Check in starts at 7:30 a.m. and event begins at 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: PFAS: Impact on the Planet and Solutions for the Packaging Industry

Thursday, November 2, 2023

$60 includes lunch and parking

LOCATION: Sheraton Conference Center, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison Wisconsin

SPONSORS:

· Green Bay Innovation Group (www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com)

· University of Wisconsin Engineering (https://engineering.wisc.edu)

· Iowa State University Polymer and Food Protection Consortium (https://pfpc.cals.iastate.edu)

AGENDA:

· 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.: Introduction and Opening to Symposium Sessions on Critical Knowledge Gaps for PFAS in Packaging – Dr. Keith Vorst – Director, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium, Iowa State University

· 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.: State and Federal Regulation of PFAS in Food Packaging: Tom Lee, Partner, Byran, Cave, Leighton and Paisner LLC. San Francisco, CA

· 9:45 – 10:30 a.m.: PFAS in packaging, cosmetics, and consumer products – Dr. Graham Peaslee, Faculty Researcher and Professor, University of Notre Dame

· 10:30 – 10:45 a.m.: Coffee and Beverages Break

· 10:45 – 11:30 a.m.: PFAS in Food and Food Packaging – Dr. Allan Bailey, Director, FDA Division of Food Contact Notifications

· 11:30 – 12:00 p.m.: Mitigation and Rapid Detection Strategies for PFAS in Packaging – Dr. Greg Curtzwiler, Faculty Researcher, and Mark Early, Researcher, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium, Iowa State University

· 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Dr. George Huber, UW Madison Chemical Engineering, Director of the Center for Upcycling Waste Plastics

· 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.: Dr. Christopher Zahasky and other UW Madison faculty on PFAS flow through ground water

· 1:45 – 3:00 p.m.: Open Panel Q & A guest speakers

· 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Feedback Survey – Marty Ochs, Executive Director, The Green Bay Innovation Group