Keynote
Presentation
1:00 - 1:40am

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CONTAINERS & MATERIALS

UPGRADING OPERATIONS

SUSTAINABILITY

BRAND PROTECTION

8:30 - 9:10am

EZPeel: A Revolutionary Steel Food Can Closure System
Michael Vaughn, Vice President, Packaging Innovation, Ball Corporation (M01)

Pouch Packaging 2018: What's Next?
Charles Murray, Chairman/CEO, PPi Technologies (M05)

Conservation - The First Step to Sustainability
Bill Petersen, General Mgr., Sales and Applications Development, Iconotech (M10)

Packaging HACCP - Food Companies' New Expectations for the Packaging Supply Chain
Wynn Wiksell, Manager, Pkg. Quality & Regulatory Ops, General Mills and Chairman, Food Safety Alliance for Packaging (M15)

9:20 - 10:00am

CCMA: The Innovation of New Product Development
Michael Mooney, Director, Design Engineering, Constar International (M02)

Packaging Operational Efficiencies Depend Upon Bridging the Mechatronics Skills Gap
Steve Berkos, Sr. Plant Controls Engineer, Unilever; James B. Higley, P.E., Professor, Purdue University Calumet (M06)

The United Kingdom's Packaging Sustainability Efforts
Richard Bull, Managing Director, Enercon Industries Ltd.; Ryan Schuelke, Sales Manager, Enercon Industries Ltd. (M11)

The Economics of Deploying State-of-the-Art Contaminant Detection - Spend a Little, Save a Lot
Bob Ries, Product Manager, Metal and X-ray Detection, Thermo Fisher Scientific (M16)

Keynote
Presentation
10:10 - 10:50am

11:00 - 11:40am

To Be Announced

Advanced Aseptic Processing: The Next Step in the Evolution of Aseptic Pharmaceutical Production
Dr. Jim Akers, President, Akers Kennedy & Associates, Inc. (M07)

A Brilliant Partnership: Color, Energy & Material
Rich Novomesky, Strategic Business Manager, Ampacet (M12)

Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Strategy: Aligning Actions with the Type of Counterfeiters and Counterfeiting
John Spink, Director, Michigan State University - Food Safety Center (M17)

11:50am - 12:30pm

CCMA - Key Industry Trends & Innovation
Bryan Wesselmann, Director, Global Sales & Marketing, Rexam (M04)

Packaging Execution Systems (PES): An Absolute Necessity
Joe Ringwood, COO, Systech International (M08)

Sustainability: What Brand Owners Expect from Their Packaging Suppliers
Tom Taber, Vice President, Strategex Inc. (M13)

IP Issues with Packaging
Eduardo Carreras, Partner Woodcock Washburn LLP; Harold Fullmer, Partner, Woodcock Washburn LLP (M18)

12:40 - 1:20pm

Enhancing Your Anti-Counterfeiting Arsenal
Jim Colby, Global Packaging Manager, Ink Supplies Business, Hewlett-Packard (M20)

Variable Frequency Metal Detection Technology
Martin Lymn, Director, Major Accounts, Loma Systems; Hermann Fleps, Technical Director, Loma Systems (M09)

OEM Perspectives on Innovation & Sustainability
Mike Wagner, Global Segment Business Mgr., Rockwell Automation; Darren Elliott, Global Technical Resources Mgr., Rockwell Automation (M14)

Unit Serialization in Production
William Fricks, Manager of Software Services, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Inc. (M19)

Keynote Room
2:00 - 2:40pm

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UPGRADING OPERATIONS

SUSTAINABILITY

PROCESSING

CONTAINERS & MATERIALS

8:30 - 9:10am

Developing the Packaging Workforce of the Future
Keith Campbell, Project Manager, Industrial Maintenance Training Center of PA; Scott Sheely, Executive Director, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board; John DeVere, Dean of Workforce & Economic Development, Reading Area Community College (T01)

New Technologies for Lightweighting Polyolefins
Terry Glass, Technology Leader Rigid Packaging, Dow Chemical (T06)

In-Process Product Traceability: From Concept to Reality
Tim Reardon, Industry Marketing Manager, Key Technology, Inc. (T11)

The Hole in RFID: Preventing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Loss
Andrew Strauch, VP Product Marketing & Management, MIKOH Corporation (T16)

9:20 - 10:00am

RFID's Impact on Process, Partnerships and Profit
Robb Clarke, Associate Professor, MSU School of Packaging (T02)

COMPASS - A New Tool to Map the Environmental Impact of your Packaging Material and Application Choices
Martha Leflar, GreenBlue, Senior Project Manager (T07)

Surface Pasteurization of Particulate Foods - Controlling Moisture and Quality
Rainer Perren, Managing Director, RPN Food Technology (T12)

Packaging Production Waste & Rework - A Gold Mine
Paul Zepf, Director of Engineering, Zarpac Inc. (T17)

Keynote
Presentation
10:10 - 10:50am

11:00 - 11:40am

Implementing a World-Class Packaging Operation
Rick VanDyke, Group Manager of Transformation/Supply Chain, Frito-Lay; David Latimer, Technology Leader, Procter & Gamble; Damian Stahl, Managing Partner, Polytron (T03)

