPC Impact’s 80 speakers will share what’s working across portfolios, what’s changing across policy, and how companies are adapting to meet consumers’ sustainability expectations.

Actionable Content: With more than 40 sessions, experts interested in everything from eco-modulation to consumer education can tailor their SPC Impact experience to find the sessions, tours, and workshops that’ll set them up for success when they head back to the office.

Networking Opportunities: Beyond sessions, SPC Impact provides structured time to solve problems with your peers. Bring a packaging challenge and talk it through with recyclers, material suppliers, and other brands or retailers working toward similar solutions.

Featured Speakers:
Adam Met – Musician – Band AJR; Professor at Columbia University; Founder and ED, Planet Reimagined; NYT Changemaker and Time Earth Award Winner
Senator Heidi Campbell – State Senator Tennessee General Assembly
John Glasgow – Founder Vault49
Allison Lin – Global VP Healthy Planet and Chief Circularity Officer Mars, Inc.
Brandi Parker – Founder/Consultant Parker Brands
Anders Persson – Regulatory Affairs Leader IKEA of Sweden AB
James Harmer – Planning and Innovation Strategy Lead Cambridge Design Partnership
Rob Opsomer – Executive Lead – Plastics Ellen Macarthur Foundation