Trade Show Scheduling

October 29-November 2, 2008, the Pack Expo International 2008 will be held at Chicago’s McCormick Place. More than 2,000 packaging and processing exhibitors and trade show displays will be on hand. It will be an opportunity to network with others in your industry from every corner of the globe. Specialized education sessions will be led by industry experts. Hands-on demonstrations will allow you to evaluate the latest technological advances. 50,000 attendees are expected including 6,000 international visitors from more than 75 countries.

Pack Expo International will focus on the latest developments in packaging technology and will showcase exhibitor’s state-of-the-art advances in packaging machinery, materials, converting machinery, packages and containers, and components. The most prominent companies in the industry will be exhibiting and making product introductions at the show.

Show highlights will include BrandPackaging’s “Packaging That Sells” Conference; Brand Protection Center focusing on packaging initiatives and technologies to protect against bioterrorism, package tampering, and counterfeiting; Containers & Materials Pavilion dedicated to the latest innovations in materials, containers and converting machinery; Contract Packaging Pavilion where you can explore the many options provided by contract packaging partners; RFID Pavilion highlighting solutions that meet the requirements of the entire supply chain; the Showcase of Packaging Innovations featuring the latest award-winning packages from a selection of leading packaging organizations from around the world; and much more.

In the Keynote Session, Harris DeLoach, Chairman, President & CEO of Sonoco Products Company, will discuss how the packaging industry must transform itself from being viewed simply as a supplier of product necessary for going to market to a partner capable of meeting rapidly changing customer demands.

Pack Expo International 2008 will be held October 29-November 2, 2008 at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60616. For more information contact the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203. Telephone: (703) 243-8555. Fax: (703) 243-3038. Email: expo@pmmi.org. Web Site: www.packexpo.com.

The seventh Deepwater Operations Conference & Exhibition will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, November 3-5, 2008. The theme for this year’s conference is “Succeeding in a Changing Environment.” The objective is to generate ideas for succeeding in an environment that becomes more complex, hazardous, and expensive as the industry shifts to deeper waters. Attendees will have opportunity to participate in discussions around lessons learned, interact with peers, and enhance networking bases.

This conference will be beneficial for engineers and managers who are fluent in the nuances of deepwater operations; field supervisors who must understand the complexities of deepwater operations; operations planning personnel involved in planning and scheduling deepwater operations worldwide; engineering staff and management involved in decision making; service and equipment suppliers; consulting companies; and business development managers.

Technical focus areas of this conference will include new deepwater start-ups; deepwater integrity management; emergency response & security; metering & allocations; subsea operations; integrated data management systems; staffing and competency development; asset management; training simulators; remote operations; and much more.

The forum audience will be comprised of field supervisors and operations planning personnel as well as engineering staff and management. The forum will address new operational issues, challenges, and solutions associated with the expanding global deepwater production operations. Sessions will include topics on start-up/commissioning, operating in advanced collaborative environments, search and rescue, production reliability, and regulatory issues. Exhibits will showcase technology and capabilities to support further improvement in operating efficiency of deepwater operations.

The Keynote Presentation will be given by Lars Herbst of Minerals Management Service. His discussion will look back at how the deepwater sector of the Gulf of Mexico has become the premier domestic oil and gas region and will look forward to ensuring the continued success of this operation.

Deepwater Operations 2008 will be held November 3-5, 2008, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX 77010. For registration and more information visit their web site at http://doce08.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm.

Ad:tech New York will be held November 3-6 at the New York Hilton. Ad:tech provides media, marketing, and technology professionals with the tools and techniques they need to succeed in a changing digital world. Its mission is to provide brand advertisers, agencies, portals, online publishers, and technology providers, an unparalleled forum that supports the exchange of ideas, experiences, new practices, emerging models, and expert opinion. It is more than a conference. It is a powerful community of on-site networking where attendees connect with vendors, colleagues, and friends. It provides a growing library of resources and online networking and learning opportunities.

The vendor exhibition hall offers a highly efficient one-stop opportunity to reach out and touch every type of technology employed in digital marketing today. You will find search marketing and optimization technology, metrics/analytics software, ad serving technology and networks, mobile marketing, affiliate programs, campaign management, data analytics, and much more.

Ad:tech will feature power panels, brand performance sessions, conversations on innovative and emerging platforms, as well as in-depth spotlights on four industry sectors. Sessions will include:

• The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Affluent Consumer Online – A Market in Search of a Product?
• The Thrill of Victory and the Promise of Engagement – The Online Sports Enthusiast
• Road Warrior Nation – The State of Online Travel
• Financial Services

Jon Klein, President of CNN/U.S., will present a keynote presentation offering his perspectives on the future of news in the digital universe. He will discuss the roles television and online media platforms will play in the future.

Keynote Roundtables will feature IAB President and CEO Randall Rothenberg as he moderates a panel of executives from BabyCenter, Unilever and Group M Interaction. Samantha Skey of Alloy Media + Marketing will lead a panel of Millenials on what clicks with this savvy group and their wide network of friends. Paul Woolmington, Founding Partner of Naked, will debate the big brand idea with forward-thinking executives from Google, R/GA and Nike.

Ad:tech New York will take place November 3-6, 2008, at the New York Hilton, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. For registration and more information visit the web site at: http://www.ad-tech.com/ny.

The Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC) is a single-day conference and exhibition showcase for people who are developing computer systems and time-critical applications serving multiple industries including industrial control, data communication and telephony, military and aerospace, instrumentation, consumer electronics, image processing, process control, vehicular control and maintenance, embedded appliances, and more. RTECC brings real-time and embedded computing technical experts to your engineering community with the most up-to-date and in-demand products and educational seminars.

