August / September 2010 Bottled Water Reporter - 17

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
WQA Point-of-Use (1 CEU)
Joseph F. Harrison, Consultant, Water Quality Association
CEU

9:00 am - 11:00 am
Bottled Water 101 (Updated for 2010) (2 CEUs)
Bob Hirst, Vice President, Education, Science, and Technical Relations, IBWA
CEU

Joseph Harrison reviews water treatment chemistry and provides an overview of water treatment technologies such as reverse osmosis, filtration, activated carbon, and ion exchange. Harrison will describe the design of a generic POU reverse osmosis system, the difference between hard and soft water, water treatment ion exchanger configurations, factors affecting filtration of particles from water, and the different properties of activated carbon produced from different raw materials.

Are you new to the industry? If not, are your route sales and marketing people in need of industry education? Do they know the difference between artesian and spring water? Would you like a review of our industry’s basics? Maybe you are studying for the Certified Plant Operator (CPO) exam. This simplified version of IBWA’s famous A to Z seminar, with technical terms no longer than 25 letters, is just what you need! Guaranteed!

3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Small Manufactures of Bottled Water Forum
CEU

10:30 am - 11:45 am
State of the States
Jim McGreevy, Vice President, Government Affairs, ABA Dan Felton, Vice President, Government Relations, IBWA

IBWA invites small manufacturers of bottled water to join its Small Bottler Resources Committee for a intense and honest discussion of the issues they face on a daily basis. Convention participants often state that hearing from their peers is a great benefit of attending InterBev. So, attend this session and hear what your peers have to say about the issues.

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Packaging Innovations (1 CEU)
Danny Clark, ENSO Bottles, LLC Richard Rouillard, President, Semopac
CEU

We know that 2010 has been a challenging year for those of us working in state houses across the country as some elected officials discuss ways to fill budget gaps by placing discriminatory taxes on our industry’s products and containers. Excise taxes, retailer fees, container taxes, bottle bills. All options are on the table. ABA’s Jim McGreevy and IBWA’s Dan Felton will look at what has already been proposed, what may be looming on the horizon and how ABA and IBWA and our state partners are engaged to win the debate.

This session will provide attendees with much-needed technical and marketing information on the alternatives to commonlyused packaging materials in today’s bottled water and beverage marketplace. Discussions will include recyclable PET, polylactic acid (PLA), and PET and Tritan® as materials used in 3- and 5gallon home and office delivery (HOD) containers for bottled water. If you are shopping for new innovative materials for water and beverage packaging, this is a must attend session to gain new knowledge about what’s available in the marketplace.

10:30 am - 11:45 am
Engaging Consumers to Improve Plastics Recycling (1 CEU)
Sandra Keil, Earth911.com
CEU

WEDNESDAY, September 22, 2010

9:00 am - 10:15 am
Polycarbonate/BPA Updates (1 CEU)
Steven Hentges, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Polycarbonate/ BPA Global Group, American Chemistry Council
CEU

Earth911.com is the largest national recycling and proper disposal database in existence. With more than 110,000 recycling locations for more than 200 materials, it is the only recommended consumer labeling solution for recycling and proper disposal information by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The Earth911.com platform extends way beyond the website. Learn about all the tools available to you that will improve your ability to engage consumers and increase plastics recycling.

10:30 am - 11:45 am
Fleet Management
Every delivery-based business has at least one thing in common when it comes to the success of your business: your fleet. Attendees will learn about new opportunities in the fleet world to help optimize efficiency, such as hybrid vehicles, maintenance practices and technology tools. Speakers also will cover what you need to know about best practices in the fleet world.

Bottled Water Bottled Water

Regulatory bodies worldwide, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, authorize the use of polycarbonate for beverage and food containers based on an extensive scientific database that supports their safety. However, in recent years the raw material used to make polycarbonate, bisphenol-A (BPA) has been alleged to be an “endocrine disruptor” that may cause health effects at very low levels of exposure. This session will provide an update of the current health and environmental issue landscape for BPA and polycarbonate plastic.
Trends Operations and Management Sustainability

Technical and Regulatory

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010

August / September 2010 Bottled Water Reporter

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