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The Conference at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003

A comprehensive three-day seminar organized into concurrent sessions each day, this conference is packed with information about the world of packaging.

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Editor’s Note: Each presentation title is preceded with a letter (M, T or W) and boldface track name, designating the day and track of the presentation. Tracks include: Materials, Security, Operations, Pharmaceutical Packaging, OMAC, Closures, Cost Control and Coding.)

Monday, October 13

8:30 – 9:15

eye-openerkeynote session

Simon Langford

Manager, Global RFID Strategy of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Ron Reed, Co-presenter

Manager, Corporate Packaging for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Implementing RFID: Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain Expectations

9:25 – 10:10am

concurrent sessions

(M1 Materials) Fresh Foods, Natural Packaging: the Benefits, the Potentials, and the Realities of PLA

Brian Glasbrenner, Business Development Manager – PLA Films, North America, Cargill Dow LLC; and David Hess, Vice President of Operations, Simon Candy

(M2 Security) New FDA Packaging Regulation Initiatives under the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act

Ralph Simmons and David Ettinger, Attorneys at Law, Keller & Heckman LLP

(M3 Operations) Process Control of Motion in Packaging – Packaging as Part of the Process

Craig Kruse, Corporate Account Manager – Bosch Rexroth Corporation

(M4 Pharmaceutical Packaging) Applying the Good Automated Manufacturing Practice

(GAMP) Methodology to OEM Equipment

Jim John, Director of Corporate Development, Brock Solutions Inc.

10:20 – 11:05am

concurrent sessions

(M5 Materials) Lighter, Stronger, More Appealing Glass Containers

Mary Ellen Reis, President, Packnology

(M6 Security) Hard Times for Product Pirates: Flexible Packaging Counterfeiting Defenses

Angela Roggenhofer, Healthcare Marketing Manager The Americas, Hueck Foils LLC

(M7 Operations) Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Putting the β€œScience of Reliability” into Practice

John Callini, Principal Engineer, MARKEM Corporation

(M8 Pharmaceutical Packaging) Packaging Process Validation - an OEM perspective

Mel Bahr, Chairman, MGS Machine Corp.

11:15am – 12:00pm

concurrent sessions

(M9 Materials) Packaging Fees in Canada, New Environmental Design Requirements in Europe and Asia: How Do I Comply?

Victor Bell, CPP, President, Environmental Packaging International

(M10 Security) Achieving A Simultaneous Boost In Product Security And Quality Via X-Ray Inspection

Ken Bloomfield, Principal, Tellico Harbor Consulting

(M11 Operations) Quick Changeover: At the Intersection of Mass and Lean

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