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Paper and Packaging Professionals Invited to Present at PaperCon 2018

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Bring visibility to your new technology, technical success, or case study by presenting at PaperCon 2018. Abstracts are now being accepted for this global event to be held on April 15-18, in Charlotte, NC.  PaperCon is considered the world’s largest technical conference for the paper and packaging industry and now you have the opportunity to be part of this premier event.  Submit your abstract by October 13 - THIS FRIDAY to be considered.
 

The PaperCon Program Committee invites all paper and packaging professionals interested in participating in the PaperCon 2018 technical program to submit an abstract to the TAPPI Speaker Management System by the October 13 deadline.  Topics of interest include: 

Division Track Topics:
Coating Technologies Track

Packaging Applications
Barrier coatings and multi-layer coatings technologies
Coatings for packaging, ink jet papers and digital printing
Success stories in coating and finishing
Flexible packaging
Coated liner

Novel Coating Technologies
Barrier coatings and multi-layer coatings technologies
Novel coating materials
Print applied barrier & specialty coatings
Papermaking Innovations Track

Innovations in the papermaking process – anywhere from the HD through the winder
Innovative paper products
Innovations in paper machine research
Innovative data analysis
Innovations in papermaking training
•     Innovative papermaking success stories

Fluid Fundamentals Track
Fourdrinier, twin-wire, hybrid, foam and stratified forming technologies
Analysis for wet-end variability, sheet forming and structure
Stock and additives mixing
Wet end measurements
CFD for practical applications
PaperCon 2018 will be co-located with three additional events: Control Systems 2018, IDCON, NETInc, and RPTA.  Abstracts for these events are also requested on the following topics:

Co-located Events Topics:
Control Systems 2018
Control Systems
IOT, cloud, and collaborative applications
Paper machine control applications
Sheet measurement technologies
Process control diagnostics and analysis
Imaging and machine vision applications 
Pulp mill measurements and controls

IDCON
Mill Reliability
Best outage execution templates
Best practice in operator equipment care routes and documentation systems
Work management, planning and scheduling best practices
Root cause problem elimination
Materials selection for corrosion resistance

NETInc
Nonwovens
Biobased and novel polymers
Next generation binders and additives
3D printing and biomimetics
New filtration and membrane technologies
Fiber processing
Converting Technologies
Nanotechnology with nanofibers

RPTA
Recycled Paperboard 
Maximizing Recycled Fiber Performance
Energy Reduction in Recycled Paperboard mills- Success Stories
Water Usage in Recycled Paperboard Mills
Reliability
For more information about submitting an abstract for PaperCon 2018, please visit the conference website at PaperCon.org or contact Sarah Lunceford, TAPPI Account Manager at slunceford@tappi.org or 770-209-7345.
Abstract submittal deadline is October 13, 2017
 

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