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

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