AIMCAL - Fall Conference

The Fall Conference program is divided into two sections:

Select One: Coating/Laminating and Vacuum Web Coating.

These provide options focusing on different aspects of the Industry.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE Web Coating/Laminating Sessions
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Sunday, October 19
8:00am - 12:00pm	AIMCAL Board Meeting
10:00am - 7:00pm	Conference Registration
1:00pm - 5:00pm	AIMCAL Short Courses (Additional Fees Apply) Troubleshooting the Vacuum Coating Process - Tools and Techniques Dr. Charles Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd. Practical Defect Reduction Technology Edward D. Cohen, Edward D. Cohen Consulting, Inc.
6:00pm - 7:00pm	Keynote Address: Packaging and the Environment: Debunking the Myths Kenneth Marsh Kenneth S. Marsh & Associates, Ltd.
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Welcome Reception and Tabletop Exhibition - Sponsored by Thermo Scientific
Monday, October 20
7:00am	Conference Registration Opens
7:00am - 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
Session 1: Environmental Responsiveness (Joint Session) Session Leaders: Ingrid Brase & Kevin Hunter
8:00am - 8:45am	Sustainability - Unraveling the Mystery Jeff Wooster Dow Chemical Company
8:45am	BREAK
9:00am - 9:30am	Sustainability update in the paper, film, packaging coating, laminating and converting sector Corey Reardon AWA
9:30am - 10:00am	Meeting Sustainability Initiatives Without Compromising Performance or Increasing Cost Dante Ferrari & Jim Lush Celplast
10:00am	BREAK
10:30am - 11:00am	Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Web Coating Process Edward Cohen & Dan Bemi Edward Cohen Consulting & MEGTEC Systems
11:00am - 11:30am	Efficient Process Cooling: Saving Money, The Environment and Headaches for Processors Steven Petrakis Frigel
11:30am - 12:00pm	Dwindling Resources - A Molehill Out Of A Mountain Charles Bishop CA Bishop Consulting
12:00pm - 1:00pm	LUNCH - Sponsored by PRUFTECHNIK Service
Session 2A: Coating Session Leaders: Greg Williams & Tim Golden
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Tungsten Carbide Lip Coater Fumiyuki Kato Mitsubishi Materials Corp
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Slot Die Coating Technology - Curtain Coating Method Mark Miller EDI
2:00pm - 2:30pm	State of the Art Coating Technologies - Curtain Coating Method Kenneth Glade Polytype
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Laminating Technologies - Break Thru a Paradigm Mike Budai ITW Dynatec
3:00pm	BREAK
3:30pm - 4:00pm	A New Dielectrophoretic Coating Process for Depositing Thin and Uniform Coatings on Films and Fibrous Surfaces A. Yializis Ph.D., and X. Dai Ph.D. Sigma Technologies Int'l
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Reducing Changing Time on a Coater Larry Gogolin Gogolin & Associates
4:30pm - 5:00 pm	The Return On Investment Of a Roller Alignment Survey Deepak Hegde PRUFTECHNIK Service Inc
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Table Top Exhibition & Reception - Sponsored by Intral
Tuesday, October 21
7:00am - 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
Session 3A: Measurement/Rheology Session Leaders: John Pasquale & Doug Krasucki
8:30am - 9:00am	Application of Surface Analysis for Root Cause Failure Analysis David Cole Evans Analytical Group
9:00am - 9:30am	Using Laser Doppler Velocimetry to Increase Profits and Reduce Downtime On Converting Lines Michael Kordic Beta LaserMike
9:30am - 10:00am	On-line Measurement of Coatings on Printed Substrates: Challenges and Optimal Solution Raymond Shead Thermo Fisher Scientific
10:00am	BREAK
10:30am - 11:00am	Coating Defects; Causes, Detection and Cures Edward Cohen & Timothy Potts Edward Cohen Consulting & Dark Field Technologies Inc.
11:00am - 11:30am	New Rheology Testing Solves Operating Problems John Taylor Capella Technology
11:30am - 12:00pm	Optimizing Mixing Performance Ken McCarthy Clean Room Coating Solutions
	Tuesday afternoon and evening are free. See Networking Activities for optional Tuesday activities.
Wednesday, October 22
7:00am - 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
Session 4A: Substrate Technology and Treatment Session Leaders: Ken McCarthy & Darin Miles
8:30am - 9:00am	Stay Ahead of Static Problems in Web Conveyance Kelly Robinson Electrostatic Answers LLC
9:00am - 9:30am	A Paradigm Shift for Converting Shear Slitting Technologies Lee Fenney Sigmala Ltd.
9:30am - 10:00am	Overtreatment of PET: Fact or Fiction Jessica Bodine Mica Corp.
10:00am	BREAK
10:30am - 11:00am	Primerless Heat Seal Coatings For Film Substrates Ginger Cushing Michaelmann
11:00am - 11:30am	E-beam Technology for Converting Applications Stephen Lapin PCT Engineered Systems LLC
11:30am - 12:00pm	New Fast Curing Laminating Adheasives Reduce Waste and Energy Randy Johnson Ashland
12:00pm - 1:00pm	LUNCH - Sponsored by Shaped Wire
Session 5: Advances in Web Coating Technology (Joint Session) Session Leaders: Edward Cohen & John Fenn
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Nanoparticulate Barrier Films & Gas Permeation Measurement Techniques for Thin Film Solar & Display Application Senthil Ramadas IMRE, Singapore
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Nanoparticles for coatings. Why is reality so much less than the promise? Steve Abbott MacDermid Autotype
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Advances in Contact Cleaning for Yield Improvement Sheila Hamilton Teknek Limited
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Functional Polymers by Covalent Surface Modification Mark Moloney University of Oxford
3:00pm	BREAK
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Advances in PEDOT:PSS Conductive Polymer Dispersions Ron Lubianez H.C. Starck
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Toolset for Confronting the Challenges of R2R Production of Advanced Microelectronics Mark Poliks Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Covert Markers for Anti-Counterfeit Brand Management Michael Martin Adhesives Research, Inc
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Farewell Reception - Sponsored by CMM International