Date: November 15-17, 2023

Location: Jeju, South Korea

APN Chair: Dr. Hayati Samsudin

The 8th Asia Packaging Network (APN) Symposium (APN 2023) is being prepared by the host, Korea Society of Packaging Science & Technology (KoPaST) to be held in Jeju Island, Korea through 14-16 November, 2023. APN 2023 will be held jointly with Asia Pacific Packaging Symposium of International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) and KoPaST annual meeting.

APN, as a network of researchers in packaging related universities and research institutions in Asia, has objectives (1) to promote academic programs related to packaging, (2) to collaborate on  packaging research and sharing of research experiences, and (3) to support the industries, the public and the government authorities on relevant data and information related to packaging.

As an activity of APN, APN 2023 aims to provide an international forum for presenting current development works and future directions in research and applications over all areas of packaging science and technology.