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Plenary & Keynote Speakers
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 Tom Clynes
Writer, Photographer, Speaker
The Art of Audacity |
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 Susan Freinkel
Author
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story |
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 Paul Conway
Vice Chairman
Cargill |
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 Marc Verbruggen
President & CEO
NatureWorks LLC |
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Opening Session
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 Sutin Chamulitrat
Vice President, Bioplastic Group
PTT Global Chemical Public Company, Ltd. |
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 Jim Hobbs
Vice President of Business Development
BioAmber Inc. |
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 Gary Hirshberg
Founder & Chairman
Stonyfield Farm |
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 Steven Peterson
Director of Sourcing Sustainability
General Mills |
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Advances in Bioplastic Flexible Packaging
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 Lindsay Beck
Senior Packaging Engineer, Sustainability
ConAgra Foods |
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 Brian Glasbrenner
NA Sales Manager – Flexible Packaging
H.B. Fuller |
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 Julia Dolfen
Market Development, North America
FKuR Plastics Corporation |
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 Jim Lush
Regional Account Manager
Celplast Metallized Products |
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 Frank Ernst
Product Manager & Technical Services
Taghleef Industries GmbH |
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Ingeo Fibers & Nonwoven Bioplastics
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 Gajanan Bhat
Professor
UTNRL, The University of Tennessee |
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 Jesse Lee
Chemistry Technology Manager
Schlumberger |
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 Joerg Dahringer
Trevira GmbH |
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 Jed Randall
Research Scientist, Ingeo Product Development
NatureWorks LLC |
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 Rory Holmes
President
INDA |
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 Ralf Taubner
Research Scientist
STFI e.V. |
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 David Jackson
Senior Technical Leader, Global Nonwovens
Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
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Emerging Markets & Technologies
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 Jeff Cernohous
CTO, Chairman & Founder
Interfacial Solutions LLC |
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 K. Min
Senior Vice President
LG Hausys Ltd. |
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 Richard Gross
CEO
SyntheZyme LLC |
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 Gary Noble
President / CEO
Bio-Plastic Solutions LLC |
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 Yoshinori Kasai
Manager of Environmental Harmony Materials Project
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
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 Dan Sawyer
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
NatureWorks LLC |
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 Shilpa Manjure
Manager, R&D
Natur-Tec® |
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Expanding Bioplastic Applications in Durable Products
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 Roger Avakian
Vice President, Scientific Development
PolyOne Corporation |
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 Masatoshi Iji
Research Fellow, Dr. Eng.
NEC Corporation |
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 Dr. Robert Barsotti
Research Scientist
Arkema Inc. |
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 Joe Kurczynski
Senior Technical Staff
IBM |
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 Dr. Andrea Fruth
Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH |
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 Ken Powell, Ph.D, P.E.
Sr. Manager Green Materials Development
BD Technologies |
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Opportunities in Food Service and Food Packaging
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 Buzz Chandler
Owner
ASEAN Corporation |
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 Eita Ohmatsu
Managing Director
Risupack |
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 Jaana Keskitalo
Product Manager, Food Service Board
Stora Enso |
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 Brenda Platt
Co-Chair
Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative |
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 Kate Lewis
Deputy Manager, BioPreferred Program
USDA |
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 Justin Zeulner
Director of Sustainability and Planning
Rose Quarter/Portland Trail Blazers |
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Driving Economics to Sustainable Commercialization
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 Monika Gneuss
VP/Sales & Marketing Manager
Gneuss, Inc. |
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 Charlie Martin
President/General Manager
Leistritz |
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 Bill Goldfarb
President
Univeral Dynamics, Inc. |
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 Jim Nangeroni
Lead Applications Development Engineer
NatureWorks LLC |
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 Augie Machado
Laboratory Manager
Leistritz |
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 Rich Eichfield
VP of Business Development
Plastic Suppliers, Inc. |
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Cradle-to-Cradle & Ingeo
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 Steve Alexander
Executive Director
Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers |
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 Steve Mojo
Executive Director
BPI |
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 Carla Castagnero
President
AgRecycle, Inc. |
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Brenda Platt
Co-Chair
Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative |
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 Mike Centers
Founder & President
Titus Maintenance and Installation Services, Inc. |
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 Sue Vang
Policy Advisor
Californians Against Waste |
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 Laurie Hansen
Executive Director
Western Plastics Association |
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Growth of Ingeo Lactides and Lactide Derivatives
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 David Allen
Global Technical Manager Agricultural Products
Stepan Company |
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 Chun-Chia Hsu
Project Manager
Far Eastern New Century Corp. |
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 Daniel Carraway
Founder & CEO
DaniMer Scientific LLC |
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 Takashi Miyamoto
Vyloecol Project Leader
Toyobo Co., Ltd. |
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 John Dorgan
Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Site Director
Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels |
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 Manuel Natal
Global Segment Leader - Lactide Derivatives
NatureWorks LLC |
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