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Andrew is an internationally recognised consumer packaging expert specialising in food and drink and OTC.

He brings a multi-disciplined skill base to the complex world of consumer packaging born out of his work with Pira, Nestle and Cadbury before setting up packaging consultancy CPS International and packaging innovation system Pack-TrackWhilst Andrew's knowledge of packaging is global, he is a leading authority on Japanese packaging application, making films and writing about the subject as well as being guest speaker at the Opening Ceremony of TokyoPack in the presence of Princess Nobuko of Mikasa.

Andrew has worked for hundreds of companies all round the world providing cost effective holistic packaging solutions, plus research and analysis advice. His multi-disciplined blend of packaging expertise is used to resolve the complex subject issues of packaging and formulate packaging strategy for companies.

In 2010 Pack-Track was acquired by the Datamonitor group with Andrew staying on to head up the company and retain its unique ethos and understanding packaging in depth. Pack-Track is now represented in 60 offices around the world and has state of the art facilities supporting FMCG and OTC brand manufacturing companies.

Marta is currently Head of Unit for the panel on Biological Hazards, EFSA. In January 2003 she joined the European Food Safety Authority first in Brussels (Belgium) and then in Parma (Italy) giving support to the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards. The BIOHAZ panel deals with questions regarding risk assessment of biological hazards relating to food safety and food-borne disease, including food-borne zoonoses and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, microbiology, food hygiene and associated waste management.

She holds a BSc in Biological Sciences, an MSc in Genetics and Microbial Biotechnology and a PhD in Food Microbiology by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. From 1992 to 2004 she was an Associate professor at the University of Barcelona at the Interuniversity Master of Biotechnology. She's a Board elected member of the Food Microbiology Group of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, member of the editorial Board of Food Analytical Methods, and has served as member of the Advisory Board for several scientific projects funded by DG RTD (VETMETNET-, BASELINE).

Prior to joining EFSA, she worked for IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology) in Catalonia (Spain) where she was Head of Unit on Food Microbiology and Biotechnology and led a research group on applied research on meat and food safety. IRTA's main activities are scientific research and technology transfer in the area of agriculture, aquaculture and the agrifood industry.

She has extensively published scientific papers, reviews, book chapters and divulgative papers on food safety, particularly the development of starter and bioprotective cultures for meat products, probiotics to improve the safety of poultry meat, new emerging preservation technologies as well the development of rapid diagnostic methods such as PCR for food pathogens and lately on EFSA's activities on Risk Assessment of Biological Hazards.

Dr. Tobias Richter is Director of the Business Unit HPP & Applied Packaging Solutions at the MULTIVAC headquarters in Wolfertschwenden in Germany and responsible for the High Pressure Processing Technology (HPP).

Dr. Tobias Richter holds a masters degree (M.Sc.) in Food Technology and a doctorate in engineering based on his thesis on the impact of HPP on food packaging. With many years of scientific and professional experience in international project and product management, Dr. Richter has further developed the HPP technology. He was also responsible for the market launch of MULTIVAC HPP beginning of 2011. His experience includes food technology and packaging, robotics and automation of packaging lines, high pressure processing of packaged foods and HPP process design.

Dr. Richter is convinced that HPP is one of the most promising and innovative technologies for enhancing food quality and safety. The food sector is now able to benefit from the lessons learned over the last 10 years of first industrial HPP applications. Especially the new and challenging combination of MAP and HPP offers an enormous market potential. However, to be successful, food processors have to pay special attention to the impact of HPP on the packaging of food products.

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