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Program
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Sunday, October 12
Early Registration
Sunday Evening: 5:00-6:30 p.m.
7th Annual David Kearney Memorial Golf
Tournament
Sunday Afternoon - Starts at 12:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Sunday Evening - 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Monday, October 13
We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Global
Cultural Trends Influencing Absorbent Product Markets
Elizabeth Hanson, Manager
-- Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
A New Three Layer Performance Coverstock
System
Philippe DeMunter, Commercial Manager
-- Libeltex BVBA
Delivering Care to the Adult Incontinence Market: A Mail Order Overview 20 Years of
Change
Bruce Grench, President and CEO
Mark Nedvin, Vice President of Marketing
-- HDIS
LUNCH
Creating and Managing the Product Development Process From Concept to
Implementation
Donald A. Sheldon
Flush with Success, New Dispersible Toilet Care Wipes Lead the
Charge
Phillip Mango, President
-- Phillip Mango Consulting
"To Infinity(TM) and Beyond!" - Absorbent Core Design on the Bleeding
Edge
James P. Hanson, Director
-- Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
MTS Cocktail Party
(Meet the people youre at INSIGHT to talk to)
Tuesday, October 14
Tiny Fibers Big Opportunities: Microfiber Nonwovens from Polymer
Films
Dr. Mario Perez, Staff Scientist
-- 3M Company
Cost Savings Through Highly Efficient Drying
Systems
Christian Haas, Head of Nonwovens Division
-- STRAHM Hi-Tex Systems AG
Cellulosic Fibers - Current and Future
Activities
Nick Hrinko, Commercial Director
-- Lenzing
Why3K? Speed Barriers Shattered!
Michael K. Jelinsky, Sales Engineer
-- Martin Automatic Inc.
LUNCH
Pulpless Cores for Diapers Revisited
Donald C. Young, Director Commercial Development
-- Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
Drying Nanoparticles: an Exploding
Event!
John M. Tharpe, President
-- Marion Engineering & Technical Services, Inc.
Hot on the Trail of SAP
Walter Becker, Department of Chemistry
-- Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
PLA Spunbond Gateway to the Future
Stephen Chester, Technical Manager, Consumer Care
-- Fiberweb
Wednesday,
October 15
Flushable Wipe Technology in Light of the New Nonwoven Flushablity
Guideline
David Powling, Program Leader
-- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Styrenic Block Copolymers for Elastic Fabrics and
Yarns
John Flood, Senior Staff Research Scientist
-- Kraton Polymers LLC
Pick & Place Application Concept - Dont Lose Control in Your
Discrete Material Application!
Daniele Benini, Sales Engineering Manager
-- GDM SpA
Challenges for Household and Personal Care
Wipes
Mary Tabion, Research Manager
-- Euromonitor International
LUNCH
The Tortuous Path of Intellectual Property Management (in the Aftermath of Paragon Trade
Brands)
Rick Jezzi, Principal
-- A.D. Jezzi & Associates, Inc.
Just How do You Know if There is Enough SAP in a Wet
Diaper?
James C. Robinson, Technical Manager
-- BASF Corporation
The Vacuum-Dry Diaper, the Diaper that
Likes to Stay Dry
Carlos E. Richer, Director
-- Richer Investments
Tabletop Display Reception
- Networking, Drinks, Food & Fun -
Thursday, October 16
An Overview of Elastic Action in Hygiene
Products
Pricie Hanna, Vice President
-- John R. Starr, Inc.
The Shaping of the Global Polypropylene
Industry by Higher Energy Prices
Bob Dennett, Director Polypropylene, North America
-- CMAI - Houston
Whether Rocket Ship or Roller Coaster,
Fibers are in for the Ride
Karen Jones, Director
-- CMAI
LUNCH
Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: Prevalence, Trends and
Treatment
Ruth Zielinski, RN, CNM, MS
-- University of Michigan Pelvic Floor Research Group
Fecal Incontinence: The New Secret
Problem
Elizabeth Hanson, Manager
-- Marketing Technology Service, Inc.
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