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THE INTERNATIONAL JUDGING PANEL

The judging Panel of WorldStar is composed of WPO Board members which consist of leading packaging professionals and Executive Directors of National and regional Packaging Institutes for more than 60 countries.The judging panel usually meets in November of each year  for the judging process. The jury's decision is final.The jury has the right to exclude entries which do not meet the conditions of entry. 
 

JUDGES FOR WORLDSTAR 2024
Nerida Kelton
Executive Director
AIP
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
   
Ernst Krottendorfer
Managing Director
Packforce Austria
AUSTRIA
Luciana Pellegrino
General Manager
ABRE
BRAZIL
Mariana Soto
Gerente general
CENEM
CHILE
Wang Guanzhong
Vice Secretary-General
CPF
CHINA
Li Ling
Director of the International Department
CEPI
CHINA
Drena Tejic-Milijevic
Faunder, coowner and managing director
Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts Tectus - IatT
CROATIA
Miriela Valle Cepero
Asesora
Centro Nacional de Envases y Embalajes
CUBA
Iva Werbynská
Managing Director
Czech and Slovak Packaging Institute SYBA
CZECH REPUBLIC
Nadim Elias
Chairman of the Egyptian chamber of printing and packaging industries
Nadim Elias
EGYPT
Antro Säilä
CEO
The Finnish Packaging Association
FINLAND
PELTIER Fabrice
Designer
INDP
FRANCE
Kim Cheng
Managing Director
German Packaging Institute
GERMANY
KOFI ESSUMAN
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING, GHANA
GHANA
Dimitris Mandis
chairman
AGMPM
GREECE
Miklos NAGY
Senior Secretary
CSAOSZ - Hungarian Packaging Association
HUNGARY
Shekhar Amberkar
Assistant Director-Estt. & Head - International Packaging Centre
Indian Institute of Packaging
INDIA
Ariana Susanti
Business Development Director
Indonesian Packaging Federation
INDONESIA
Afshin Fakhr
CEO
Iranain Institute Of Packaging
IRAN
Abdullah Adnan Abdulkarim
Director
National Center for Packing and Packaging
IRAQ
shira Rosen
chairwoman
Israeli packaging institute
ISRAEL
Alessandra Alessi
Communication manager
Istituto Italiano Imballaggio
ITALY
Takehiro KANEKO
Manager
Takehiro KANEKO
JAPAN
Yousef Abu Atieh
General Manager
Jopack
JORDAN
Joseph Nyongesa
Chief Executive Officer
Institute of Packaging Professionals Kenya
KENYA
IVETA KRAUJA
CHAIR(WO)MAN OF BOARD
PACKAGING ASSOCIATION OF LATVIA
LATVIA
Soha Atallah
Vice President /Director
WPO/LibanPack
LEBANON
Corné Huijben
Manager Gouden Noot
NVC Nederlands verpakkingscentrum
NETHERLANDS
Ahmed Omah
Executive Director
Institute of packaging Professional Nigeria
NIGERIA
Kari Bunes
Man.dir
The Norwegian Packaging Association
NORWAY
Ayman Sbeih
Secretary General
PFPPI
PALESTINE
John David Pestaño
Director for Programs
Packaging Institute of the Philippines
PHILIPPINES
Krzysztof Niczyporuk
President
Polska Izba Opakowań / Polish Chamber of Packaging
POLAND
Yahya Khaliffa
Head of Printing and Packaging Department
Riyadh Polytechnic Inst.
SAUDI ARABIA
Kishan Singh
National Education Officer
Institute of Packaging SA
SOUTH AFRICA
Jin Kie Shim
Director
Korea Packaging Center
SOUTH KOREA
Nacho Cusí
General Manager
Aespackaging-Graphispack Association
SPAIN
Magnus Sidling
Board member
Swedish Packaging Guild
SWEDEN
Aslihan Arikan
General Secretary
ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association
TÜRKIYE
Dr. Siriwan Tungsangprateep
Sinoir Researcher
Thai Packaging Centre
THAILAND
Hager Fenniche Ben Mami
Marketing Manager
Tunisia
TUNISIA
Veronika Khalaydzhi
president
Club Packagers of Ukraine
UKRAINE
Habiba Al Mar'ashi
Co-Founder & Chairperson
Emirates Environmental Group
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Ian Schofield
Owner
IOM3 Uk
UNITED KINGDOM
Jane Chase
Executive Director
Institute of Packaging Professionals
USA
JUDGING CRITERIA
FOR WORLDSTAR MAIN CATEGORIES
The judges consider the following criteria:

Protection and preservation of contents

Sales Appeal: On-Pack Branding/ Marketability

Ergonomics

Quality of Execution

Sustainability

Cost Reduction, economy of material, and cost saving

Ease of handling, filling, closing, opening and reclosing

Creativity and Innovation
JUDGING CRITERIA
FOR WORLDSTAR SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Marketing Award:

  • The overall success of the packaging to represent the equity of the brand and  relevance to the product
  • The point of difference that gives it a marketing edge encouraging purchase
  • The packaging that best creates value to the consumer based on interaction, emotional connection or usability


Sustainability Award

  • SOCIAL: Benefit to Society
  • MATERIAL: Responsible raw materials sourcing, including materials from renewable resources
  • SOURCE REDUCTION: weight reduction when compared to the previous package or to general packs in its class
  • ENERGY: Optimization during transportation, storage and use
  • RECOVERY: Re-usability, recyclability, recoverability, post-consumer material recycling, ease of disposal


Packaging that Save the Food

  • The packaging solution has shown to reduce food losses or food waste in a relevant amount.
  • Appropriateness, adequacy, convenience
  • Innovative but feasible
  • Sustainability
  • Communicates to consumers that the package is saving food or reducing food losses/food waste
  • Benefit to Society/Community

 

Accessible Packaging Award: 

  • Packaging must be easy to open and use for those with limited functional abilities. 
  • Innovation for accessibility 
  • Packaging shall be fit for purposes
  • Packaging labelling information shall be highly legible


 

JUDGING PROCESS


The Judging  process for WorldStar is conducted over 2 phases usually in the month of November of each year.
 

  • The first phase is done online where each judge  assess each WorldStar entry remotely and individually and puts a score based on the above judging criteria

 

  • The second phase is  a  live deliberation session via zoom meeting or physically  to assess the shortlisted entries  and to select the special award categories.