Conference Agenda 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Workshop: How to Negotiate the Best Deal for Your Resin Purchases
Doubletree Airport Hotel - Aurora Room
Presented by Gus Garrett, Director of Education, Resin Technology Inc.

This 3-hour workshop is designed for plastics processors and will help them gain valuable market insight and strategies that can be immediately applied to any purchasing practice. The workshop will cover:
The Agenda is:
  1. What is negotiating and why do it?
  2. Legal considerations
  3. Know your real position beforehand
  4. The "what" of negotiation
  5. Suppliers’ considerations
  6. The “how” of negotiation
  7. Pull it all together – a plan for success!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

7:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
16th Annual Resin Outlook Conference
Doubletree Airport Hotel – International Rooms A & B
presented by Canadian Plastics magazine

Time

Event
7:45 a.m - 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Resin Technology Inc.
8:30 - 8:35 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mark Stephen, Editor, Canadian Plastics Magazine
8:35 - 8:50 a.m. Plastics Industry Statistics & CPIA Initiatives
Greg Wilkinson, President & CEO, Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)
8:50 - 9:30 a.m. How to Negotiate the Best Deal for Your Resin Purchases
Gus Garrett, Director of Education, Resin Technology Inc.
Note: This is a recap of the workshop given on Oct. 5.
9:30 - 10:10 a.m. Economic Outlook for Canada and USA
David Tulk, Senior Macro Strategist, TD Financial Group
10:10 - 10:40 a.m. Outlook for Polyethylene, from a Resin Producer’s Viewpoint
Chris Gick, Manager, Industry Dynamics, NOVA Chemicals Inc.
10:40 - 10:55 a.m. REFRESHMENT AND NETWORKING BREAK
Sponsored by PolyOne
10:55 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Outlook for Polyethylene and Polypropylene resins
Peter Callais, Manager - PE Solutions, Townsend Solutions
11:35 - 12:05 p.m. Outlook for Biopolymers
John Moisson, President, Jamplast Inc.
12:05 - 12:35 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION
Sponsored by Trimac
12:35 - 1:20 p.m. LUNCHEON
Co-sponsored by Mathelin Bay and Canadian Plastics
1:20 - 2:00 p.m. Outlook for Nylon and Polycarbonate Resins
Paul Blanchard, Senior Consultant, Chemical Marketing Associates Inc.
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Outlook for Recycled Resins
John Denzer, Executive Partner, Mathelin Bay
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. REFRESHMENT AND NETWORKING BREAK
Sponsored by Cantec Polymers Inc.
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Outlook for PET
Giovanni Iadeluca, President, Selenis Canada
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Outlook for Polystyrene
Bob Dennett, Senior Consultant, Chemical Marketing Associates
3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Outlook for PVC
Benjamin Morse, Senior Editor, Platts - A division of McGraw Hill
4:15 - 4:20 p.m. Closing Remarks
Mark Stephen, Editor, Canadian Plastics Magazine


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