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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
•  Amy Zettlemoyer, Director of Packaging, Sam's Club division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
•  Stephanie Barger, Founder & Executive Director, Earth Resource Foundation

GROWTH, LEGISLATION & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
•  Pete Grande, CEO/Founder, Command Packaging & President, California Film Extruders & Converters Assn.
•  Laurie J. Hansen, Government Affairs Specialist, Progressive Bag Alliance
•  Frank Ruiz, President, Plastimin LLC; Research Director, Heritage Plastics Inc.; and Technical Director, Heritage Bag Co.
•  Don Loepp, Managing Editor, Plastics News (discussion moderator)

MATERIALS MARKET PROSPECTS
•  Greg Babe, President/CEO - North America, Bayer MaterialScience
•  Howard Ungerleider, Commercial VP for Plastics - North America, Dow Chemical Co.
•  Michael Mulrooney, President, Basell Polyolefins North America
•  Frank Esposito, Reporter, Plastics News (discussion moderator)

"THE SEVEN REVOLUTIONS" - GLOBAL TRENDS TO 2025
Erik Peterson's multimedia presentation is not available, but the CSIS' Seven Revolutions Web site summarizes his key points.
•  Erik Peterson, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic & International Studies

THE VITAL INTERSECTION OF DESIGN & BUSINESS
•  Prof. Patrick Whitney, Director -Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

EMERGING MARKETS & GLOBALIZATION
•  Jim Buonomo, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Strategy Officer, Nypro Inc.
•  Ashok Goel, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Essel Propack Ltd.
•  Helmar Franz, Executive Vice President, Ningbo Haitian Group
•  Doreen Huro Michelini, Founder & Principal, China Mexico Solutions LLC
•  Chris Runckel, Chairman, U.S.-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and President, Runckel & Associates (Presentation not available)

SUCCESSION PLANNING & CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Dave Bolland and Tom Testwuide jointly presented a single slide show.
•  David Bolland, President/Chief Operating Officer, Plymouth Foam Inc.
•  Tom Testwuide, Chairman/CEO, Plymouth Foam Inc.

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET OUTLOOK
•  Kim Korth, President/Founder, IRN Inc.

MERGER & ACQUISITION TRENDS
•  Thomas Blaige, CEO & Managing Partner, Blaige & Co.
•  Ira Boots, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Berry Plastics Corp.
•  Jeffrey W. Dancer, President, Allan F. Dow Group LLC
•  Michael Lord, CEO, Blue Water Automotive Systems Inc.

PLASTICS NEWS PROCESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD & PANEL
PN Processor of the Year Awards Reception
This panel distributed a printed brochure rather instead of using slides.
•  Ira Boots, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Berry Plastics Corp.
•  Ray Burns, President, Southern Division, Mack Molding Co.
•  Dr. Robert Janeczko, President & CEO, Innovative Injection Technologies Inc.
•  Jeff Somple, President, Northern Division, Mack Molding Co.
•  Megan Mehalko, Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (moderator)
•  Jeff Mengel, Partner, Plante & Moran PLLC (moderator)

PANEL: TIPS FOR BUYING RESIN MORE EFFECTIVELY
•  Bill Bowie, Chief Operating Officer, Resin Technology Inc. (moderator)
•  Jim Bob Carpenter, Executive VP - Global Sourcing, Intertape Polymer Group
•  Jerry Esposito, GM/Director - Worldwide Sourcing, Thomson's Technicolor H.E.S.
•  Pete Henning, Chairman, CEO & President, Plano Molding Co.
•  Jack Riopelle, President, Wisconsin Film & Bag

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