The 6th Annual
Light Green Machine Institute Conference 

Pulp and Paper Manufacturers seeking the cutting edge

Those with new products ready for market

Those seeking ideas to develop

Abstract by 1 Aug 2015

Paper draft by 1 Sept 2015

Final Papers by 1 Oct 2015

6:00 pm    Opening Reception in Cooperation with the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST)

7:30 am    Continental Breakfast

7:45 am    Progress Report—Light Green Machine Institute, Jim Thompson, LGMI Founder, Duluth, Georgia

Simplification before we start

8:00 am    Construction Simplification, Pat Weston, Project Manager, C.R. Meyer, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Simplifying the auxiliaries

8:45 am    Agitation Today, Todd Hutchinson, VP R&D, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd, Palmyra, Pennsylvania

9:30 am    Break

Simplifying the auxiliaries (cont'd)

9:45 am    A New Cost-saving Way to Aerate, Dean Caldwell, President, Airmaster Aerator, LLC, DeRidder, Louisiana

10:30 am   Anaerobic Effluent Treatment,  Lewis Blaszcyzk, ETP Process Engineer, Voith Meri Environmental Solutions, Inc., Appleton, Wisconsin

Simplifying and Improving Utilities and Processes

11:15 am   Nekoosa Natural Gas Conversion, Bryan Lewis, Corporate Project Engineer, Domtar, Nekoosa, Wisconsin

Noon       Lunch

Simplifying the people piece

12:45 pm   Keynote--The Simple Life, Phil Harris, Retired Executive, Packaging Dynamics, Fort James and PCA

1:30 pm    The Decision Making Process, Mike Ryan, President, Process Laboratories, Chillicothe, Ohio

2:15 pm    Develop and implement a high performance work organization using team based management approach, Carl Robichaud, Production Leader, Greenpac, Niagra Falls, New York

3:00 pm    Break

Simplifying Pulping

3:15 pm   Washing and evaporation – consequences of poor liquor management in the washing, Anders Hjort, Business Manager, Valmet, Karlstad, Sweden

4:00 pm   North American & European Regulatory Issues: 9,10 Anthraquinone (AQ) Use for Alkaline Pulping, Brian Brogdon, Owner, Future Bridge Consulting Services, Marietta, Georgia

4:45 pm  NORAM's LignoForce™ process for a value-added Kraft pulp mill byproduct, Wayne Bucher, Regional Sales, Noram Engineering, Birmingham, Alabama

6:00 pm  Cash Bar Reception

7:00 pm  Dinner on your own

 

7:30 am    Continental Breakfast

7:45 am     Fellow Recognition Ceremony - Dave Bennett, Senior Consultant, Corrosion Probe, Inc., Vancouver, Washington 

8:00 am     The Future of Pulp and Paper, Les Hillsberg & Matt Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Paper Science and Engineering Students

Simplification around the Paper Machine - Breakthroughs!

8:45 am      Voith Steel Dryers, Roberto Pardo, P&S Tissue Product Manager, Voith, Appleton, Wisconsin 

9:30 am      Break

New Product and Application Development 

9:45 am     Producing Cellulose Nano Fiber Film with Conventional Slot Die Coating Method, Ronald Gong, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor, Dept. of Paper Science and Engineering, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

10:30 am    Structuring Paper for Optimal Properties, Gerry Ring, Ph.D., Emeritus Faculty Member, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

The tools of the future are here now

11:15 am    UAV's, Applications and their Future, Dean Polvi, UAV Pilot, Operations and Technical Support, High Angle Imaging, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Noon           Lunch

1:00 pm      Tour of Facilities and Mead Witter Foundation Paper Machine and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

3:00 pm      Close