TRACK 1 CONFERENCE AGENDA TRACK 1: SUSTAINABILITY / CARBON REDUCTION TRACK 1: DATA AND INDUSTRY 4.

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TRACK 1: SUPPLY CHAIN AND WORKFORCE / APPLICATION COMFORT OPTIMIZATION
DAY ONE - TUESDAY, JUNE 20

DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

DAY THREE - THURSDAY, JUNE 22

10:00AM Plenary Panel: Understanding and Developing the Incremental Process of 10:00AM Panel: Data is the Oil of the 21st century, Analytics the Combustion Engine: the
10:00AM Plenary Panel: Navigating the Current Choppy Supply Chain and Workforce
Integrating Sustainability into Foam and Adhesives Importance of Data and Predictive Modelling of Foam and Adhesive Materials
Waters to Build for a Sustainable Foam and Adhesives Future

Moderator: Rob Einterz, Supply Chain Manager, Monument Chemical Moderator: Robert Render, President, Lakeside 360 Partners
Andrea Browning, Product Manager, Polymers and Soft Matter, Schrodinger, Inc

Jon Timbers, Chief Sustainability Officer, Epsilyte

Ara Surenian, Vice President, Product Management, Plex by Rockwell Automation
Victoria Bernardo, Team Leader, CellMat Technologies SL

Jeffrey Peet, Global R&D Manager, Adhesives Systems, Saint-Gobain

11:00AM Morning Break Ashley Kongs, NA Sustainability Leader, Dow

11:00AM Morning Break

11:30AM Presentation: Boosting Material Innovation to Increase Performance

11:00AM Morning Break
11:30AM Panel: Exploring the Options of Additive Manufacturing: From
Altered Design to Agile Production Processes
Moderator: Steve Sopher, Vice President, Technology, JSP 11:30AM Panel: Assessing Global Regulatory Changes and Their Impact on
the US-domestic Foam and Adhesives Value Chains
Moderator: Walter Voit, CEO & Founder, Adaptive3D Technologies

Mouhcine Kanouni, Senior Technical Manager, Clariant

Moderator: Ernest Wysong, Sr. Research and Development Leader, Natural Polymers, LLC
Tom Reslinski, COO & Cofounder, Metafold

Burak Aksak, Vice President of Research, Setex Technologies Inc

Steve Block, Biobased Business Development Senior Consultant, Omni Tech
Jason Rolland, Senior Vice President of Materials, Carbon, Inc.

Shailesh Majmudar, Technical Manager, Solvay Josh Wimble, Global Sustainability Lead & Marketing Manager for Automotive,
Huntsman Corporation Jake Kornacker, Application Engineering Supervisor, Azul 3D
12:30PM Lunch Break

Mark Thompson, Partner, K&H 12:30PM End of Foam Expo and Adhesives & Bonding Expo Conference 2023
1:30PM Panel: No Room for Rattle Diddle-Daddle: Minimizing Noise Vibration through
Foam and Adhesive Materials
12:30PM Lunch Break

Moderator: Steve Sopher, Vice President, Technology, JSP

1:30PM Presentations: Sustainability Spotlight: Optimizing Adhesives and Their
Production Process to Reduce Carbon Footprint
David Herrin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
Moderator: Steve Block, Biobased Business Development Senior Consultant, Omni Tech

Devon Urbina, Chemist, Wolverine Advanced Materials

Reuben Correia, New Product Development Manager, Adhesives & Inks, Birla Carbon

Fouad Mohammad PhD, Global Principal Engineer- CFD & FEA, Bergstrom Inc. Dan Gardner, Director of Market Development Group, Valco Melton HOW TO USE SLIDO
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2:30PM Afternoon Break
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3:30PM Panel: Foam, Adhesives and Lightweighting: A Featherweight Match

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3:00PM Presentation: Sustainability Spotlight: The Bigger Picture – Reducing Carbon
Moderator: Xiaoxi Wang, Associate Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Footprints while Innovating in New Foam Materials
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Omar Faruk, Sr. Research & Development Engineer, Ford Motor Company
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Kavish Bujun, Business Development Manager - PET Foams North America, Armacell

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Cristina Uribe, Technical Service Engineer, Bostik, Inc.
Mojgan Nejad, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
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4:00PM Networking Reception in Exhibition Hall Networking reception in the exhibition hall
4:00PM

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