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Supply, demand and pricing forecasts
for the major commodity and engineering resins.
AGENDA FOR 2008 CONFERENCE
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7:45 - 8:30 a.m. |
45 min. |
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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8:30 - 8:45 a.m. |
15 min. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mark Stephen, Managing Editor, Canadian Plastics Magazine; Serge Lavoie,
Executive Director, Canadian Plastics Industry
Association
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8:45 - 9:30 a.m. |
45 min. |
Outlook for Polyethylene and Polypropylene
Resins
Shannon Schneider, Consultant Polymers,
Nexant ChemSystems
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9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
30 min. |
Outlook for Polyethylene, from a Resin Producer’s
Viewpoint
Kim McPhillips, Business Director, Polyethylene,
NOVA Chemicals Inc.
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for Styrenic Resins
Peter Feng, Director of Styrenics, CMAI
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10:30 - 10:50 a.m. |
20
min. |
REFRESHMENT AND NETWORKING BREAK
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10:50 - 11:20 a.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for PET Resins
Landon Feller, Markets Reporter, ICIS
pricing
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11:20 - noon |
40
min. |
Economic Outlook for Canada and USA
Paul Ferley, Assistant Chief Economist,
RBC Financial Group, Royal Bank of Canada
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noon - 12:20 p.m. |
20
min. |
NETWORKING RECEPTION
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12:20 - 1:00 p.m. |
40
min. |
LUNCHEON
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1:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for PVC Resins
Kevin Allen, Associate Editor, Platts
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1:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for Nylon Resins
Mark Wasilenski, Product Manager Nylons, BASF Corporation
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2:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for Polycarbonate Resins
Paul Blanchard, Senior Consultant, CMAI
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2:30 - 2:50 p.m. |
20
min. |
REFRESHMENT AND NETWORKING BREAK
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2:50 - 3:20 p.m. |
30
min. |
Outlook for Bioplastic Resins
John Moisson, President, Jamplast Inc.
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3:20 - 3:50 p.m. |
30
min. |
Leveraging Your Position in the Current Market -- What you can do right now to get the best deals on your resins.
Gus Garrett, Director of Education, Resin Technology Inc.
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3:50 - 4:00 p.m. |
10
min. |
Closing Remarks
Mark Stephen, Managing Editor, Canadian
Plastics Magazine
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