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Conference Agenda

March 9-12, 2008
Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa
(as of June 30, 2008)

Sunday, March 9
9:00 am-5:00 pm - Registration
11:00 am-3:00 pm - Airboating (optional)
11:30 am-5:00 pm - Golf outing (optional)
1:00-3:30 pm - Sporting clays (optional)
6:00-9:00 pm - Welcome Reception: Madhatter party

Monday, March 10
7:30-8:15 am - Continental breakfast
7:50-8:00 am - Opening comments -- Robert Grace, Plastics News Editor & Conference Director
8:00-8:30 am - Keynote Presentation:
How I Spent My Summer (Tales of a China Sourcing Warrior)
  • Jim Walter, Senior VP - Worldwide Product Integrity, Mattel Inc.
8:30-9:30 am - PANEL: China's Sourcing Challenges & Market Opportunities 9:30-10:00 am - Break

10:00-11:00 am - Polyolefin Resins Outlook

  • Bob Bauman, VP & Director, Plastics Business, Nexant Inc.
11:00-12:00 pm - Focus on Sustainability & Biopolymers
12:00-2:00 pm - Lunch: Vision India - Your Destination for Growth
2:00-2:30 pm - Break

2:30-3:30 pm - Keynote Presentation:
Engineering Resins: Changing the Game

3:30-5:00 pm - Mergers & Acquisitions Panel
5:00-6:00 pm - Happy hour
7:00-10:00 pm - Networking reception

Tuesday, March 11
7:30-8:15 am - Continental breakfast
7:50-8:00 am - Opening comments -- Robert Grace, Plastics News Editor & Conference Director
8:00-9:15 am - Keynote Presentation:
Leading a Culture of Innovation:
9:15-9:45 am - Recession: Innovation Suffocation or Liberation?
9:45-10:00 am - Break

10:00 am-10:30 am - Bridging the Education/Manufacturing Divide

10:30 am-12:00 pm - PANEL: Design & Innovation 12:00-1:15 pm - Lunch

INNOVATION APPLIED
1:15-2:00 -- Automotive: Application & Collaboration

2:00-2:45 pm - Nanotechnology: From Small Things, Big Ideas
2:45-3:00 pm - Break

3:00-3:45 pm - The Coming Wave of Competition from China in Building Products

3:45-4:15 pm - Resin Markets Update
4:15-4:50 pm - Plastics News Processor of the Year video preview
Presented by PN's Robert Grace & Bill Bregar

4:50-5:00 pm -- Wrap-up

7:00-10:00 pm - PN Processor of the Year Award reception

Wednesday, March 12

8:30-9:45 am - PANEL: Breakfast with the Stars
Moderators:

PN Processor of the Year Award Finalists:
9:45-10:00 am - Break

10:00-11:30 am - Panel: Keys to a Successful Resin Strategy
Moderator:

Panelists: 11:30 am - Conference ends
 

 
 

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