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AUGUST 25 - 27, 2020
ALL VIRTUAL

2020 Conference Speakers

Chris Plotz
INDA's Director of Education & Technical Affairs
WIPES Academy
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Heidi Beatty
Chief Executive Officer, Crown Abbey, LLC
100 Most Influential Wet Wipe Brands (and Their Impact On Our Industry)
Plastics: Changing Consumer Priorities & Perspectives in the Age of COVID-19
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Larry Berk
Chief Executive Officer, Berk International LLC
Food Fresh Liners
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Geoff Collins, Ph.D.
Director, Jacob Holm
Are Plastics Dead in Nonwovens Wipes? What Consumers Really Want
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Patti Costello
Executive Director, Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)
Healthcare Wipe Insights: AHE's Annual Trends Data Report
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Claire Crunk
President, Southeast Hemp Fiber
Hemp Fiber from Front to Back: Wipe the Right Way
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Bruno De Wilde
Lab Manager, OWS NV (Organic Waste Systems, N.V
Determining the Sustainability of Wipes: Test Methods and Certifications for Different Environments
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Jason Finnis
Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer, Bast Fibre Technologies, Inc.
Performance Enhanced Natural Fibres from Hemp, Flax, Jute and Kenaf: The Plastic-free Future of Nonwovens
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Erica Fite
Co-Founder/Co-CCO, Fancy LLC
Tackling Social Taboos: Reflecting Real Life for Real Profits
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Jessica Franken
Director of Government Affairs, INDA, Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry
Policy Update: What’s Happened and More Importantly, What’s Next?
U Can't Flush This
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Linda Homan
Clinical Affairs Manager, Ecolab
Healthcare Wipe Insights: AHE's Annual Trends Data Report
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Brad Kalil
Director of Market Intelligence and Economic Insights, INDA
The North American Nonwoven Wipes Markets: Growth and Why It’s So Attractive
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Katie Keating
Founding Partner/Co-CCO, Fancy LLC
Tackling Social Taboos: Reflecting Real Life for Real Profits
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Richard Knowlson
Principal, RPK Consulting
The Shifting Sands on Single Use Plastics – Navigating Regulation, Legislation and Consumer Opinion
Plastics: Changing Consumer Priorities & Perspectives in the Age of COVID-19
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Kiran Kulkarni
Marketing Manager - Professional Hygiene, Lonza Inc.
NUGEN® NR Disinfectant Wipe
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John Layman, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Corporate R&D, The Procter & Gamble Company
Pure Polyolefin Recycling at P&G and Beyond
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Brad Lyon
Sr. Product Manager, ITW Texwipe
Comparison of Wiper Test Standards for Cleanroom and Aerospace Markets
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Kay McCoy
Technical Sales Representative, Pulcra Chemicals LLC
Can 100% Cellulosic Fabrics Be Designed to Meet the Same Performance of Synthetic Fiber Web Blends? An Investigation of Performance of Novel Fiber and Fabric Treatments on 100% Cellulosic Nonwoven Wipe Fabrics.
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Pete Mento, Ph.D.
Managing Director/Practice Leader, Crowe LLC
Fighting the Good Fight: Protecting Your Ideas and Supply Chain During a Trade War
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Abby Prasad, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, International Paper
Cellulose Based Wipes: Our Renewable Future
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Lee Rieth, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Development, ITW Pro Brands
DETEX® Metal Detectable Scouring Pad
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Dave Rousse
President Emeritus, INDA
Welcome
Battle of Determining “Flushability:” INDA’s GD4 vs IWSFG PAS
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Brian Sansoni
Senior Vice President, Communications, Outreach & Membership, The American Cleaning Institute
Where, When and How: Snapshots of Consumers’ Use of Wipes
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Matthew Schiering
Chief Marketing Officer, Contec, Inc.
Where Clean Counts Most: Industrial Wipes & Critical Environments
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Piyush Thakre, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Dow, Inc.
Introducing Polyethylene based Wipes
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Svetlana Uduslivaia
Head of Research, Euromonitor International
Global Market for Personal Care Wipes: Product Segmentation – Adult Care in Focus
Plastics: Changing Consumer Priorities & Perspectives in the Age of COVID-19
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Claude Wei
Contract Manager, TÃœV AUSTRIA Belgium NV
Going Certifiable: Application for Various Ecolables and Their Differences for Wipes
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Adrian Wilson
Editor, Sustainable Nonwovens Magazine
London: Why Do All the Problems Start in the Pesky UK's Capital?
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