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Executive Forum 2008

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

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

• Jeremy Haft, President & Founder, BChinaB Inc.
• Dan Harris, Partner, Harris & Moure PLLC
• Jim Walter, Senior VP - Worldwide Product Integrity, Mattel Inc.

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

• Seetha Coleman-Kammula, Principal & Co-founder, Simply Sustain LLC

12:00-2:00 pm - Lunch: Vision India - Your Destination for Growth

• Speaker: Kamal Nanavaty, President - Polymers & Crackers, Reliance Industries Ltd.

2:00-2:30 pm - Break

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

• Brian Gladden, President/CEO, Sabic Innovative Plastics LP
• Moderator: Frank Esposito, Senior Reporter, Plastics News

3:30-5:00 pm - Mergers & Acquisitions Panel

• Bill Ridenour, President, Polymer Transaction Advisors Inc. (moderator)
• Ira Boots, Chairman, CEO & President, Berry Plastics Corp.
• Greg Myers, Managing Director, Mason Wells
• Duane Jebbett, President & CEO, Rowmark LLC

5:00-6:00 pm - Happy hour
7:00-10:00 pm - Networking reception

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:

• Sir Ken Robinson

9:15-9:45 am - Recession: Innovation Suffocation or Liberation?

• Martin Bunce, Managing Partner, Tin Horse Design Ltd.

9:45-10:00 am - Break

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

• Prof. Robert Malloy, Chair - Plastics Eng. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell

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

• Gaylon White, Director - Design Industry Programs, Eastman Chemical Co.
• Frank Tyneski, Executive Director, Industrial Designers Society of America
• Martin Bunce, Founding Partner & Consultant Director, Tin Horse Design Ltd.
• Gary Carr, National Sales Director, Bekum America Corp.
• Prof. Robert Malloy, Chair - Plastics Eng. Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell

12:00-1:15 pm - Lunch

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

• Ken Shaner, VP-Advanced Engineering, Int'l Automotive Components Group North America LLC

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

• Dr. Scott Rickert, President & CEO, Nanofilm Ltd.

2:45-3:00 pm - Break

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

• Michael Collins, Senior Associate, Jordan, Knauff & Co.

3:45-4:15 pm - Resin Markets Update

• Bill Bowie, Chief Operating Officer, Resin Technology Inc.

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



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

• Jeff Mengel, Partner, Plante & Moran PLLC
• Megan Mehalko, Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLC

PN Processor of the Year Award Finalists:

• Tom Duffey, President & Owner, Plastic Components Inc.
• Ron Kirscht, President, Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Co.
• Dr. Robert Janeczko, President/CEO, Innovative Injection Technologies Inc.

9:45-10:00 am - Break

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

• Bill Bowie, Chief Operating Officer, Resin Technology Inc.

Panelists:

• Kathy Watson, VP - Supply Chain Management & Product Manager, Nailite International Inc.
• Eric Hausserman, VP - Manufacturing & Technology, Rowmark LLC
• John Roggow, President & General Manager, Marshall Plastic Film

11:30 am - Conference ends

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