
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 2023

Mr. Silivio Colombo
Education Coordinator Area Argentine Packaging Institute
ARGENTINA


Mrs. Nerida Kelton
Executive Director, AIP Vice President Sustainability & Save Food, WPO Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND


Mr. Ernst Krottendorfer
Managing Director Packforce Austria
AUSTRIA


Mrs. Luciana Pellegrino
ABRE Director - WPO Senior Vice President for Marketing ABRE – Brazilian Packaging Association
BRAZIL


Ms. Mariana Soto Urzúa
General Manager CENEM
CHILE


Mr. Guanzhong Wang
Director China National Export Commodities Packaging Research Institute (CEPI)
CHINA


Mr. Hu Zhengyang
Vice Secretary China Packaging Federation
CHINA


Ms. Suzanne Mouelle
Deputy Secretary APECI (Association of Packaging Professionals in Côte d'Ivoire)
COTE D'IVOIRE


Ms. Drena Tejić-milijević
Managing Director Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts Tectus - IatT
CROATIA


Ms. Miriela Valle Cepero
Director Centro Nacional de Envases y Embalajes
CUBA


Ms. Iva Werbynská
Managing Director Czech and Slovak Packaging Institute SYBA
CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA


Mr. Antro Säilä
CEO The Finnish Packaging Association
FINLAND


Ms. Kim Cheng
Managing Director German Packaging Institute dvi
GERMANY


Mr. Kofi Essuman
CEO Institute of Packaging, Ghana
GHANA


Mr.Dimitris Mandis
Chairman AGMPM
GREECE


Mr. Nagy Miklos
Secretary General Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ)
HUNGARY


Mr. Shekhar Amberkar
Assistant Director & Head, International Packaging Centre Indian Institute of Packaging
INDIA


Ms. Ariana Susanti
Director Indonesia Packaging Federation
INDONESIA


Mr. Afshin Fakhr
CEO Iranain Institute Of Packaging(IRIP)
IRAN


Mr. Yasser Al Sudani
NCP Manager National Center for Packing and Packaging
IRAQ


Ms. Shira Rosen
Chairwomen of the Israeli packaging institute and CEO of Packteck.co.il Israeli Packaging Institute
ISRAEL


Ms. Alessandra Alessi
Communication Manager Istituto Italiano Imballaggio
ITALY


Mr. Takehiro Kaneko
Manager, Transport Packaging Division Japan Packaging Institute
JAPAN


Mrs. Sujud Al-balawneh
Director National Packaging Center - Jopack
JORDAN


Mr. Joseph Nyongesa
CEO Institute of Packaging Professionals Kenya
KENYA


Ms. Iveta Krauja
Chairman Packaging Association of Latvia
LATVIA


Ms. Soha Atallah
Director of LIbanPack, WPO Vice President LibanPack
LEBANON


Mr. Corné Huijben
Project Manager De Gouden Noot NVC
NETHERLANDS


Mr. Ahmed Alex Omah
Director Institute of Packaging Professional Nigeria
NIGERIA


Ms. Kari Bunes
Managing Director The Norwegian Packaging Association
NORWAY


Mr. Ayman Sbeih
Chairman of board PEPPI
PALESTINE


Mr. Stefano Paolo G. Buñag
Director Packaging Institute of the Philippines
PHILIPPINES


Mr. Bill Marshall
National Secretary Institute of Packaging SA
SOUTH AFRICA


Mr. Jin Kie Shim
Director KITECH
SOUTH KOREA


Mr. Nacho Cusi
Managing Director Spain Packaging Association
SPAIN


Mr. Manthi Weerasekera
Secretary Publicity Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging
SRI LANKA


Mr. Magnus Sidling
Sales Manager Swedish Packaging Guild
SWEDEN


Mr. Philippe Dubois
President Swiss Packaging Institute
SWITZERLAND


Dr. Siriwan Tungsangprateep
Senior Researcher Thai Packaging Centre (TPC)
THAILAND


Ms. Hager Ben Mami
Marketing Manager Tunisian Packaging Technical Center
TUNISIA


Ms. Aslihan Arikan
General Secretary ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association
TURKEY


Ms. Veronika Khalaydzhi
President Club Packagers
UKRAINE


Ms. Habiba Al Marashi
Co-Founder and Chairperson Emirates Environmental Group EEG
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES


Mr. Ian Bowbrick
Director IOM3
UNITED KINGDOM


Ms. Jane Chase
Director IOPP 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.