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Solutions 2000: world's largest packaging conference

PACK EXPO International 2000 is not only the biggest U.S. packaging show, but this year it also boasts what it calls “the world’s largest conference:” Solutions 2000, planned for Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 6-8.

Billed as the largest packaging conference in the world, Solutions 2000 will be held on Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 6 through Nov. 8, at McCormick Place. Each day will begin with a keynote speaker and will be followed by four concurrent sessions.

In line with the exposition’s name, an international track will be held each day. More than 30 sessions will feature some 75 industry experts discussing contemporary packaging topics. The conference is being produced by Packaging Strategies, Inc. (West Chester, PA), in conjunction with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA). Registration details follow the conference program.

Monday, Nov. 6

8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Keynote speaker: John Gregg, vice president, packaging & design engineering, Kraft Foods: Exploring the boundaries of packaging, food processing and marketing in the new economy.

International track

9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Moderators: Mary Ann Falkman, editor, Packaging Digest, and Toshio Arita, consulting editor, Packaging Strategies.

Speaker: Barbara Blakistone, senior scientist, food chemistry and packaging department, National Food Processors Assn.: Using packaging to overcome toxins in food.

Speaker: Masahiro “Mark” Shimoyamada, assistant general manager, Dai Nippon Printing: Markets and opportunities for retortable and stand-up pouches in Japan and Asia.

11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Moderator: Pauline Covell, consulting editor, MediaPack.

Speaker: John Webb-Jenkins, CEO, Institute of Packaging: EU and the essential packaging requirements.

Coding/marking track

9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Moderator: Kate Martin, managing editor, Packaging Strategies.

Speakers: Peter J. Alvarez, senior manager, technology; John J. Pogorelec, director of replenishment; and Leo L. McIntee, director of operations, all with the Uniform Code Council: Maximizing asset management with RFID (radio-frequency identification).

11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Moderator: Erik Swain, senior editor, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News.

Speaker: Ralph Dillon, Pharmacia: “Nude” coding for pharmaceutical packaging: There’s more than meets the eye.

Speaker: Steven VanFleet, manager, e-packaging, International Paper Co., Francois Dutray, Motorola Smartcard Solutions Div.: Smart packaging technologies.

Machine productivity track

9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Moderator: Maria Ferrante, director of technical services, PMMI.

Speaker: Jonas Edvardsson, national sales manager, Standard-Knapp, Inc.: How to buy packaging machinery.

Speaker: Pat Helm, senior manager of packaging, Lockwood Greene Engineering: Six steps to successful machine/systems integration.

11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Moderator: Francis W. Skwira, vice president, E2M.

Speakers: J.F. Stephen Elliott, chief executive officer, E2M; Charles W. Jager, president, Polytron; and Tom Schuler, president, SDF International: Breakthrough expectations: driving productivity with project delivery teams.

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