Mauro Merico is a dedicated and compassionate sales professional at Hoffmann Neopac AG, Switzerland, with over 20 years' experience in the flexible packaging industry. He has worked mainly in the field of primary packaging for the food industry. At Hoffmann Neopac AG, a technological leader in manufacturing tin packaging and flexible high-barrier tubes, Mauro Merico is mainly responsible for developing new concepts and applications for tin packaging. His function plays a crucial role as link between Marketing, R&D and production department. Main focus is to supply “Innovation by Tin” and satisfy customer’s packaging needs and requirements. Prior to joining Hoffmann Neopac AG, he was with international manufacturers as Südpack Verpackungen GmbH Germany (2013-2015), Amcor Flexibles Europe & America (2004-2013), Goglio SpA Italy (1995-2003), UCIMU SPP Italy (1991-1994) and IBM SEMEA SpA Italy (1988-1990).

Keisha Broadway is an experienced sales professional at Hoffmann Neopac, US. She has over 15 years’ experience in the beauty and personal care industry. Keisha joined Neopac in 2018 managing the cosmetic and personal care division in North America. She is responsible for building new partnerships while also fostering current relationships.

With over 25 years of global leadership experience in enabling organizations to adopt transformational technologies, Francesco is a leader and contributor in developing and implementing technology and operational strategies for startups and global enterprise firms alike, including The Hyundai Motor Company, Deutsche Börse, JPMorgan Chase, Itochu, DirecTV, Cisco, and IronRidge.

Because PLUS made a conscious decision early on to aggressively invest in technology across all aspects of its operations, Francesco serves the dual role of Chief Technology Officer and Head of Operations. As a member of the PLUS Products Executive team, Francesco is responsible for leading and implementing PLUS’ e-commerce platforms, its core infrastructure platforms – ERP, HR, Finance – and its digital strategy, applying technology innovation to all aspects of Operations, including optimizing the supply chain, enabling repeatability at scale for large and small factory footprints, driving continuous improvement through the adoption of automation, and delivering safe, consistent, high-quality products. He holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Since March 2017, Cedric is active as analyst-consultant at the Belgian Packaging Institute (IBE-BVI). Within the Child Resistant Packaging Department, Cedric effectuates the different child and adults test according to the European and/or international standards as well as the US protocol. His expertise is also used in the CEN/ISO working groups. He is in direct contact with the clients, which is highly appreciated due to the fact that he can report them directly on the testing. As well clients form the pharmaceutical, the chemical as the packaging sector are in his portfolio and this at worldwide level.

Case Mandel is the Co-Founder of Cannadips, the Original Smokeless Cannabis and American Hemp CBD pouch and founder of ArcataX for live resin extraction in California. His journey into cannabis started on the River music festival in Humboldt County. From there, he started with growing and processing cannabis in the hills of Northern California to now working exclusively with Lexaria Bioscience (LXRP) on optimizing the smokeless oral absorption of cannabinoid. His passion is getting to use cannabis to help people quit using tobacco. Before cannabis, he was venturing down a career in medicine. His undergrad was in kinesiology, which provided a great foundation for understanding the human body.