Program & Agenda

General Session

6:00 – 7:00 AM
Optional: Exercise Event

7:30 – 8:30 AM
Registration, Networking, & Continental Breakfast (Topaz Lobby)

8:30 – 8:45 AM
Day One Kickoff & Opening Remarks

8:45 – 9:00 AM
Keynote Opening, Paul Nowak

9:00 – 9:45 AM
Sustainability Plenary, Speaker TBA

9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break

10:00 – 11:30 AM
Innovation Hour:

• Answering the FDA Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Sterilization Innovation Challenge, Dr. Megan Frost and Kurt Yockey
• TBA
• TBA
• TBA
• Q&A with Speakers

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Lunch A

12:15 – 1:00 PM
Lunch B

1:05 – 1:20 PM
Packaging – It’s More Than Meets The Eye: Putting the “Ability” Back in Usability, Arti Roth, PhD

1:20 – 2:00 PM
Can your Package “Take a Licking” and “Keep On Ticking”? How to Tackle Human Nature and Mother Nature with Robust Package Design, Brian Farison

2:05 – 2:45 PM
TBA

2:45 – 3:15 PM
Networking break

3:15 – 4:30 PM
Industry Power Hour
TED-Style Talks

• ASTM F02 Primary Barrier Packaging Committee, TBA
• IoPP MDPTC (Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee), David DiVaccaro and Tyler Boyd
• KiiP (Kilmer Innovations in Packaging), Hanna Harris
• SPMC (Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council), Dhuanne Dodrill
• HPRC (Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council), Peylina Chu
• AAMI Technical Committee 198, Working Group 7, TBA

 

4:35 – 5:00 PM
Industry Recognition

5:45 – 8:00 PM
Networking Reception @ P6 Rooftop Restaurant

General Session until 10am

6:00 – 7:00 AM
Optional: Exercise Event

 

7:30 – 8:30 AM
Networking & Continental Breakfast (Topaz Lobby)

 

8:30 – 8:40 AM
Day Two Kickoff

 

8:40 – 9:05 AM
Catalyzing Circularity: A Case Study in Adopting Certified Advanced Recycled Materials for Medical Packaging, Cliff Labbe and Rod Patch

9:05 – 9:30 AM
Unlocking the Potential of Advanced Recycling: Today’s Technology Landscape and Opportunities for Medical Packaging, Katherine Hofmann, PhD and Zach Patterson

 

9:30 – 10:00 AM
Creating a Business Case for Advanced Recycled Materials: Critical Questions from the MDM Perspective – A KiiP Collaboration, Deepa Rampura and Anna Thomas

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Networking Break

 

Breakout Tracks

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Foundational Track:  Using Damage Boundary Theory as a Tool for Sustainability, Nora Crivello

Tenured Track:  Reducing Sealing Variability and Increasing Process Capability, Lynne Barton and Ben White

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Foundational Track: Wicked Stability: Project Progress and Workstream Updates, Nancy Battaglini, Jen Benolken, Henk Blom, and Rod Patch

Tenured Track: TBA

 

11:30 – 12:15 PM
Lunch A

 

12:15 – 1:00 PM
Lunch B

 

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Foundational Track: Building a Plane While Flying is Not Easy – Learn How ASTM is Developing a Guide to Help the Industry Meet or Exceed Requirements of ISO 11607 Section 7, Broc Couling, Arti Roth, PhD, and Matt TerBush
and Keith Weitz

Tenured Track: TBA

 

1:35 – 2:10 PM

Foundational Track: End of Life Journey of Medical Packaging: What You Should Know as a Packaging Engineer, Jamie Pero-Parker, PhD, Samantha Smith, and Keith Weitz

Tenured Track: Human Factors Engineering: How to Incorporate Usability Principles and Practices to Packaging Design to Create Safe and Effective Product-Packaging Systems for Your Users, David Grosse-Wentrup, Dipl. Ing. and TBD

 

2:15 – 2:45 PM

Foundational Track: Sterile Packaging Recycling Pilots: A Journey to Circularity, Nick Packet

Tenured Track: Connected Combination Devices Elevate User Experience, Mathias Romacker and Lisa Pierce

 

2:45 – 3:15 PM
Networking Break

 

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Foundational Track: Human Sustainability Through Connection and Vulnerability, Hanna Harris, Chris Kelley, Austin Liu, Seema Momin, and Jen Benolken (moderator)

Tenured Track: Medical Packaging From the Patient’s Perspective, Michael Johnston

TED-Style Talks

3:50 – 3:55 PM

Foundational Track: Session Intro, Nora Crivello

Tenured Track: Session Intro, Paul Nowak

3:55 – 4:10 PM

Foundational Track: TBA

Tenured Track: Packaging Groundhog Day: How Do We Challenge the Status Quo?, Nancy Battaglini

 

4:10 – 4:25 PM

Foundational Track: What is SBS Package Performance Testing 1, 2, 3 …, Jan Gates

Tenured Track: TBA

 

4:25 – 4:40 PM

Foundational Track: Comparing Impact of Distribution Hazards on Similar Packaging Systems – Adopting Bracketing Approaches to Meet Compliance, Seema Momin

Tenured Track: TBA

 

4:40 – 4:45 PM

Foundational Track:  Q&A with Speakers, Moderator: Nora Crivello

Tenured Track: Q&A with Speakers, Moderator: Paul Nowak

General Session

4:55 – 5:00 PM
Day 2 Closing

6:00 – 9:00 PM
the[PACK]out Takes the Mic @ Speakeasy

6:00 – 7:00 AM
Optional: Exercise Event

8:00 – 8:30 AM
Exhibitor Time

8:30 – 8:45 AM
Introduction to Day Three Workshop

8:45 – 11:20 AM
TBA

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Live Q&A | Closing Remarks