2009 PLACE Flexible Packaging Summit
Product code: 09PLSUMMIT
Date: 4/28/2009 to 4/30/2009
Venue: Westin Columbus
Location: Columbus, OH
Contact: Kristi Ledbetter, kledbetter@tappi.org, +1 770-209-7319
Early bird registration extended to April 10th!
One Course + One Symposium = One Outstanding Event!
Consumer Packaging Solutions for Barrier Performance Course
Program highlights:
- A keynote speaker presenting consumer products company’s expectations for flexible packaging and barrier films
- Technical presentations dealing with the technology, materials, coatings and processes that can be used to meet these product expectations
- Roundtable discussion with industry celebrities
- Interactive study sessions with included refreshments
View Summit Brochure.
Keynote Speakers
Meeting Today’s Challenges for Snack Foods Flexible Packaging
Ken Laverdure, Ph.D., Packaging R&D, Sustainability and Advanced Materials Group, Frito-Lay North America
8:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Dr. Laverdure’s work in the Sustainability and Advance Material Group at Frito-Lay Packaging R&D focuses on the development of barrier films and sustainable packaging. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst under the direction of Prof. Samuel P. Gido of the Polymer Science and Engineering Department. Dr. Laverdure joined Frito Lay in 2007.
Kraft Foods’/Oscar Mayer’s Barrier Property Requirements and
Associated Flexible Packaging Challenges
Dan Feldmeier, Kraft Food/Oscar Mayer
8:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Feldmeier, a Chemical Engineer from UW-Madison, is an expert on processed meat packaging. He has over 20 years of packaging development experience in the Oscar Mayer business unit of Kraft Foods. Feldmeier is the highest level technical packaging person in that business unit. He has a broad base of experience in extrusion and thermoforming for Oscar Mayer in-house polymer processing applications and with applications utilizing supplier produced film and sheet. He has received seven US patents during his career.
View the Preliminary Course Schedule
By attending the Consumer Packaging Course, you will:
- Learn the packaging requirements for snack food/consumer packaging
- Learn the consumer packaging challenges for flexible snack food packaging and barrier requirements
Who Should Attend?
- Process engineers, process technicians, product engineers, product managers, and senior researchers at consumer product companies; flexible packaging and converting firms and their suppliers
- Technical sales and support staff from resin, additive, adhesive, and equipment companies, as well as end users and consultants.
- Technical sales and support staff from the food industry, flexible packaging, plastic suppliers, snack food/ converting areas, and packaging makers
Symposium on Nanomaterials for Flexible Packaging
Nanomaterials are being rapidly developed for enhancing the properties of flexible packaging. The primary objective in formulating and introducing these nanomaterials into flexible packaging is to improve the protection, safety and potentially the shelf-life which flexible packaging currently offers a wide range of perishable and non-perishable products. By introducing nanomaterials with high performance mechanical and thermal properties, the impact of packaging stresses such as mechanical, thermal, chemical, and those stresses which are biological, may be significantly reduced. Permeation performance of existing barrier materials could also be positively modified. This Symposium will explore the latest developments in nanotechnology products for modifying the molecular barrier properties of flexible packaging. Presentations will be made by industry experts within four discussion categories:
- Barrier Enhancement of Flexible Packaging Materials
- Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies
- Intelligent Packaging Nanotechnologies
- Issues, Challenges and the Future of Nanomaterials
By attending the Symposium on Nanomaterials for Flexible Packaging, you will:
- Learn the latest developments in nano barrier enhancement for flexible packaging materials
- Understand the impact of anti-microbial nanotechnologies and active packaging on food and beverage packaging
- Know how to integrate intelligent packaging nanotechnologies with biodegradable films and food packages
- Participate in a panel discussion exploring the issues, challenges and future of nanomaterials for flexible packaging
View the Preliminary Symposium Schedule
Who Should Attend?
- Process engineers, process technicians, product engineers, product managers, and senior researchers at consumer product companies; flexible packaging and converting firms and their suppliers
- Technical sales and support staff from resin, additive, adhesive, and equipment companies, as well as end users and consultants.
- Technical sales and support staff from the food industry, flexible packaging, plastic suppliers, snack food/ converting areas, and packaging makers
Sponsorship Opportunities are Available
Sponsorship of this event will put your company front and center to create awareness for your latest products and services. More information about sponsorship is available online, or contact Bob Wheeler at +404.353.6667 or rwheeler@tappi.org.
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Hotel Information
Westin Columbus
310 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215 USA
www.Westincolumbus.com
800.937.8461 (USA & CANADA); +1.614.228.3800 (International).
Be sure to mention TAPPI PLACE-Flexible Packaging Summit when making reservations. Summit attendees will receive complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi in guest rooms and the registration foyer.
Hotel Room rate is $145 +tax
We encourage everyone to stay at the Westin Columbus as it allows us to keep the registration fee low for this kind of event. If you have not already done so, please call to make your hotel reservations. If you encounter any problems securing the group rate of $145, please make your reservation and contact Apryl Alexander (aalexander@tappi.org) who will work with the hotel to ensure you receive the TAPPI discounted group rate. For Accommodations please call the hotel directly at +1.614.228.3800. Check-in is at 3:00pm and check-out is at 12:00noon.
Avis offers special discounts off regular rates for participants. To reserve your car, call 1.800.831.8000 and refer to the code AWD: #U226600.
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