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Plastics Encounter’s
Design Day Program
Charlotte Convention Center
(last updated 10.13.05)
Wednesday, October 19 Agenda
Presented by Plastics News & the Industrial Designers Society of America
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Profiting from Innovation — the Business of Design
9:00-9:10 am
Welcome & introduction
 Robert Grace, Editor/Associate Publisher & Conference Director, Plastics News
  
9:10-9:40 am

Insights into product design innovation

  Raymond J. Lambert, Manager - Sales & Business Development, Santoprene Specialty Products, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
 

 

9:40-10:20 amSuppliers & the creative process
  Andy Switky, President & General Manager -- Asia-Pacific Region, IDEO
10:20-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:10 amProduct design strategy & execution – a global perspective
  David Kusuma, VP – Product Development Worldwide, Tupperware Corp.
  
11:10 am–12:00 pmPanel discussion / Q&A
  Audience dialogue with Lambert, Switky & Kusuma about the the evolving product-development and innovation process, and how best to identify and meet consumer needs worldwide   
12:00 pm-1:30 pm Break for lunch / Visit Plastics Encounter show floor
  
1:30-2:10 pm Heading East: One design firm's strategy to engage China
  Brian Roderman, VP - Design, Point Innovation Inc.
Ken Buras, VP - Development, Point Innovation Inc.
  
2:10-2:50 pmTougher than steel: How plastics help protect your identity
  Paul Magee, Director – Strategic Design & Brand Integrity, Diebold Inc.   
2:50-3:30 pmWhen pressure forming makes good design sense
 Rich Freeman, President, Freetech Plastics Inc.
  
3:30-4:00 pm Panel discussion / Q&A
  Audience dialogue with Roderman, Buras, Magee & Freeman about processes, materials and global management strategies  
  
4:00-5:30 pmNetworking reception on the Plastics Encounter show floor

 
        
          

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