FPA events

The FPA holds four key events each year: the annual FPA Awards and Exhibition, the Environment Seminar, Golf and Activities Day and the AGM. Other events, such as roadshows and webinars, help inform and educate members and facilitate networking.

Events

Booking is now open for the 2025 FPA Environment Seminar: How to get out of the packaging jungle alive, returning to Stationers’ Hall, EC4M 7DD, London.

Taking place on Wednesday, 29 October, this essential one-day seminar is designed to widen your perspective on the key packaging issues facing your business – and how to stay on top of them.

The agenda will cover a range of critical topics, including reusables, packaging claims, how to manage government packaging legislation to deliver benefits for your business, and AI applications for packaging and waste management.

You’ll hear from a variety of expert speakers and have the opportunity to question representatives from government, packaging, environment, and hospitality sectors.

Refreshments will be served from 9:00 a.m., with the formal agenda beginning at 10:00 a.m.

This year’s seminar will also mark Martin Kersh’s final appearance as host, following his departure from the FPA at the end of September to join the Packaging Federation as joint CEO and pursue his political ambitions. We warmly invite you to join us at a nearby pub immediately following the seminar, where we’ll raise a glass in thanks for Martin’s invaluable contributions and wish him every success in the future.

The seminar is always a highlight of the FPA calendar. Ticket price is being held at the 2024 price of £165 plus VAT for members, and £265 for non-members. This includes refreshments and lunch.

Members can take advantage of our early booking offer. Book before 30 September to receive one free ticket for every ticket booked.

Non-members are welcomed, but are excluded from the BOGOF offer.

To book your place please click on the button below. We look forward to seeing you there.

Timings

9.00 - Coffee, tea, and pastries on arrival.

10.00 - Seminar begins.

11.30 - Coffee/tea break.

13.00 - Lunch.

13.45 - Afternoon sessions begin.

16.30 - Seminar closes.

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FPA 2026 Awards

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The FPA 2026 Awards will take place on 5 March 2026 at the Grand Hotel, Brighton.  

 

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Golf & Activities Day 2026

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The 2026 Golf and Activities Day will take place at the new venue of Breadsall Priory, Morley, Derbyshire,  on 11 June 2026.

Further details will follow.

Past events

Defra’s Recycling Assessment Methodology (RAM) is creating major issues for those tasked with gathering and reporting the data required to meet your business’s legal obligation. 

This webinar, free to FPA members, has been designed to help you understand what you need to do, including the level of detail and accuracy required. By bringing together Alison Appleby and Ryan Pedley from leading compliance agency Ecosurety, who process the information on behalf of their members, and Ashleigh Taylor from Compass, who is tasked with finding the data for a vast range of packaging, the webinar will work through the basics right through to the day-to-day implementation. 

The FPA was proud to be a sponsor of Environmental Packaging Live which took place on 24 and 25 June.

The FPA Golf and Activities Day took place on Thursday 12 June at Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry and at Whilton Mill. Click below to see more details including photos of the day.

The FPA Regional Roadshow South took place at Luton Hoo Hotel. Members had the opportunity to meets the chairs of FPA committees and to learn more about the the association's Primary Authority Partnerships with Trading Standards, with plent of time for networking too.

The FPA Regional Roadshow Midlands took place on 17 December 2024 in Birmingham.

 

The 2024 Environment Seminar took place on 7 November at the Stationers' Hall in London. Members heard from a wide range of speakers covering topical industry issues.
Past Events
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FPA 2025 Awards

The FPA 2025 Awards is the highlight of our year and took place at The Grand Hotel in Brighton. Nearly 400 members and their guests gathered to celebrate the best of our industry. 

The 2026 Awards will take place on 5 March 2026 at the Grand Hotel.

Environment Agency

Environment Agency EPR Webinar

The FPA & Environment Agency webinar took place on 11 March 2025. Members were able to have their questions about EPR answered directly.