KEYNOTE - How I Spent My Summer (Tales of a China Sourcing Warrior)
No presentation available

• Jim Walter, Senior VP - Worldwide Product Integrity, Mattel Inc.

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.

Polyolefin Resins Outlook

• Robert Bauman, VP & Director, Plastics Business, Nexant Inc.

Focus on Sustainability & Biopolymers

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

Vision India - Your Destination for Growth

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

KEYNOTE - Engineering Resins: Changing the Game:

• Brian Gladden, President/CEO, Sabic Innovative Plastics LP

Mergers & Acquisitions Panel - one set of slides for panel

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

KEYNOTE - Leading a Culture of Innovation:
No presentation available

• Sir Ken Robinson

Recession: Innovation Suffocation or Liberation?

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

Bridging the Education/Manufacturing Divide

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

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

Automotive: Application & Collaboration

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

Nanotechnology: From Small Things, Big Ideas

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

The Coming Wave of Competition from China in Building Products

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

Resin Markets Update

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

Plastics News Processor of the Year video preview
Presented by PN's Robert Grace & Bill Bregar

PANEL: Breakfast with the Stars - No presentation available

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.

Panel: Keys to a Successful Resin Strategy - No presentation available

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