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INSIGHT 2007 Information (pdf format)
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Tabletop Exhibit Reception | David Kearney Golf Tournament
Amelia Island
Plantation is a Gated Community | Jacksonville
Airport (JAX) to Amelia Island Plantation
Pre-Registered Delegate List - October 17,
2007 (pdf)
Final Program
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
Early Registration
Sunday Evening: 5:00-6:30 p.m.
6th Annual David Kearney Memorial Golf
Tournament
Sunday Afternoon - Shotgun Start at 12:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception:
Sponsored by Bowater Incorporated
Sunday Evening - 6:30-8:00 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
Products of Convenience: An Evolution of Consumption in Latin America for Infant, Adult, and Feminine
Care
Jim Robinson, Business Development Director
Mondi Packaging Akrosil, LLC
Natural Plastics: Renewable Plastics for a Sustainable
Future
Holly Wilson-Jene, Director of Product Marketing
Telles
Frontiers and Progress in Direct Process Nonwovens – One Man’s
View
Anders Moller, President
Anders Moller & Associates
LUNCH • 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Celaire -- A Novel Way to Make Nonwovens from
Filament Tow
René Neron, Manufacturing Excellence Black Belt
Celanese Acetate, LLC
Bio-refinery Products – Opportunities when Oil is $60.00 per barrel, or $70, or &
$80...
Bob Makolin, Principal
Abba Makolin Waldron & Associates, LLC
Elastic Spunmelt Nonwovens for Medical
Applications
Greg Ward, President
Phoenix Group USA, Inc.
Airlaid, Synthetic and Filament Based Diaper Cores – Pros, Cons, Economics and
Possibilities
Don Young, Director Commercial Development
Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
MTS COCKTAIL PARTY • 5:30-7:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
Developing Tomorrow’s Ecological Nonwovens and
Wetwipes
Henri Laitervo, Director of New Business and Marketing
Suominen Nonwovens Ltd.
Olefin Block Copolymers for Health & Hygiene
Applications
Andy Chang, Senior Research Specialist
Dow Chemical Company
NASA Technology for Nonwoven Products: Outlast Phase Changing Materials in Rayon
Webs
Stefan Sulzmaier, Business Manager
Kelheim Fibres GmbH
LUNCH • 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Ya Gotta Wanna – Process Control and
Rewards
Andrew Urban III, President
Urban Consulting Inc.
Laser Cutting Technology at Last in the World of
Nonwovens
Alessandro D’Andrea, Marketing Manager
Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.
World and Regional Spunbonded Nonwoven Capacities and Manufacturing
Economics
David J. Price, Senior Consultant
John R. Starr, Inc.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
Innovations in Airlaid Nonwoven Products – A Market
Perspective
Paul Whitaker, Executive Vice President and COO
Carolina Nonwovens Corporation
Silicone Based Materials for Surface Modification of Polymeric Fibers and
Nonwovens
Mabrouk Ouederni, Technical Applications Manager
Wacker Chemical Corporation
Advanced Fiber Extrusion Technology for Producing High Value
Nonwovens
Arnold Wilkie, President
Hills Inc.
Spinlace™: PGI’s Technology Platform for Sustainable Growth &
Innovation
Bob Dale, VP Sales/Marketing
Polymer Group, Inc.
LUNCH • 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Growth, Trends, Opportunities in the Global Wipes
Market
Virginia Lee, Senior Research Analyst
Euromonitor International
Superabsorbents by Nature: An Effective and Sustainable
Approach
Nicolas Nourry, R & D Manager
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Where’s the Growth in Hygiene Products and
Materials?
Pricie Hanna, Vice President
John R. Starr Inc.
TABLETOP EXHIBIT RECEPTION • 5:30-8:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
10 Commandments for Well Managed Diaper Sites – 7 Capital Sins to
Avoid
Carlos Richer, Director
Richer Investments
Where Have All the Inventions Gone?
Rick Jezzi, Principal
A.D. Jezzi & Associates, Inc.
Zapping Viruses and Bacteria with Light Activated Self-Sterilizing Nonwoven
Fabrics
Stephen Michielsen, Research Scientist
North Carolina State University
Rife Solved? The Nanoscope and What It Can
Do
Eric Rowley, Advanced Development Engineering Manager
Conversion Technologies International
Stanley Truman, Researcher
TBCoptics
LUNCH • 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Techniques for Evaluation of Pulp Defibration
Performance
Mark Bolyen, Manager
Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
16 Ways to Sunday – Performance of Advanced Diaper
Designs
Jim Hanson, Director
Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
SURVIVORS’ MUSIC NIGHT
(Informal, impromptu search for musical entertainment - no business... just
friends)
• This Program is Subject to Change •
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