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Tuesday, May 22

7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration and Breakfast in Expo Area
8:15 – 8:55 am	Keynote: Standardizing Design and Manufacturing Across the Supply Chain Presented by Sid Venkatesh, Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing Most large scale manufacturing organizations like Boeing have altered their business model towards more subcontracting, and transfer of design and manufacturing responsibilities to a global supply chain.  Sid will the discuss the growing importance of design and manufacturing standardization in response to this shift, and how it affects automation technology choices at manufacturing companies across the supply chain.
9:00 – 9:40 am	Keynote: PLC Lifecycle Management Presented by Chris Wells, ExxonMobil Programmable Logic Controllers are used widely at petrochemical sites and play a critical role in unit safety and reliability.  These devices also present challenges in terms of lifecycle management and security.  This presentation will explore those challenges and describe improvements needed to better provide for device management.
9:45 – 10:25 am	Keynote: Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act Presented by David Acheson, Managing Director, Leavitt Partners LLC A former FDA director, Dr. Acheson will talk about coming changes to the Food Safety Modernization Act and other regulatory issues, with an eye toward how they will impact food and beverage processors and packagers, other producers of consumables, and the manufacturers who design and build equipment used in those industries.
10:30 – 10:55 am	Break in Expo Area
11:00 am - 11:55 am	Track session: Combining Lean/Six Sigma with Automation for OEE Improvements Presented by Chris Bacon, Production Manager, Pepsi Bottling Ventures Chris Bacon will describe his experience in achieving dramatic overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvements across both legacy and new equipment using a combination of Lean/Six Sigma principles with various automation technologies. Return on investment payback on automation expenditures was achieved in less than a year.
12:00 – 12:55 pm	Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 1:55 pm	Track session: Leveraging Controls Technology to Achieve Rapid Changeover Presented by Rick Lidington, CEO, FMS Packaging Systems, Inc. Winston Strachan, Maintenance Engineer, Caribbean Food Delights When Caribbean Food Delights set about the task of bringing a whole new level of automation to the flow-wrapping, collating, and cartoning of its unique Caribbean-style patties, high on the list of objectives was quick-changeover. The robotic line that the firm ultimately developed delivers precisely the push-button, menu-driven changeover the firm wanted – and so much more. Learn all the project details, first-hand, from Caribbean Foods and their machine builder partner, FMS Packaging. Or choose to attend our packaging standards Workshop, from 1:00 - 5:30 pm on Tuesday, with a break at 3:00 pm. See Workshop details. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Presented by Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC - PackML and ISA88 TR02 Update - Automation Project Management
2:00 – 2:55 pm	Track session: Automation in Secondary Packaging and End-of-Line Operations Presented by Steve Stegora, Western Region Sales Manager / Marketing Director – Americas, Langen Packaging Group The packaging equipment industry has been utilizing robotic automation in conjunction with fixed automation for over a quarter of a century. This presentation reviews a broad variety of automation solutions implemented for Secondary Packaging and End of Line Automation to increase operational efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs. An analysis of industries, equipment technologies and project considerations will be reviewed during this video rich presentation. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Presented by Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC - PackML and ISA88 TR02 Update - Automation Project Management
3:00 – 3:25 pm	Break in Expo Area
3:30 – 4:25 pm	Track session: Streamlining Label Procurement With Automation Presented by Christina Mavity, Director of Technical Services, Gilchrist & Soames Faced with a serious case of SKU proliferation, Gilchrist & Soames turned to a Web-based automated system from label converter WS Packaging Group. Called WebFlex, it's an automated artwork and order management system for labels that makes it possible to upload label artwork directly to a server without having to use a third-party FTP site or send art on a disc by overnight carrier or clog email with big files. Mavity will describe the benefits of this Web-based solution, which she describes as a classic example of how to use automation tools to streamline the packaging procurement portion of a complex manufacturing operation. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop (continued) Presented by Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC - How to Design Interactive Components in a Modular Implementation - Integrating PackML with the ERP Systems
4:30 – 5:25 pm	Track session: Research into Machine Vision Applications in Packaging Presented by Akram Hossain, Professor, Purdue University Calumet This presentation will discuss the results of using high speed camera vision system in two specific industrial applications. The first application explains how the camera was used to fix the orientation of packaged material, in this case bottles, due to inaccurate cam profile of the screw conveyor. This screw conveyer operates at a very high speed, 500 bottles per minute. Due to inaccurate cam profile of the screw conveyer, 5% to 10% of bottles come out with wrong orientation. It is shown how the installation of high speed camera vision system, allowing capturing of 1000 frames per second of the orientation process, and frame-by-frame analysis of the operation, guide the investigators to find a solution to the inaccuracy in the orientation process. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop (continued) Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC - How to Design Interactive Components in a Modular Implementation - Integrating PackML with the ERP Systems
5:30 - 7:00 pm	Cocktail Reception in Expo Area

