Agenda

(as of Oct. 31, 2008)

ENERGY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Instructor Dr. Robin Kent, Founder & Managing Director, Tangram Technology Ltd.

• 1:00-5:00 pm - Optional workshop for conference registrants that is designed to help all types of plastics processors learn how to measure, and more effectively manage their energy usage. Space is limited. Click here for more details.
• 5:30 to 7:00 pm - Welcome reception

7:30 am - Buffet breakfast
8:00-8:10 am - Opening remarks (by SPI & Plastics News)

KEYNOTE: FROM "GREEN TO GOLD"

• 8:10-9:10 am - Andrew Winston, Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies

DECIPHERING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

• 9:10-9:45 am - Blake Mackey, Director, Domani Sustainability Consulting LLC

9:45-10:15 am - Break

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE, BY DESIGN

• 10:15-10:45 am - Valerie Casey, Global Practice Leader, IDEO, and Founder, The Designers Accord

VERTICAL IMPACT: BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION

• 10:45-11:10 am - OFFICE FURNITURE: Paul Murray, Director of Environmental Affairs & Safety, Herman Miller Inc.
• 11:10-11:35 am - GREEN ROOFING: Peter Bressler, Principal & Founder, Bresslergroup Inc.

Q&A / PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Robert Grace, Editor & Associate Publisher, Plastics News
11:35 am-12:15 pm - With Casey, Murray & Bressler

12:15-1:15 pm - Networking lunch

VERTICAL IMPACT: PACKAGING

• 1:15-1:35 pm - Scott Vitters, Director - Sustainable Packaging, Coca-Cola Co.
• 1:35-2:00 pm - Kim Jeffery, CEO & President, Nestlé Waters North America

Q&A / PANEL - Moderator: Seetha Coleman-Kammula, Principal & Co-founder, Simply Sustain LLC
2:00-2:30 pm - With Vitters and Jeffery

2:30-3:00 pm - Break

THE SIX SINS OF GREENWASHING

• 3:00-3:30 pm - Scot Case, VP, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc.

MEDIA & MARKETING PANEL: IN THE CROSSHAIRS
Moderator: Don Loepp, Managing Editor, Plastics News
3:30-5:00 pm -

• C. Steven Baker, Director - Midwest Region, Federal Trade Commission
• Scot Case, Vice President, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc.
• Kirk Stewart, Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide Inc.
• Emily Bryson York, Reporter, Advertising Age

5:30-7:00 pm - Networking Reception

7:30 am - Buffet breakfast
8:00-8:10 am - Opening remarks (by SPI & Plastics News)

VERTICAL IMPACT: END-MARKET PERSPECTIVES

• 8:10-8:40 am - AUTOMOTIVE: David Raney, Sr. Manager, Environmental & Energy Affairs, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
• 8:40-9:00 am - ELECTRONICS & DURABLE GOODS: Dr. Mike Biddle, Founder & President, MBA Polymers Inc.
• 9:00-9:20 am - MEDICAL EQUIPMENT: Bayne Upton, Strategic Technology Leader - Non-Metallics, GE Healthcare

Q&A / PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Walt Bishop, VP - Equipment Council, and Executive Director, Machinery & Moldmaker Divisions, SPI
9:20-9:55 am - with above 3 presenters

CONSERVING YOUR ENERGY

• 9:55-10:15 am - Dr. Robin Kent, Founder & Managing Director, Tangram Technology Ltd.

10:15-10:35 am - Break

SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS PANEL
Moderator: Jack Avery, Principal, Avery Plastics Consulting
10:35 am-12:00 pm -

• Dr. Cecil Chappelow , VP - Innovation and Sustainability and Chief Innovation Officer, PolyOne Corp.
• Amanda Holder, Sustainable Packaging Development Engineer, Berry Plastics Corp. (processor)
• Steve Petrakis, President, Frigel North America Inc. (equipment maker)
• Robert Render, President, Maine Plastics Inc. (recycler)

KEYNOTE:
12:00-12:50 pm - Eric P. Beyeler, Director - Industrial & Consumer Market Development, DuPont Plastics

12:50-1:00 pm - Wrap-up & closing remarks (by SPI & Plastics News)
1:00-2:15 pm - Networking lunch