The Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) Total Show 2019, which will take place at the NEC in Birmingham, has announced a  conference programme devised to focus on some of the key issues facing modern manufacturing, including Brexit, serialisation and packaging design, as well as tackling the debate surrounding sustainability and the circular economy. Speakers will include IKEA head of sustainable and healthy living Joanna Yarrow and Sunday Times Europe editor Peter Conradi. To register, go to: https://www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk/