Monday, October 30th

RFID OPPORTUNITIES

Moderator: Clyde Witt, Executive Editor, Material Handling Management

MATERIAL/
CONTAINER ADVANCES

Moderator: Bill Thomas, Director Technology Commercialization, Silgan Closures

SAFETY ISSUES

Moderator: Sean Riley, Editor, Packaging Machinery Technology (PMT)

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Moderator: Stan Kopecky, Packaging Consultant, SJK Consultants

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(M1)
Smart Labels: From Standards to Practice

Panel Moderator: Dan Mullen, President, AIM Global
Panelists: Julie England, VP, TI and General Manager, RFID, Texas Instruments
Mike Lowry, President and CEO, Lowry Computer Products
Suresh Palliparambil, Director, Business Development, Intelleflex Corporation
Michael Putnam, Product Marketing Manager, MARKEM Corporation

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(M6)
Enhancing Brand Identity and Value Through Shrink Labeling

Jeff Stahl, National Sales Manager, Seal-It, Inc.
John Murray, Polyflex Sales Manager, Plastic Suppliers Inc.
Karl Yancey, Plant Manager, Bonset Americas

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(M11)
The New ANSI/PMMI B155.1 Safety of Machinery Standard

Fred Hayes, Director of Technical Services, PMMI

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(M16)
Create a Strategy to Maximize Value for Your Packaging Dollars

George Cantrell, Senior Consultant and Jim Kiser, Vice President of Operations, ADR International

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(M2)
Resolving the Technical Challenges of RFID Tagging of Liquids and Metal Packaging

Dan Abramowicz, EVP Technology and Regulations, Crown Holdings, Inc.
Tony Kington, General Manager, QinetiQ Metal Printing (QMP)

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(M7)
Predictive Engineering for PET Bottles—Getting it Right the First Time

Michael Mooney, Senior Manager, Design Engineering, CONSTAR International

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(M12)
21st Century Safety Solutions for the Packaging Industry

Gil Guajardo, Safety Product Marketing Manager, Omron Electronics LLC

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(M17)
Thinking the Unthinkable: Outsourcing Your Packaging Department

John W. Freudenberg, President, Packaging Consulting Resources

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:30 am – 11:15 am
(MK)
“Packaging: A Change Agent in Change”

Harris DeLoach, Jr., Chairman, President & CEO, Sonoco Products Company

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(M3)
The Effect and Impact of Operational Components on RFID Success

Robb Clarke, Associate Professor, MSU School of Packaging

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(M8)
The Personalization of Packaging

Jerry Meier, Vice President, Paper Machinery Corporation

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(M13)
 TBD

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(M18)
How New Technology Affects Training and Bottom-line Results

Panel Moderator: Nancy Cobb, President, Partners in Possibilities
Panelists: John Kowal, Global Marketing Manager
Dr. Kenneth J. Ryan, Director, CAMC
Marc Soucy, Senior Staff Engineer, The Hershey Company

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(M4)
Barcodes vs. RFID—Can they Coexist?

Rick Fox, President & CEO, Fox IV Technologies, Inc.

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(M9)
Dealing with Taste and Odor in Rigid Food and Beverage Packaging

Rich Novomesky, Market Manager, Ampacet Corporation

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(M14)
How Do Different Carton Sealing Methods Affect Your Package Security and Shipping Costs?

Jeffrey A. Deacon, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Better Packages Inc.

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(M19)
Training for the Future in Packaging/ Manufacturing—Today!

Gem Skinner, Senior Trainer, E²M/Polytron

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(M5)
 TBD

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(M10)
Microwaveable Food Container Hybrid

Michael Vaughn, Vice President, Innovation, Ball Corporation

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(M15)
Inner Seal Technology and its Application to Improving Brand Security

Steve Cassidy, President, Selig Sealing Products, Inc.

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(M20)
X-ray Inspection: The Future of Packaging Inspection

Miguel Castellanos, Sales Manager, Mettler-Toledo Safeline, Inc.

SPECIAL SESSION
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
(M21)
“PMT's Packaging Line of the Year Award”

Maria Ferrante, Editorial Director, Packaging Machinery Technology (PMT)
Jason King, Director of Engineering, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

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Tuesday, October 31st

IMPROVING
OPERATIONS

Moderator: John Blanchard, Analyst, ARC Advisory Group

MATERIAL/
CONTAINER ADVANCES

Moderator: Aaron Brody, Ph.D., President & CEO, Packaging/Brody, Inc.

BRAND PROTECTION

Moderator: Pan Demetrakakes, Executive Editor, Food & Drug Packaging

SUSTAINABILITY
STRATEGIES

Moderator: Bruce Harte, Professor, Michigan State University, School of Packaging

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(T1)
Miller Brewing Trains a Talented Eye on Equipment Faults

Don Stevens, Packaging Equipment Specialist, Miller Brewing Co.
Russell Leonard, Product Manager, Monitoring Technology Corporation

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(T6)
Creating Value in the Shrink Body Label Market: Innovating for the Entire Value Chain

Jayme Leita, Senior Technical Service Representative and Chris Frank, Field Market Development Manager, Eastman Chemical Company

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(T11)
Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters have Contaminated the Supply Chain

Katherine Eban, Independent Investigative Reporter

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(T16)
The Innovative and Sustainable Advantages of New Paper-based Barrier Pouch Materials

Dawn Soucek, Business Innovations Manager, Barrier Papers, Stora Enso Global Specialty Papers

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(T2)
Designing for the Future: Specifying Flexible Packing Lines Now

Panel Moderator: Ignacio Munoz Guerra, General Director, AutoPak Engineering Corp.
Panelists: Siong Ho, Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
John D. Spano, Manager Equipment Engineering, McNeil Consumer Healthcare

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(T7)
New Waterborne Acrylic Technology for Packaging Lamination

Mai Chen, Ph.D., Research Project Manager, Rohm and Haas Co.

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(T12)
Fighting Fakes

Henry Sang, Publishing Systems & Technology Manager, HP Labs

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(T17)
The Financial and Environmental Impacts of Reduced Format Transit Packaging

Ralph L. Dillon, Director, Compliance Surety Associates
Michael Whiteside, President, Macro-Systems Ltd.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:30 am – 11:15 am
(TK)
“Creating a Sustainable Future: Growing the Bio-resin Market in a Greening Economy”
Dennis McGrew, President & CEO, NatureWorks LLC

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(T3)
Reducing Downtime and Simplifying Operations Through Remote Monitoring

Paul Botting, Ethernet Development Manager, Schneider Electric North America

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(T8)
Smart Packaging: How Smart is it and Where is it Going?

Barry Goldberg, President, Tappa Group International, LLC

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(T13)
Brand Protection Through Product Marking and Coding

Jack Walsh, Market Manager, Brand Protection Solutions, Videojet Technologies, Inc.

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(T18)
Biopolymer Shrink Sleeves—The Final Frontier for Shrink Sleeve Labeling

John Murray, Polyflex Sales Manager, Plastic Suppliers, Inc.

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(T4)
Palletizing: Conventional vs. Robotic

Paul Probst, President, vonGal Corp.

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(T9)
Future Potential and Challenges for Graphic Corrugated Packaging

Frank Perkowski, President, Business Development Advisory

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(T14)
Brand Protection Through Package Design

Carolyn Burns, Global Marketing Manager, DuPont Security & Solutions

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(T19)
Home Compostable Palm Fiber Packaging: A Cradle to Cradle Solution

Shannon Boase, Founder & President, Earthcycle Packaging Ltd.

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(T5)
Establishing Operational Performance Metrics

Paul Zepf, Director of Engineering, Zarpac Inc.
Mike Powers, VP of Global Business Services, Procter & Gamble Co.

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(T10)
Breakthrough Technology Alleviates Paneling in Hot-Fill Cans, Hot-Fill PET and Wide-Mouth Cans

Cheryl Thierfelder, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Cryotech International
Tom Bissett, Engineering Manager, Cryotech International

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(T15)
Layering Anti-Counterfeiting at Every Level to Discourage Attack of Your Product

Ralph Dillon, Director, Compliance Surety Associates
Joseph Noferi, Director, Compliance Surety Associates

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(T20)
Global Quest for Sustainable Packages: What’s Out There?

