
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.