The Global Pouch Forum is the largest conference focused on pouch formats in packaging and their growth prospects worldwide, attracting an audience of more than 400 attendees that continues to swell each year. The event is the key gathering place for top packaging professionals involved in every aspect of pouch production and the corresponding film, closures, materials, equipment and services needed for this fast-growing packaging segment. The conference celebrates its 16th year in 2013, offering major presentations identifying new areas of pouch penetration, key technologies that will affect its future, new brand owner initiatives, compelling case studies, potential issues that could influence growth, and market trends in flexible packaging that offer both opportunity and proactive work by the pouch community.