| 8:30 am - 8:40 am | Bioplastics TOPCON Chair: Welcome & Housekeeping [More Info] Edwin Tam, Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Teknor Apex |
| 8:40 am - 9:10 am | Functional Aliphatic Polyesters from Renewable Resources [More Info] Debbie Schneiderman, Ph.D Candidate, University of Minnesota |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | Synthesis of Biobased Poly(butylene-co-hexane succinate) for Coating Applications [More Info] Margarent Sobkowicz Kline, UMass-Lowell |
| 9:40 am - 10:10 am | PBSA: Strengths and Weaknesses [More Info] Doug Hirt, Professor, Clemson University |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Break, Tabletop Display & Networking |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Improving Thermal Stability in Biobased Additives for Polymer Compounds [More Info] Bob Montgomery, VP Sales & Product Development, Genarex |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Key Note Speaker: Understanding biodegradability – the science, the standards, the hype & misuse and true value proposition [More Info] Ramani Narayan, Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch, Tabletop & Networking |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Biodegradable Polyester Ecoflex & Ecovio [More Info] Thomas Pitzi, BASF |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | A New Technique to Benchmark Performance of PLA Cutlery [More Info] Michael Annan, NTIC Shilpa Manjure, Manager, Product Development, NTIC |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Properties and Applications for Expanded PLA (Polylactic Acid) Particle Foams [More Info] Steve Sopher, Technical Director, JSP |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break, Tabletop Display & Networking |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | A "Green" Thermoset Versus Polylactic Acids [More Info] Wei Zheng, University of Wisconsin-Stout |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Melting Efficiency Performance for Various Polylactide Resins in a Co-rotating lntermeshing Twin Screw Extruder : [More Info] Augie Machado, Laboratory Manager, Leistritz |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 3 Dimensional Mixing An Orderly Mixer For Single Screw Compounding [More Info] Keith Luker, President, Randcastle Extrusion Systems |
| Poster Session: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
| Compost Disintegration of Biodegradable Polymers for Packaging Applications [More Info] Samaneh Ashtiyani, Ph.D Student, Research Assistant, Michigan State University |
| Polymer Composite Turf Grass Fertilizer [More Info] Jake Behrens, Iowa State University |
| Functionalizing interfaces of bio-renewable fillers into thermoplastics [More Info] Mitch Michel, Iowa State University |
| Synthesis of biobased polyols from soymeal and its application in polyurethane rigid foam [More Info] Sayli Bote, Ph.D. Student-Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University |
| Novel Silk Fibroin Scaffold for bone graft applications [More Info] Prachi Dhavale, UMass-Lowell |
| Structure-Property Relationships of Modified Polylactic Compounds [More Info] Preetam Giri, PhD Student - Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University |
| Design and Synthesis of Polydimethylsiloxane Polyester Polyol that Contains Biobased Content for Polyurethane Foam Applications [More Info] Hugh MacDowell, Masters Student- Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University |
| Novel biobased elastomers by reactive blending of modified natural oil and polysiloxanes [More Info] Chetan Tambe, Graduate Student, Michigan State University |
| 8:30 am - 8:40 am | Opening Remarks & Housekeeping [More Info] Edwin Tam, Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Teknor Apex |
| 8:40 am - 9:10 am | 3D Printing Natural Fiber Filled PolyOlefin's [More Info] Robert Joyce, Owner and Founder, Innovative Plastics & Molding |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | 3D Printing & Coloring PLA: Compounder Perspective [More Info] Edwin Tam, Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Teknor Apex |
| 9:40 am - 10:40 am | Key Note Speaker: 3D Printing Polylactic Acid [More Info] Dan Sawyer, NatureWorks |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Break, Tabletop Display & Networking |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | ASTM D20 Committee Bioplastics & Biodegradable Update [More Info] Kelvin Okamoto, President, Green Bottom Line |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | New Barrier Layers for Biocompostable Films and Laminates Section – Compostable plastics [More Info] Itai Pelled, R&D Director |
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch - Networking |
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | lnterfacial Healing of PLA [More Info] David Grewell, Iowa State University |
| 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Naturally Occurring PHA Biopolymer from Bio-Methane: Commercial Update [More Info] Andrew Cal, Mango Materials |
| 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Product Development for Plant-based Polymers [More Info] Danny Mishek, President and Founder, Self Eco |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Closing Remarks [More Info] Edwin Tam, Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Teknor Apex |
