Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders

As baby boomers retire, many mills are facing a new crisis - how to replace the experience and knowledge lost in many key positions. Leadership roles need to be filled in order for mills to continue to thrive but is the next generation ready? Mills can learn key strategies for setting employees up for success today and preparing them to take on leadership roles in the future at TAPPICon LIVE!, October 3-6, 2021.

TAPPICon’s PIMA Management track features the Young Professionals panel discussion, Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders, which addresses how companies can equip future generations with the skills, resources, and knowledge they need to succeed in leadership roles. Panelists with a wide range of experience levels will discuss how to successfully prepare the next generation of leaders across the paper, pulp, packaging and tissue industries to advance in their careers. Mike Kohler of Kohler Coating will anchor the four participating panelists who include:

• Eugenia Rivero Loyola, WestRock
• John Edwards, Domtar
• Anitra Collins, Graphic Packaging
• Kurt Mehlberg, Domtar

PIMA Management Track
TAPPICon’s PIMA Management addresses topics to help executives better run their organizations. It also includes sessions for Young Professionals and Women in Industry looking for guidance in their jobs. The track offers presentations, panels and roundtables featuring key industry-leading organizations, including WestRock, Domtar, Graphic Packaging, International Paper, USG, Fisher International, Packaging Corporation of America, The Paper & Packaging Board, and many more.

Sessions include:

• Keynote Presentation – Karen Dillon, former editor of Harvard Business Review and New York Times best-selling author
• State of the Industry Panel – focused on key global trends affecting pulp, paper, tissue and packaging
• Executive Panel - presented by Paper360⁰
• Resilience Panel – presented by the Women in Industry Division
• Innovations Panel – presented by the PIMA IT Committee
• Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Panel – presented by the Young Professionals Division
• Safety and Proactive Risk Reduction Panel
• Superintendent’s Roundtables
• Mill Manager’s Roundtables – focused on Technology as a Solution to the Industry’s Attrition-Retention Issues
• Workforce Development Presentations

Learn more about PIMA Management track presentations and speakers.

TAPPICon LIVE!
TAPPICon LIVE! provides professionals from around the world a platform to discuss key issues, new advancements/ technologies, and strategies for future success. Attendees will experience a comprehensive technical program, multiple opportunities to reconnect with peers and meet new business contacts, an awards breakfast recognizing Industry leaders, an expanded exhibit hall, and a New Technology Showcase.

The technical program features over 145 peer-reviewed presentations delivered within topic-specific tracks including coating & graphic arts, management, papermaking, papermaking additives, papermaking fundamentals, process control, reliability & maintenance and tissue.

Early Bird Discount
Attendees can receive an Early Bird discount and save $400 off the full conference rate if they register by September 3rd. TAPPICon also offers mills special discounts to send multiple people or teams. Register today.

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