Program

Catalina East

WORKSHOP

Tailoring Ingeo's Physical Properties for Applications Development

 
This workshop provides an overview of polymer properties including polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides, and how they lead to developing performance attributes in downstream applications. Case studies will accompany each workshop section.

San Diego Championship Golf Course at Rancho Bernardo Inn

Optional Golf Outings

Aragon Ballroom

Plenary Session

 
Moderator: Leah Ford

The Innovation Takes Root plenary spans speakers who include global brands, thought leaders, leading academics, and non-governmental organizations. It's a session designed to inspire attendees by fueling passion for new materials, the desire for fresh thinking, and the drive to undertake world-changing endeavors.

Aragon II

Food Serviceware: Product Developments to Zero Waste Models

 
Moderator: Tim Goodman

In a mature market like food serviceware, each technical breakthrough creates significant opportunity to increase market share. Come learn about new breakthroughs in coatings for paper foodservice that improve performance, decrease system costs, and enable multiple end-of-life scenarios including composting & recycling/re-pulping. This session will also explore how compostable food serviceware measurably affects organics diversion rates and can decrease system costs in closed-loop environments looking to implement zero waste.

Aragon IB

Forging Ahead: 3D Printing for Industrial Applications

 
Moderator: Deepak Venkatraman

3D printing has moved out of the novelty space and is now a resource utilized by businesses of all sizes in industries from foundry, to farming, to biomedical devices. Come hear how these industries are evolving their processes taking advantage of the convenience of 3D printing, and also the tailored properties of Ingeo filament materials that meet these advanced application demands.

Aragon IA

Tools for Ingeo Users: Optimizing for Industry Success

 
Moderator: Jim Nangeroni

It's been over 25 years since NatureWorks introduced Ingeo to the world, and during that time we've had to overcome a few challenges on our way to success. Working with a wide range of supply chain partners, industry experts, and NGO's across a broad spectrum of applications, we have gained a vast amount of experience and knowledge. This session will bring together experts in machinery design, additive development, and product certification to share first-hand what we've learned and provide their recommendations for optimizing your experience with Ingeo to enable success in across industries.

Aragon IB

WORKSHOP

Marketing Claims & Regulatory Compliance Overview for 3D Printing

With a manufacturing process that can make anything, complying with global regulatory laws and marketing guidelines can be challenging. Join this workshop for a focused review of regulatory and marketing claims do’s/don’ts with topics covering:

• Regulatory | food compliance, REACH, EH&S, medical compliance
• Marketing | EOL, bio-based, carbon footprint, and performance claims

Lunch will be served at this workshop.

Catalina East

WORKSHOP

Extrusion Equipment Engineering for PLA: Theory and Practice

This workshop provides an approach for properly engineering extruder screws and dies for processing PLA resins. The material properties will be discussed, and appropriate design criteria will be defined. Then, we will demonstrate how to apply the design criteria to perform engineering calculations for single screw extruder and flow channel design and optimization. The workshop is taught through a troubleshooting approach in which poor designs are investigated and new designs are proposed then verified empirically.

Workshop Outline:

• Introduction to PLA rheology
• Process Design Criteria
• Extruder Performance and Mixing
• Adaptor and Die Optimization
• Troubleshooting

Aragon IA

Inventing the Future of Performance Fibers and Nonwovens

 
Moderator: Eamonn Tighe

Nonwovens are a common substrate for heath, hygiene and personal care products. However, new inventions for Ingeo nonwovens are creating performance attributes unseen before in this space. Come hear how new hydrophilic technology creates diapers that reduce diaper rash, and creates slimmer, more effective absorbent hygiene products. This session will also dive into advancements on Ingeo multi-compatibilization with polypropylene and new coatings for nonwovens.

Aragon II

Advancements in Single-Serve Beverage Delivery

 
Moderator: Flavio Di Marcotullio

With the wide-spread adoption of single-serve beverage systems, brandowners are seeking solutions that address the sustainability challenges inherent to single-use capsules while not compromising on brewing performance or taste. Join this session to hear about the success of current Ingeo-based solutions that have validated compostability as an end-of-life solution for both the capsule and coffee grounds; and find out about new technologies that address capsule design across the increasing range of coffee brewing systems in the market, coffee shelf life, consumer taste and aroma sensory experience and more.

Aragon IB

Breaking it Down: Engineering for Degradability in New Applications

 
Moderator: Jim Valentine

Designing new specialty applications in markets from agriculture to the industrial sector often requires materials that perform both during and after use. Join this session to learn about techniques for designing applications that can take advantage of the ability to manipulate both the rate and method of degradation for Ingeo-based structures.

Aragon Ballroom

Closing Plenary Session