Tradeoffs in Sustainability in Wrapping
Katherine Putnam, President, Package Machinery Company Inc. (T08)

Pneumatic Conveying in the Food Industry: Options in Sanitary Design and Technology
Stuart Wilson, Technical Manager Premier Pneumatics, K-Tron Process Group (T13)

Designing Rigid Shelf Stable Barrier Packaging
Gregory Dixon, Director of Engineering, Spartech Corporation (T18)

11:50am - 12:30pm

Prove It! Does Your Training Make a Difference?
Nancy B. Cobb, President, Partners in Possibilities; John Henry, President, Changeover.com (T04)

Achieving Sustainability through Adhesive Dispensing Technology
Rick Pallante, Marketing Development Manager - Packaging, Nordson Corporation (T09)

Increase Profits by Aligning Your Assets
Richard Henry, Vice President, The Advance Team (T14)

Designing Sustainable Transport Packaging . . . Then Managing It
Brian Lindell, Product Development Manager, Rehrig Pacific Company (T19)

12:40 - 1:20pm

Electrical Regulation Compliance for OEMs - What You Don't Know Might Shock (and Cost) You!
Mark Lewandowski, Technology Leader - Corporate Engineering, Procter & Gamble; Jim Reizner, Technology Section Head - Corporate Engineering, Procter & Gamble (T05)

Minimizing Packaging without Compromising Integrity
Patrick Hessini, Manager, Adalis Corp. (T10)

Over-treatment of PET - Fact or Fiction Part 1: A Study of Web Density, Corona Swell Time, Film Selection, Dyne Level and Water Soak Bond Strength
Jessica Bodine, Technical Sales Representative, MICA Corporation (T15)

Leveraging the Findings of a Corrugated Life Cycle Assessment
John Heckman, Vice President, Five Winds International; Dwight Schmidt, President, Fibre Box Association (T20)

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CONVERTING

UPGRADING OPERATIONS

SUSTAINABILITY

PROCESSING

8:30 - 9:10am

Folding Cartons - Rethink Your Workflow and Drive More Profits
Mike Pfaff, Folding Carton Manager, Mark Andy Inc.; Wally Nard, President, Novaflex Inc (W01)

Compliance Considerations in Marking and Coding
Bob Neagle, Business Unit Manager, Videojet Technologies Inc. (W06)

Making a Case for Reduced Format Transit Packaging
Ralph L. Dillon, Managing Director, Compliance Surety Associates; Joseph Noferi, Director, Compliance Surety Associates (W11)

Drying Technology: Heat Transfer, Energy Optimization, and Sanitation in Through Circulation Drying Applications
Peter Zagorzycki, Senior Applications Engineer, CPM Wolverine Proctor LLC (W15)

9:20 - 10:00am

Flexible Packaging - It's Not Just for Wide Web Anymore
Jerry Henson, Flexible Packaging Manager, Mark Andy Inc.; Giancarlo Caimmi, Vice President, Nordmeccanica Group (W02)

Sustainability - Reframing the Responsibility
Peter Nelson Fox, Director of Sales, Delkor Systems, Inc. (W07)

High-Density Foam As Alternative to Chemical Foam
Jonathan S. Cage, Director of Marketing - Packaging, Spartech Corporation (W12)

Optimizing the Workforce: Can It Save the Plant?
Jim Fitzpatrick, VP, Product Architect, Tugboat Software, Inc. (W16)

Keynote
Presentation
10:10 - 10:50am

Packaging - Elemental to a Sustainable Future
Glenn Wright, Commercial Vice President, NA Basic Plastics, The Dow Chemical Company

11:00 - 11:40am

Trends and Opportunities for Labels and other Package Decorations
Steve Schulte, National Sales Director, Mark Andy Inc.; Tom Polischuk, Editor-in-Chief, Package Printing Magazine (W03)

Enabling & Deploying Operational Performance
Rob Aleksa, Section Head, Procter & Gamble (W08)

Creating a Better Tomorrow Than Today
Jay Gehring, Vice President, R&D Packaging, Frito-Lay (W13)

Criteria for Designing Traceability Systems
Jarmo Vastapuu, Technical Platform Manager, Tetra Pak (W17)

11:50am - 12:30pm

FDA and Sustainable Food Printing & Packaging Implications with UV/EB Curing Part 1
Mickey Fortune, Vice President, RADTECH (W04)

Unleash the Power of Data Collection
Ronald Iannacone, President, Factory Intelligence Network (W09)

The Road to Zero Landfill Waste
Jim C. Bowen, Senior Vice President, Global Paper, Sonoco (W14)

12:40 - 1:20pm

FDA and Sustainable Food Printing & Packaging Implications with UV/EB Curing Part 2
Mickey Fortune, Vice President, RADTECH (W05)

FIRST 4.0: Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications and Tolerances
Mary Sullivan, Director of Global Marketing, Mark Andy Inc. (W10)

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