Pentawards Festival, 28-29 January 2025

Unrivalled opportunities to network with the world's leading designers, marketers, and packaging experts at the Pentawards Festival 2025

The Pentawards Festival taking place during Paris Packaging Week on 28 & 29 January 2025 offers unrivalled opportunities to network with the world's leading designers, marketers, and packaging experts.



We highly recommend attending this key business event free of charge.

Check out the full festival agenda here.

Panel: Design with Impact: Part 2 – Trends, Challenges, and Transformation


When: Wednesday, 29 January
Time: 14:00 - 14:40
Where: Pentawards Festival Stage, Paris Packaging Week

This engaging session will look at

- Sustainable packaging practices
- Accessible design for diverse audiences
- Integrating AI into packaging innovation
- How impactful design can drive sustainable market transformation

epda Vice-President Uwe Melichar will host this panel and here are the panellists:

- Curtis Ju, Founder and Global Initiative Director at K Laser Design Lab
- John Glasgow, Co-Founder of Vault49
- Sebastien Greffe, Creative Director at WeWantMore

Sign up for the festival here.

EPDA will be present with a stand in the Pentawards festival area:


1. Discover EPDA: Learn more about our vision to connect, empower & celebrate European Brand Design.  

2. Sustainability & Innovation: Learn more about our Sustainability programme to help designers and clients on their ways to design and produce more sustainably.

3. The Value of our Work: Explore our "Fair Pitches Only" approach to strive for better agency-client relationships.

4. Exclusive Events & Networking: Hear about our bi-annual international conferences and collaborations with key trade shows and industry partners, where to meet brand owners, packaging experts, and design professionals in a neutral space to share ideas and grow together.

Stop by our stand to connect with us and discover how EPDA is shaping the future of design. We'd love to meet you!