Daniel Stricker is a philosopher (MA) with an international management education (INSEAD). He is considered one of Europe’s and the world’s leading experts on plastics markets and is a sought-after speaker. Until the end of 2019, he was responsible for Europe’s leading industry service Kunststoff Information (KI) as editor-in-chief for about 20 years. Prior to that, he was, among other things, project manager for industrial trade fairs at Leipziger Messe and a senior manager in research organization and innovation management for plastics of the Technical University of Berlin.