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Better Together: 2021 SuperCorrExpo LIVE! Part 2

Discover cutting-edge innovations transforming corrugated packaging operations through exclusive interviews from Super Core Expo 2021. Industry leaders discuss machine learning platforms for predictive maintenance, six-color digital inkjet technology enabling sustainable packaging design, and large format digital printing solutions that reduce lead times from weeks to days. Learn how diversity drives innovation, advanced manufacturing processes optimize efficiency, and digital transformation creates new market opportunities. Essential insights for plant managers, R&D leads, and operations professionals seeking competitive advantages in packaging technology, equipment optimization, and leadership development within the evolving corrugated industry landscape.

Better Together: 2021 SuperCorrExpo LIVE! Part 1

Industry veterans Jan O'Leary interviews four corrugated packaging innovators at Super Core Expo 2021, exploring breakthrough technologies that optimize costs and maximize efficiency. Featured guests discuss Quantum Inc's customer-obsessed ink systems, Mitsubishi's augmented reality training solutions, Tilia Labs' AI-powered production optimization software, and PCA's Dr. Ben Frank shares research insights that earned him the prestigious Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal. This episode delivers advanced technical insights, benchmarking opportunities, and leadership development perspectives essential for mid-career professionals seeking to stay competitive in the evolving corrugated industry while proving ROI to stakeholders.

Better Together: Karen Dillon "Market-Creating Innovation"

Karen Dillon, former Harvard Business Review editor and co-author of The Prosperity Paradox, explores market-creating innovation that transforms struggling communities into thriving economies. Drawing from 30 years of business leadership expertise, Dillon reveals how identifying customer struggles, rather than adding product features, unlocks breakthrough growth opportunities. For mid-career professionals in pulp and paper manufacturing, this approach offers strategies to move beyond efficiency improvements toward game-changing innovations that create entirely new markets. Learn how companies like Intuit revolutionized small business accounting and how sustainability demands present unprecedented innovation opportunities for industry leaders seeking competitive advantages and ROI-driven growth initiatives.

Better Together: Chris Czyryca & TAPPI Standards

Industry veteran Chris Sarica shares how TAPPI standards participation accelerates career development for mid-career professionals in pulp, paper, and packaging. With 26 years leading Collaborative Testing Services, Sarica demonstrates how joining Standard Specific Interest Groups (SSIGs) provides advanced technical insights, peer networking, and leadership opportunities that drive measurable ROI. Learn practical steps to volunteer for standards development, contribute to industry-wide quality assurance protocols, and leverage TAPPI's consensus-based process to solve real laboratory challenges. This episode reveals why standards work serves as a career-long professional development platform, offering benchmarking opportunities and executive visibility that translate directly to advancement in plant operations, R&D leadership, and sales engineering roles.

Invitation to attend the Women's Summit from Keynote Speaker, Heather Wishart-Smith.

Join Heather Wishart-Smith, Senior VP of Technology and Innovation at Jacobs, for an interactive session at the 2021 TAPPI Virtual Women's Summit. The Choose Your Innovation workshop offers young professionals hands-on learning in Internet of Things, circular economies, and innovation management within organizations. Participants engage through interactive bingo games, breakout networking sessions, and collaborative problem-solving exercises using proven ideation techniques. This professional development opportunity combines technical skill building with peer networking, featuring social media engagement opportunities and innovation book prizes. Perfect for early-career engineers seeking leadership visibility and industry connections in the pulp and paper sector.

2021 Women's Summit Session Wrap-up Sponsor - Voith

Women's Summit 2021 - Platinum Sponsor Jacobs

Jacobs demonstrates how diversity and inclusion drive operational excellence in engineering and technical leadership roles. The company's commitment to gender equality and women's advancement creates mentorship opportunities, leadership development pathways, and inclusive workplace policies that support career growth. For mid-career professionals seeking leadership roles, Jacobs offers a proven framework for building diverse teams, implementing inclusive management practices, and leveraging diverse perspectives to enhance project outcomes and team performance in technical environments.

2021 Virtual Women's Summit - Final

TAPPI's Women's Summit delivered cutting-edge innovation strategies through keynote speaker Heather Richard Smith, Senior VP of Technology at Jacobs. Young professionals gained practical insights on inclusive hiring for neurodiverse talent, sustainable innovation approaches, and military-inspired leadership techniques from General McChrystal's methods. Interactive breakout sessions explored work-life balance solutions, from flexible schedules to remote work strategies. Attendees earned professional development credits while networking with industry peers across 23 countries. The summit emphasized outcome-focused innovation over rigid processes, equipping early-career engineers with tools for technical skill growth and leadership visibility in pulp, paper, and packaging industries.

Paper360° 2026 Top 50 Power List

The following is an excerpt from Paper360°'s exclusive 2026 Top 50 Power List, which appears in full in the Sept/Oct issue of Paper360° magazine, and is offered here for Ahead of the Curve readers who may have missed it. Visit TAPPI's interactive new TAPPI OnDemand website for the complete Sep/Oct issue and many other resources.

AF&PA Statement on Litigation Challenging California’s SB 54

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Vice President of Government Affairs Julie Landry issued the following statement on the latest development in CLFP v. Bonta litigation which seeks to add challenges related to California’s SB 54: