September 20-23, 2010 - Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
RISE -

Comprehensive Program-At-A-Glance

Time Session Tuesday - Sept 21 Wednesday - Sept 22 Thursday - Sept 23

8:00 am - 8:30 am  

  Coffee & Networking Coffee & Networking Coffee & Networking

 

8:30 am - 11:30 am

Sustainable Innovation

John Jewell, LEED AP, Senior Consultant, PE Americas

Ron Hagemann, Chief Technology Officer, New Composite Partners

Suzanne Shelton, President & CEO, Shelton Group

Innovative Thinking

Al Dietz, Technology Manager, Johns Manville

Karl-Michael Schumann, Innovation Advisor & Coach, Former Director of Research &
Development, The Procter & Gamble Co.

Chris Andrews, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.

John Wilbanks, Vice President of Science, Science Commons/Creative Commons

Abbie Griffin, Royal L. Garff Presidential Chair in Marketing, David Eccles School of Business,
University of Utah

Consumer Hygiene

Nancy Muller, Executive Director, National
Association for Continence (NAFC)

Robert Green, Business Director, NatureWorks LLC

Pricie Hanna, Vice President, John R. Starr, Inc.

Daniel Dawes, Manager of Federal Affairs and Grassroots Network, Premier Healthcare Alliance

 

 

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Networking Event

Lunch ‘N Learn: New Markets & Opportunities

Keith Osteen, Principal, Smith, Johnson & Associates

Jerry Fan, Independent Consultant

Ram Maheshwari, Director of Marketing, Ginni Filaments (India)

Rory Holmes, President, INDA

Lunch on Your Own


(Set Up Appointments with Customers/Vendors/Etc.)

Lunch on Your Own


(Set Up Appointments with
Customers/Vendors/Etc.)

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

  Coffee & Networking Coffee & Networking Coffee & Networking

 

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

                                  

Advanced Materials

Ralf Taubner, Scientist-Spunbonds & Films,
Sächsisches, Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI)

Mark Mendelson, Marketing Manager, Braskem Polypropylene

 

Rockey (Bin) Zhao, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

Megan Marino, Business Manager, BASF

Applications
& Equipment

Construction

Joe Lstiburek, Principal, Building Science Corp.

Jerry Phelan, Bayer Material Sciences

Marc LaFrance, Technology Development Manager,U.S. Department of Energy

Helene Hardy-Pierce, Vice President of Technical
Services, Codes & Industry Relations, GAF Materials Corp.

Transportation

Roger Young, Vice President Asia Pacific, Robert Eller Associates, Inc.

Charles (Chuck) Pelly, The Design Academy

David W. Marek, Chief Designer & Sr. Manager, Automotive Styling Group, Honda R&D-Americas

Nicholas A. Abramczyk, The Boeing Company

Fred Lybrand, VP North America, Elmarco, Inc.

Innovation Equipment

Doug Brown, President, Biax-Fiberfilm Corp.

Steve Lessley, Market Manager-Nonwovens, ITW Dynatec

Hans-Georg Geus, Technical Director, Reifenhäuser REICOFIL GmbH & Co. KG

Eric Reber, Technical Sales Manager, Mahlo-America Inc

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

   

Table-top Displays and Reception

 

... Special Innovation Workshop on Monday, September 20

RISE Rewards

Stay and win! Stick around a few minutes after the close of RISE to see if you won an Apple iPad!

INDA