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Step 5:

Pick Your Classes
TUESDAY, September 21, 2010

Education – POWERFUL, RELEVANT and TIMELY topics that cut across all aspects of the beverage industry.*
IBWA and its InterBev co-sponsor, ABA, have designed dynamic education sessions that offer real value within four educational tracks:

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Bottled Water Sales Trends
Barclay Griffiths, Managing Director and CFO, Beverage Marketing Corporation

In this session Barclay Griffiths will discuss the current status of the bottled water category in the context of the overall U.S. beverage marketplace. He will provide historical analysis of the key bottled water segments and individual company performances coupled with BMC’s 2009 Industry Outlook and projections for the category’s future. The session will also discuss the current landscape of bottled water valuations.

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
How to Get the Most From Your IBWA Membership
Stewart Allen, Chairman, IBWA Joseph K. Doss, President, IBWA

Trends Operations and Management Sustainability Technical and Regulatory
Review the following list of classes, and check the box of the sessions you’d like to attend.

This session will answer the question, “What can IBWA do for me?” Key IBWA leaders, members, and staff will highlight the work of the association, and how that work impacts your company and the industry. Discover what IBWA resources are available so you can maximize the value of your membership and find helpful solutions for the challenges your company faces.

Attention Bottled Water Plant Operators!
IBWA Certified Plant Operator Program
The IBWA Code of Practice requires members to have at least one Certified Plant Operator (CPO) in each member facility. InterBev 2010 is an ideal time to become certified, or to obtain CEUs to keep your certification current. To become certified, use the IBWA Plant Technical Reference Manual and Bottled Water Code of Practice to study for the CPO exam, scheduled for Friday, September 24, 2010. To keep certification current, CPOs may either retake the CPO exam every three years or accrue the required 18 CEUs within each three-year period – which averages out to only 6 CEUs per year. At this year’s convention, 16 CEUs are available. Just look for the sessions marked with this symbol:
CEU

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Bottled Water Plant Tour (1 CEU)
CEU

Tour DS Waters’ bottling facility which produces 1-gallon, 3/5-gallon, and 2.5-gallon spring, purified, distilled and fluoridated water products for residential and commercial customers throughout Central Florida. This tour will include DS Waters’ state-of-the-art purification processes, world-class disinfection systems, state-of-the-art mineral injection, and robotic loading technology. Bus transportation will depart from the Orange County Convention Center. You can select one of four departure times and will want to allow 2 hours for the transfers and tour. (Ticketed event.)

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Bottled Water: It’s Future Course
Ross Colbert, Managing Director, M&A Americas, Zenith International, Ltd.

Bottled Water

* Education Session list currrent as of July 21, 2010.

What is going on in the current U.S. bottled water market? What are the growth trends? Where is industry consolidation taking place? What is the impact of POU coolers in the future and how are bottled water companies integrating POU? Learn what you need to know to define your future course.
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