Wednesday, May 23

7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast in Expo Area
8:15 – 8:55 am	Keynote: Volkswagen's Automation Strategy and Modular Production Process Presented by Jürgen Jaskolla, ITIP Technical Coordinator, Volkswagen
9:00 – 9:40 am	Keynote: Packaging Line Automation Presented by Dr. Bryan Griffen, Electrical and Automation Engineering Manager, Nestle Nestle's packaging line automation strategy and role of OMAC in the process.
9:45 – 10:25 am	Keynote: Getting the Most from Your Interaction with Standards Organizations Presented by Paul Redwood, R&D Equipment Engineering Manager, Church & Dwight Producers of all kinds--from those who manufacture industrial machinery to those who make consumer goods--face an array of standards impacting their production processes and equipment choices. In this session, Paul will share his wealth of experience from 25 years in the consumer packaged goods industry to help you navigate the labyrinth of standards you face and use them to your advantage.
10:30 – 10:55 am	Break in Expo Area
11:00 am - 11:55 am	Track Session: Remote Diagnostic & Workflow Strategy for Packaging & Production Presented by Kai Mariappan, Plant Control Specialist, Coca-Cola This session wil explore the basic concepts of remote diagnostics through a look at existing technologies and emerging trends. Mariappan will also provide a step-by-step strategy for establishing a remote diagnostic system based on his work establishing such a system at Coca-Cola.
12:00 – 12:55 pm	Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 1:55 pm	Track Session: Customizing Workforce Development for Process, Discrete or Hybrid Auotmation Strategies Presented by Keith Campbell, Campbell Management Strategies LLC This session will explore the hybridization of automation strategies to bridge process and discrete operations in CPG industries.
2:00 – 2:55 pm	Track session: Packaging Technology Roundtable Produced in cooperation with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Moderated by Pat Reynolds, VP/Editor, Packaging World; roundtable participants include: Kai Mariappan, Plant Control Specialist at Coca-Cola; Tom Doney, Nestlé Engineering and Chair of OMAC Packaging Workgroup's PackAdvantage; and Joe Grove, VP of Engineering at Ossid LLC, a ProMach Company; Winston Strachan, Maintenance Engineer at Caribbean Food Delights; Tom Egan, Vice President of Industry Services at Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Via a panel discussion format, these knowledgable packaging automation stakeholders will discuss the challenges and opportunities offered by today's packaging technologies. They'll explore the pain points that consumer packaged goods companies are encountering as they look for ways to more tightly integrate their packaging operations with their business systems; and how new developments in controls and Information Technology empower packaging machinery builders to to deliver the flexibility and fast changeover that their customers are demanding. Also examined will be new ways of acquiring real-time data to help improve Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) on today's packaging lines; and the impact of a revitalized OMAC Packaging Workgroup on builders and buyers of packaging equipment. Learn where industry is headed. Don't miss this prescient discussion on the state of packaging technology.
3:00 pm	Adjourn
	NOTE: session topics subject to change; check back for periodic updates

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May 22-23, 2012
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Featured Presenters

Chris Bacon
Chris Bacon is Production Manager at Pepsi Bottling Ventures in Napa, ID. He has 13 years  of experience in manufacturing and project management, specifically in process, systems, and team-based development and improvements. Bacon also has extensive experience with continuous improvement projects covering frozen, confections, and beverage commodities.

Keith Campbell
Keith Campbell of Campbell Managment Services LLC, will discuss industrial maintenance and mechatronics engineering technology education for advanced hybrid manufacturing (a blend of discrete, batch and process operations). Keith is a former Director of Automation & Integration at The Hershey Company, where he spent 28 years in a variety of technical and managerial positions.

Kai Mariappan
Kailash Mariappan (Kai) is a plant controls specialist at Coca Cola, North America. He has 25 years of extensive experience in industrial automation industry scoping a range of expertise in marketing, design, development, programming, installation, configuration, commissioning, maintenance and trouble shooting of PLC, HMI, Servo, stepper, vision based networked automation systems. He has established a reliable remote diagnostic system for packaging machines in Coca Cola.

Dave Chappell
Formerly a batch section manager at Procter & Gamble, now owner of Complete Manufacturing Automation Associates, respected industry professional Dave Chappell will discuss Make2Pack, PackML, ISA88 TR02, Module to Module interactions and more.

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