TAPPI Tissue360 Forum Draws Record Attendance

 

The fourth TAPPI Tissue360° Forum, held in conjunction with PaperCon 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, May 16-18, 2016, attracted record attendance in all 10 sessions. The opening Keynote Session on Monday afternoon had 119 attendees, followed by 100 attendees in Session 5 on Tuesday afternoon, 95 in Session 3 on Tuesday morning, and 68 in Session 2 on Monday afternoon.. 

The most popular sessions included Alternative Fibers, Structured Sheet Innovations, and Understanding and Measuring Tissue Softness. 

The Tissue360° Forum Program Committee was chaired by Ayse Alemdar-Thomson of FPInnovations and included members from First Quality, Nalco, Wausau (SCA), Innovaspec, Cascades, Kimberly-Clark, BTG, Jaeger, and Siemens. 

TAPPI is planning a Tissue Tutorial during PaperCon 2017 in Minneapolis, Minn., USA, and a full technical program at Tissue 2017, a joint event between TAPPI and RISI scheduled for the fall of 2017 in Miami, Fla., USA. More information about Tissue 2017 will be included in future issues of Tissue360° Newsletter.