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ISBT Offers Education Sessions at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015
ISBT Offers Education Sessions at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015
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The International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT) is hosting education sessions for the beverage industry at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas; Sept. 28–30), according to show owner PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
The education sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. 29, in The Beverage Cooler Lounge (Booth S-7429), where ISBT members and attendees have the opportunity to learn the latest advancements in the beverage industry.
“PACK EXPO Las Vegas is where the industry comes together to share knowledge and find solutions to the challenges in our businesses and ISBT is supporting the purpose of PACK EXPO and why beverage industry professionals attend the show each year,” says Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO, PMMI.
“We’re excited to host education sessions in The Beverage Cooler Lounge. Not only does the lounge provide a place for the beverage industry to convene for networking and relationship building, but the education sessions provide additional value to our members’ PACK EXPO Las Vegas experience,” says Larry Hobbs, executive director of ISBT.
Education session topics include:
| 10:00 a.m. | What Are the Packaging Challenges and Trends We Face in Today’s Dynamically Changing Markets? | Ron Puvak, director global marketing and new business development, Plastic Technologies, Inc. |
| 11:00 a.m. | FSMA and Food Defense: How Will You Be Affected? | Brian Stegmann, senior engineer & food safety manager, Ingredion Incorporated |
| 1:00 p.m. | Beverage Quality Fundamentals | Cloeann Durham, senior director of quality, Coca-Cola Bottling C. Consolidated |
| 2:00 p.m. | New Biopolymers: Synchronizing Properties with Business Opportunities | Scott Steele, president, Plastic Technologies, Inc. |
| 3:00 p.m. | The Global Food Safety Initiative: How Will GFSI Affect You? | Cloeann Durham, senior director of quality, Coca-Cola Bottling C. Consolidated |
The session schedule will be the same for both days with each presenter speaking for 30-40 minutes concluding with a Q&A portion.
PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 is co-located with Pharma EXPO 2015, a joint venture from PMMI and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE). The two shows have over 800,000 net square feet of combined exhibit space and are expected to attract 30,000 processing and packaging professionals and more than 2,000 exhibiting companies. Registration is $30 through Sept. 14, when it increases to $100.
Register for PACK EXPO and Pharma EXPO at www.packexpolasvegas.com.
About PMMI
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies is a trade association representing more than 700 companies that provide a full range of processing and packaging machinery, materials, components and containers. PMMI actively brings buyers and sellers together through initiatives such as packexpo.com, educational programs and world-class events, connecting participants in the processing and packaging supply chain with their customers around the world. PMMI produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows that include PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 (Sept. 28–30, Las Vegas Convention Center); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015; EXPO PACK México 2016, May 17–20, (Mexico City, Expo Bancomer Santa Fe); PACK EXPO International 2016, Nov. 6–9 (McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.); Pharma EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International 2016; PACK EXPO East 2017, Feb. 27–March 1, (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia) and EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017, June 13–15, 2017 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). PMMI owns PMMI Media Group, a market-leading B2B media company that produces information for processing and packaging professionals, bringing together solution providers and end-users and facilitating connectivity throughout the supply chain. Its world class media brands Packaging World, Automation World, Healthcare Packaging, Contract Packaging and Packaging + Processing OEM are proven leaders in covering this diverse and dynamic marketplace, and its digital products incorporate leading edge media technologies to deliver informed, actionable business intelligence to the industry. PMMI Media Group also produces The Automation Conference, an annual education and networking forum, taking place in Chicago each spring.
Learn more at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com and pmmimediagroup.com.