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.

Vacuum Web Coating Sessions
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Sunday, October 17
9:00am- 5:00pm	Conference Registration
6:00pm- 7:00pm	Keynote Address - From the Minds of Scientists to the Hands of Consumers Roger Phillips, Consultant and Patrick Higgins, JDSU-Flex Products Group
7:00pm- 9:00pm	Welcome Reception & Table Top Exhibits
Monday, October 18
7:00am	Conference Registration Opens
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Joint Session 1: Session Leaders: Ingrid Brase, Henkel Corporation and Andrew Jack, Bobst - General Vacuum
8:30 AM	Sustainability and Life Cycle Technology for Packaging Michael Overcash, Wichita State University
9:00 AM	Company Employee Idea/Involvement System Mark Fehlmann, Madico Ben Garrison, Madico
9:30 AM	Lean Planning and Replenishment Pull Systems William M. Stratton, Adhesives Research, Inc.
10:00 AM	BREAK Both Sessions,
10:30 AM	Worldwide Specialty Paper & Metallizing Market Review Corey Reardon , AWA
11:00 AM	New PV Technologies require exploration of safety risks Crystal Vanderpan, Underwriters Labs Thomas Heike, Underwriters Labs
11:30 AM	MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES UTILIZED BY THE THIN-FILM, CRYSTALLINE SILICON AND R2R PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE MANUFACTURERS-PRESENTLY AND IN THE FUTURE Joseph S. Sentendrey, PV Material Solutions, LLC
12:00	LUNCH -
Session 2A: Session Leaders: Bob Bakish, Bakish Material Corporation and Sharon Louch, Centre for Process Innovation
1:00 PM	Life Cycle Inventory Gate-to-Gate of Metallized Biaxially-Oriented Polypropylene Michael Overcash, Wichita State University
1:30 PM	Cleaning of Polyester Films Prior to Vacuum Coating' Mark Hodgson, Dupont Bob Rustin, Dupont
2:00 PM	Evaporated aluminum on polyester: optical, electrical, and barrier properties as a function of thickness and time (Part I) Nick Copeland, General Vacuum Equipment Robert Astbury, General Vacuum Equipment
2:30 PM	Evaporated aluminum on polyester: optical, electrical, and barrier properties as a function of thickness and time (Part II) Donald J. McClure, Acuity Consulting and Training Nick Copeland, General Vacuum Equipment
3:00 PM	BREAK Both Session,
3:30 PM	Advanced Coating Technologies for Roll to Roll Metallizers Wolfgang Decker, VAST FILMS, Ltd.
4:00 PM	Properties of EB Top-Coated Metallized Films Prepared in Vacuum Dante Ferrari, Celplast Metallized Products
4:30 PM	Radiant Barrier Products Using Coated Metallilzed Films Angelo Yializis, G. Goodyear & A. Yializis, Sigma Technologies International
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Table Top Exhibition & Reception
Tuesday October 19
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Session 3A: ITO / Flexible Electronics Session Leaders: Greg Tullo, Bobst and Chris Decker, Kennametal Sintec USA
8:30 AM	ITO and Its Alternatives - Is Anything Missing for Commercial Success? John Fenn, Fennagain
9:30 AM	ITO Layer Systems with Enhanced Functionality for Touch Panel Applications on PET film Peter Sauer, Applied Materials A. Reus, Applied Materials
10:00 AM	BREAK Both Session,
10:30 AM	ITO for flexible electronics applications Sharon Louch, Centre for Process Innovation
11:00 AM	Vacuum Processing of Webs with Novel Small-Footprint Curing/Drying Tool Stan Farnsworth , NovaCentrix
11:30 AM	High Rate Oxide Deposition onto Web by Reactive Sputtering from Rotatable Magnetrons Dermot Monoghan, Genoca
	Tuesday afternoon and evening are free.
Wednesday, October 20
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Session 4A: Session Leaders: Dick Swisher, Swisher & Associates and Don McClure, Acuity Consulting & Training
8:30 AM	Challenges and prospects of web coating for development of high efficiency flexible thin film solar cells and modules Ayodhya N. Tiwari, Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)
9:30 AM	Room Temperature Roll-to-Roll Deposition of ITO at the CAMM and its Applications James C Switzer III, Binghamton University
10:00 AM	BREAK Both Sessions,
10:30 AM	Production Proven Vacuum Web Coating System with High Process Flexibility for Robust and Environment Rainer Ludwig, Hans Georg Lotz, Gerd Hoffmann, Applied Materials
11:00 AM	Sustainable Substrates, Resins and Available Films Eldridge M Mount III, EMMOUNT Technologies, LLC
11:30 AM	The power of simple models used on complex processes. Charles A. Bishop, CA Bishop Consulting Professor Steven Abbott, Michael J. McCann
12:00	LUNCH -
Joint Session 5: Impact Technologies Session Leaders: John Fenn, Johnson Laminating and Ed Cohen, Edward Cohen Consulting
1:00 PM	New Transparent Conductive Films with Enhanced Surface Properties Michael Wobser, Eastman Kodak Company
1:30 PM	Carbon Nanotube Applications - Matching Materials, Process, and Purpose Robert F. Praino, Jr., Chasm Technologies, Inc.
2:00 PM	Nanotechnology in the Workplace: NIOSH Research to Meet the Challenge Charles L. Geraci, Ph.D., CIH, NIOSH
3:00 PM	BREAK Both Sessions,
3:30 PM	Principles of Nanotoxicology Ivan Pacheco, Queen's University, Dept. of Pathology & Molecular Medicine
4:00 PM	Solution deposition planarization of long-length flexible substrates Chris Sheehan, Los Alamos National Laboratory
4:30	Farewell Reception - Matteucci Technical Award