Lynn Dornblaser, Director, Custom Solutions Group,
Mintel International

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Wednesday, November 1st

RFID OPPORTUNITIES

Moderators: Mary Ann Falkman, Editor-in-Chief & Grant Gerke, Associate Editor, Packaging Digest

MATERIAL/
CONTAINER ADVANCES

Moderators: Lisa Pierce, Editor-in-Chief, Food & Drug Packaging

IMPROVING
OPERATIONS

Moderators: Leland Teschler, Executive Editor, Machine Design Magazine

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO)

Moderator: TBD

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(W1)
Automatic RFID Label Application—Keys to Success

Ann Marie Phaneuf, Director of Marketing, Weber Marking Systems, Inc.

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(W6)
Paper Label Design Strategies: Product Lifecycle Optimization

Tom Borchardt, Business Innovations Manager, Stora Enso Global Specialty Papers

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(W11)
Top 10 Proven Methods to Maximize Uptime and Boost Performance of Packaging Lines

Scott Klages, Vice President, Senior Manufacturing Consultant, Parsec Automation Corp.

8:30 am – 9:15 am
(W16)
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): What is it, How the Heck Do I Factor this into My Purchase Decision and Do I Really Need to?

Dennis Bertolucci, Senior Industrial Designer, Simplex Filler Company

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(W2)
RFID Inside the Package

Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(W7)
Commercialization of Stick Packaging in the USA

Neil Kozarsky, President, T.H.E.M.

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(W12)
How to Evaluate/Specify Automation Technology in the Wake of New Challenges in the Packaging Industry

Markus Sandhoefner, Sales Manager, B&R Industrial Automation

9:25 am – 10:10 am
(W17)
Calculating Total Delivered Cost

Pat Helm, Systems Project Manager, Systems Group Inc.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:30 am – 11:15 am
(WK)
“The Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club Packaging Vision”

Amy Zettlemoyer, Director of Packaging, Sam’s Club and
Matt Kistler, Vice President, Package & Product Innovations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(W3)
Chipless RFID Label Technology Progression

Don Taylor, Vice President, Global Marketing, InkSure Technologies

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(W8)
Easy-Open, Theft-Foiling Blister and Clamshell Packaging

Ken Sullivan, Director of Marketing, SCA Consumer Packaging

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(W13)
Eliminating Errors to Maximize Performance of Your Existing Line

Jeremy Barson, European Systems Integration Engineer, MARKEM Corp.

11:25 am – 12:10 pm
(W18)
Total Cost of Ownership of Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials and Processes

Angela Roggenhofer, Healthcare Account Specialist, Honeywell International

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(W4)
High Volume RFID Tagging: Lessons Learned at a Large Food Company

John Blanchard, Analyst, ARC Advisory Group and Michael Putnam, Product Marketing Manager, MARKEM Corporation

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(W9)
The Blister Sealing Guidelines, a New Industry Standard

John Rohrer, President, Association of Visual Packaging Manufacturers
Rick Thomas, Vice President, Association of Visual Packaging Manufacturers
Henry Munn, Technical Representative, International Paper Act

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(W14)
Choosing the Right Control to Fit the Application

Tom Jensen, Engineering Manager, ELAU, Inc

12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
(W19)
Total Cost of Ownership Models for Capital Equipment: Common Ground for Buyers and Sellers

Bob Adamson, Vice President, Sales, B&H Labeling Systems

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(W5)
Building the Business Case for RFID: A CPG Perspective

Mark Baum, Partner, and Darin Yug, Partner, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(W10)
Innovations in Package Printing: Thermoformed Packs, Closures with Taste, and Sensory Packaging

Bob Scherer, Vice President, CL&D Digital

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(W15)
Pneumatic Servo Technology—Packaging Automation

Mike Kriegsmann, Chief Technology Officer, Sunstream Scientific, LLC

1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
(W20)
Stay Competitive by Reducing Packaging Costs

Mark Zelnick, President, Zed Industries

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