PEERS has announced Keynote Speaker Miles P. Drake will speak during the event, taking place October 2-5, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. He is senior vice president, research and development and chief technology officer at Weyerhaeuser where he oversees a technology organization devoted to growing the core businesses, supporting Weyerhaeuser's customers and creating new technical-based options for growth for the corporation.

Attend the TAPPI PEERS Conference, hear Drake's presentation and benefit from the integration of both management and technical topics, giving you a better understanding of how the entire mill process works together – helping you Optimize the Lean Green Machine. With seven focused tracks and more than 30 sessions, this year's updated conference offers peer-reviewed papers, expert speakers, exclusive networking opportunities and new technologies that can help mills optimize operations.

Learn more about TAPPI PEERS Conference

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TAPPI currently has a committee working on the 2015 one hundred year anniversary of TAPPI. Longtime TAPPI and PIMA members on this committee include: Eric Eisert, Chuck Klass, Albert Moore, Art Rankin, and Tom Rodencal. Our celebration will focus on the innovative discoveries and breakthroughs developed by academic and industrial research groups over the past 100 years. This will generate enthusiasm for the past as well as the creative future of the global pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries.

Help us to showcase the people, processes, and solutions that make our industry great! We need your help! Please send us your list of the most innovative discoveries and breakthroughs in our industry within the past 100 years. If you know the history or have artifacts that provide insight into the discovery please send them to us. Please use snail mail (we love that stuff)! If you have any questions or comments please contact David Bell at dbell@tappi.org, c/o David Bell,TAPPI,  15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092;

Also, if you would like to join our committee, we would love to have you!

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The 2011 TAPPI Extrusion Coating Course in Nashville, Tennessee, is THE PLACE to network among colleagues from a number of top industry organizations. Just last year, the course attracted representatives from more than 30 different companies. Based on registration so far, this year's course - August 16-18, 2011 - appears destined for the same broad and elite representation. You can see a list of Companies Represented in 2010 and 2011 on the registration site for the TAPPI Extrusion Coating Course.

Have you registered yet? Do so before July 19 if you can so that you can save $200 on your TAPPI registration and on most flights with a 21-day advance booking. This course takes place August 16-18 in exciting Nashville, Tennessee.

A total of 10 experienced instructors are set to guide your professional training so that you will be able to:
• List various product structures and their potential uses in packaging applications
• Identify and discuss the physical properties and processing issues for a variety of extrusion coating resins
• Discuss the capabilities, specifications and limitations of various extrusion coating equipment
• Explain the extrusion process that includes web handling, polymer processing, purging and troubleshooting
• Recognize the various surface treatment options that are available and their applications
• Identify the unique equipment and resin requirements for co-extrusion applications
• Explain the process requirements for making extrusion coated structures
• Identify safety concerns in the extrusion process

View the full Course Schedule to see all the experience shared.

Book Your Hotel Online at Sheraton Downtown Nashville Be sure to mention "TAPPI" to get the special rate of $139.00 plus fees.

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Nominations for the major TAPPI 2012 awards are due by August 1, 2011. The awards that may be presented in the upcoming year are:

• Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award - The Association's highest technical honor may be presented annually to recognize an individual or individuals for preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven commercial benefit to the world's pulp, paper, board, and forest products industries and the other industries that TAPPI serves.
• Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award - The Association's highest award for service, may be presented annually to recognize leadership and service which have significantly and demonstrably contributed to the advancement of the Association.
• Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Member Award – The highest honor for Local Sections may be presented annually to recognize an individual for outstanding leadership and exceptional service to one or more Local Sections, which have resulted in significant and demonstrable benefits to the Local Section members.
• TAPPI Fellow - TAPPI Fellows are Individuals who have been members of TAPPI for not less than 10 years prior to the nomination, and who have contributed meritorious service to the Association and/or the paper and related industries. Retiring members of the TAPPI Board of Directors become Fellows automatically at the end of their term.

TAPPI Awards and Honors  shows the qualifications required and links to the nomination forms that must be completed. You may submit all nomination forms by email to standards@tappi.org, or you may fax them to the attention of the awards department at +1-770-446-6947, or send by mail to TAPPI, Awards Department, 15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092, USA.

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As the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries, TAPPI announces that it is still accepting applications for the William L Cullison Scholarship. Scholarship funds are currently awarded in increments up to $4,000 per academic year for the last two years of a student's undergraduate program. The deadline has been extended to August 1, 2011. All candidates will be notified of their application status by September 1, 2011.

TAPPI's selection committee has created a new, expedited process for applicants to submit their application. It recognizes that while students are seeking additional ways to cover the cost of their education, they also appreciate electronic solutions to facilitate application submission. The committee is happy to oblige and the online process is fairly straightforward.

Potential candidates must meet all of the following eligibility criteria to be considered. It is important to note that financial need is not a requirement to be eligible.

• Major in a pulp and paper science course of study at a college or university. Many of these colleges and universities sponsor a TAPPI Student Chapter.
• Maintain a 3.5 grade point average or better (on a 4.0 scale) through the first two years in a four-year program, or first three years in a five-year program.
• Demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities.
• Demonstrate significant interest in the pulp and paper industry.

Convinced that today's students are tomorrow's leaders, the TAPPI Foundation endowed the William L. Cullison Scholarship fund in honor of TAPPI's fifth Executive Director, an extraordinary industry leader. The field offers satisfying, well-paying careers in the pulp and paper, corrugated container, or polymers, laminations, adhesives, coatings and extrusion industries. Attracting skilled, motivated young people is the cornerstone to building a highly skilled workforce and a technically advanced industry. This scholarship provides a compelling incentive for students entering their third year of college to pursue an academic path related to this vital work.

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