EDUCATION
Learn What's New in Plastics
Explore innovative technology, discover proven solutions, and gain practical insights from plastics industry experts and thought leaders.
Show Floor Stages
Open to All NPE Attendees!
What to Expect: 90+ show floor sessions across three stages, each running 30 minutes and covering case studies, emerging technology, and proven sustainability outcomes.
- Innovation Stage sponsored by Plastics Hall of Fame: See how automation, AI, and additive manufacturing are reshaping the plastics workforce.
- Packaging Stage: New for NPE! Discover how design, engineering, and innovative materials are driving performance across the packaging value chain.
- Sustainability Stage: Learn how recycling, circular design, and material recovery are delivering scalable impact across the industry.
Check back in November for session details.
Show Floor Tours
(New for NPE2027)
Access Requires the Expo+ or Expo+ One Day Registration Type.
What to Expect: Experience the NPE show floor from a new perspective with expert-led walking tours. Gain valuable insights, discover innovative solutions, and explore key exhibits tailored to your interests. Choose from four focused tour topics:
- • Monday: Sustainability & Circularity
- • Tuesday: Advanced Manufacturing
- • Wednesday: Packaging
- • Thursday: Future Technology
Connect with industry experts and uncover the trends, technologies, and solutions shaping the future of plastics.
Note: Separate RSVP required. RSVP registration will open in January.
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Classroom Sessions
Access Requires the Expo+ or Expo+ One Day Registration Type.
What to Expect: These 30- and 60-minute sessions will provide in-depth insights into the trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the plastics industry. Discover new approaches to artificial intelligence, workforce development, material characterization, and more, while gaining practical takeaways.
Check back in November for session details.
Education Tracks
New tech, new regulations, new materials, whatever your focus, NPE2027's eight content tracks are designed to showcase real-world solutions and help solve your toughest challenges.
Testing, analysis, and evaluation of material performance.
Topics: mechanical characterization, polymer analysis, applied rheology, failure analysis, advanced validation methods.
Advances in materials enabling new applications.
Topics: polymers, additives, composites, lightweighting, foams, elastomers, application-driven material innovation.
Building a skilled, safe, and resilient workforce.
Topics: workforce training, leadership development, safety programs, labor trends, talent retention.
External forces shaping the plastics industry.
Topics: regulatory frameworks, trade policy, economic trends, compliance, global market dynamics.
Sustainable solutions and circular systems for plastics.
Topics: recycling, bioplastics and biocomposites, life-cycle analysis (LCA), eco-design, material recovery, sustainable product development.
Innovation in packaging and plastics applications across industries.
Topics: packaging and films, product design and development, consumer trends, applications across medical, automotive, construction, and electronics.
Digital transformation across the plastics value chain.
Topics: AI applications, robotics, smart factories, data analytics, machine connectivity, digital manufacturing systems.
Core technologies and processing innovations shaping plastics manufacturing.
Topics: injection molding, extrusion and compounding, additive manufacturing, tooling and mold design, simulation, process efficiency, blow molding.