Organized by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), the IoPP Packaging Summit 2009 will focus on dollar-stretching strategies. “This year, costs and economics eclipse everything else, and we’re focusing on those issues,” says Jim Peters, CPP, director of education, IoPP, and chair, IoPP Packaging Summit 2009.
The Summit is co-located with IoPP’s AmeriStar Awards Reception, taking place Tuesday evening, May 19. Speakers include Jane Casto, vice president, engineering technologies, Ecolab; Scott Faulhaber CPP, packaging engineer, Genentech; Eric Lindquist, president, Entropy Solutions; Tom Blanck, CPP, business unit manager, Adalis Corp.; and several others. The Summit is held May 19–20, 2009, in Rosemont, IL. Details and registration can be found at www.pkgsummit.com [3] or e-mail summit@iopp.org [4].
