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FPA's 2008 Fall Executive Conference

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October 28, 2008
The Drake Hotel
Chicago, Illinois 
7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.


Conference Agenda

FPA’s 2008 Fall Executive Conference will begin at 7:30 a.m. with conference registration and breakfast. Morning presentations will start at 8:00 a.m. followed by the networking luncheon at 11:45 a.m. Afternoon presentations will conclude at 5:00 p.m., followed by a cocktail reception from 5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.


     
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
 
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.  

Welcome and Chairperson Address
George Thibeault, Jr., Constantia Hueck Foils, Chairperson, FPA
                                               
Anti-Trust Reminder
Rick Silverman, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

 
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.  

Energy Consumption and Savings in the Manufacturing of Flexible Packaging        
Vinay Gadkari, David Evers and Corey Linden, Battelle Memorial Institute

     
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.   Break
     
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  

End-of-Life for Flexible Packaging: Waste-to-Energy, Recycling Hurdles and Opportunities           
Vinay Gadkari, David Evers and Corey Linden, Battelle Memorial Institute

     
10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.  

Sustainability: Where Does FPA Go From Here?
Jeff Wooster, The Dow Chemical Company

     
10:50 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  

Shift Paradigms: Sustainability, Total Cost of Ownership and the Packaging Manager
Ben Miyares, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)

     
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.  

Lunch
A View From Washington: An Outlook on the Presidential Election Luncheon speaker: Mike Duffy, Time magazine

     
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  

The Economy and Financial Markets
Don Reynolds, Founder, Century 21 Forecasting

     
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.  

Cap and Trade Legislation and its Potential Impact on the Flexible Packaging Industry
Patrick Traylor, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

     
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Break
     
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  

Outlook for Flexible Packaging Materials
Nick Vafiadis, Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI)

     
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.   Reception
     

FPA thanks the 2008 Fall Executive Conference Networking Sponsors, Flint Group, Flint Hills Resources, LLC, Liofol - A Division of Henkel Corporation, and Pliant Corporation™ for their generous support of the FPA and its programs.