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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.

Coating/Laminating Sessions

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Sunday, October 18

9:00am-
5:00pm
Conference Registration
6:00pm-
7:00pm
Keynote Address - Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials: PV Solar Electricity: Technology and Markets with Special Emphasis on Flexible Solar
7:00pm-
9:00pm
Welcome Reception & Table Top Exhibits

Monday, October 19

7:00am Conference Registration Opens
7:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast

Joint Session 1: Sustainability
Session Leaders: Ingrid Brase - Henkel Corporation, Andrew Jack - Bobst

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
9:30 AM Lean Planning and Replenishment Pull Systems
William M. Stratton
Adhesives Research, Inc.
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
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

Joint Session 1: Six Sigma/Lean

12:00 LUNCH - Sponsored by PRUFTECHNIK

Session 2B: Cost Reduction
Session Leaders: Greg Williams - Exopack Advanced Coatings, Ken McCarthy - Clean Room Coating Solutions

1:00 PM Precise coating with premetered die technology
Nielsen Maick
TSE Troller AG
1:30 PM Hot Melt Coating Technology - Thinner, Faster, and the State of the Art
Mark Miller
Coating Tech Service
2:00 PM New In-process Coating Thickness Measurement Tools
Vivek Komaragiri
Sensory Analytics, LLC
2:30 PM Non-nuclear alternatives for on-line coating thickness and moisture measurement
Hector Marchand
NDC Infrared Engineering
3:30 PM "What have your machine controls done for you lately?"
Jim Miceli
Rockwell Automation
4:00 PM Motion Control for Converting
William Gilbert
Siemens Industry, Inc.
4:30 PM New Developments in Low Energy EB Equipment
Stephen Lapin
PCT Engineered Systems
5:00pm - 7:00pm Table Top Exhibition & Reception

Tuesday October 20

7:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast

Session 3B: Process Optimization
Session Leaders: Doug Krasucki - R.D. Specialties, Inc., Mike Sellers - Advance Systems, Inc.

8:30 PM Reduce operating costs of your thermal oxidation system
James L. Nester
NESTEC, Inc.
9:00 AM Advances In Drying And Curing Technology
Edward D. Cohen
Edward Cohen Consulting Services, Inc
10:30 AM The Role Atmospheric Conditions Have on Your Dryer
Mike Sellers
Advance Systems, Inc.
11:00 AM "Drying Laboratory Methods for the Development of Complex Empirical Drying Data"
Dan Bemi
MEGTEC Systems, Inc.
Tuesday afternoon and evening are free.

Wednesday, October 21

7:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast

Session 4B: Product Improvements
Session Leaders: Jessica Bodine - Mica Corporation, Cathy Boysko - Ashland Performance Materials

8:30 AM Gas Phase Priming -Applications & Benefits
Bob Oesterreich
Air Liquide Industrial US
9:00 AM Surface Functionalization (Surface Adhesion) in the Converting Industry
Daryl Stahler
Innovative Plasma Solutions
9:30 AM Sizing Static Ionizers for Web Conveyance Applications
Kelly Robinson, PhD
Electrostatic Answers
10:30 AM Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper Based Label Manufacturers
Mark David Miller
Coating Tech Service
11:00 AM Acrylic Liquid Encapsulant for Photovoltaic Modules
Melinda Einsla
Dow
11:30 AM Liquid Coating, Determining weight/thickness
Mike Huey
Harper Corporation of America
12:00 LUNCH - Sponsored by Intral

Joint Session 5: Impact Technologies
Session Leaders: John Fenn - Fennagain, Ed Cohen - Edward D Cohen Consulting

4:00 Farewell Reception - Matteucci Technical Award

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