RTECC is suited for the needs of software and hardware engineers, electrical and electronic engineers, project engineers, and directors and managers of engineering. Technical seminars and workshops will provide a valuable learning opportunity and allow attendees to talk in depth with technical experts. The latest information on growing and emerging technologies will be presented in multi-track sessions by industry experts.

The exhibition will provide opportunities to compare technologies, ask questions, and learn about the many options available at the numerous trade show displays. The table-top product showcase is arranged for easy vendor and product comparisons. You will be able to gain beneficial insights from first-hand sources that can’t be found on the web.

RTECC will be held November 4, 2008, at the Sheraton Reston, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191. For more information contact Michelle Frank, Event Logistics Manager, at (949) 226-2040. Email: michellef@rtcgroup.com. Registration, conference sessions, and entrance into the exhibition hall are all free.

Web site: http://www.rtecc.com/reston2008.

The VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 Conference Program will cover the fundamentals of enterprise IP Telephony and converged networks at the same time that it offers in-depth sessions on Unified Communications, Communications Applications and Applications Development, Contact Centers and Next-Gen communications systems and technologies. It is designed to help you maximize your investment in communications systems, technologies, and people. In addition, it will help you to select and build the right platform for your enterprise.

VoiceCon is the leading event for decision-makers who need to evaluate options for migrating to IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications. Others who should attend include equipment manufacturers, service providers, system dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, analysts, and investors. This will be an opportunity to speak with the experts, network with peers, and see leading-edge products.

Key questions that will be addressed at VoiceCon San Francisco include:

• What’s really going on in the IP Telephony market?
• What are the payoffs to an enterprise for migrating to IP Telephony?
• What’s really needed to upgrade your data network for voice?
• How does IP Telephony support the trend toward greater end user mobility?
• What are the most common sources of trouble on IP-based voice networks?
• And much more . . . .

Keynote presentations will be made by Charles Giancarlo, Chief Executive Officer, Avaya; Betsy Frost Webb, General Manager, Unified Communications Marketing, Microsoft; Bruce Morse, Vice President, Unified Communications & Collaboration Software, IBM; and Phil Fasano, CIO, Kaiser Permanente.

Key topic areas to be discussed will include: Planning and Implementing IP Telephony; Managing Staff, Technology and Costs; Unified Communications; Contact Centers; Applications and Application Development; Mobility/Wireless; and Next-Gen Technologies.

VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 will be held November 10-13, 2008 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. For more information you can visit their website at http://www.voicecon.com/sanfrancisco or you can call (800) 470-5417.

The AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Duke Energy Center. Designed for water quality professionals, WQTC provides the latest research, regulations, and technological advances for keeping drinking water safe. This year’s conference and expo will offer high-quality workshops, technical sessions, and technical facility tours. It will be a great time to network with peers, experience the latest technology at numerous trade show displays, and meet with water quality treatment associated manufacturers, suppliers, and consultants.

WQTC is ideal for water quality specialists, water utility management and executives, treatment plant managers, scientists, engineers, laboratory personnel, distributors, manufacturers, consultants, and product representatives.

The WQTC 2008 Exposition will offer a close-up look at state-of-the-art products and services in analytical technology. You will be able to meet with manufacturers’ representatives, see application demonstrations, and ask questions about meeting your water quality demands.

Workshops offered will address such issues as:

• Assessing tastes, odors, and issues associated with distribution and plumbing materials
• New research and tools for total system optimization
• Water security initiative – Cincinnati pilot
• Analysis of algae in water supplies – methodology and quality control

In addition, special topics sessions will address a number of pertinent issues to water quality and some of the challenges facing the industry.

AWWA is offering attendees CEUs for most Sunday workshops and professional sessions as well as professional development hours (PDHs) for attending the conference.

Technical tours will be available to USEPA Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center and Test & Evaluation Facility, Greater Cincinnati Water Works – GAC Facility and Old Pump Station, and Northern Kentucky Water District – UV Facility and Actiflo Process.

WQTC 2008 will be held November 16-20, 2008 at the Duke Energy Center, 525 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. For registration and more information visit their web site at http://www.awwa.org/Conferences/Content.cfm?ItemNumber=32120&navItemNumber=3545 or contact AWWA-WQTC, 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver CO 80235. Telephone: (800) 926-7337.

PLMA’s 2008 Private Label Trade Show will be the event of the year as more than 10,000 manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, brokers, and suppliers converge on Chicago’s Rosemont Exhibition Center November 16-18, 2008. Nearly 20,000 different products will be on display from food and beverages to health and beauty care and household. Exhibitors will be covering all major product categories. The show floor will include fresh, frozen, and refrigerated foods, snacks, beverages, ethnic specialties, and gourmet lines at numerous trade show displays. Also shown will be paper, plastics, wraps and foils, all types of kitchen and household products, health and beauty, DIY and GM.

The percentage of American shoppers frequently buying store brands has been steadily increasing. Seven out of ten shoppers believe that the private label products they buy are as good, if not better, than their national brand counterparts. Nearly half of all consumers say that their typical market basket contains 25% or more of store brand products. Store brands now account for one of every five items sold in U.S. supermarkets, drug chains, and mass merchandisers. They represent more than $65 billion of current business at retail.

PLMA’s “Idea Supermarket” will reveal the latest examples of what supermarkets, drug chains, and mass merchandisers around the world are doing with their private label programs. Retailers from Europe, Asia, and South America will all be represented along with chains from the U.S. and Canada. Innovations in product concepts, ingredients, and packaging will be highlighted at the “New Product Expo.”

Sunday seminars will provide the latest market research and information offering insight into sales and merchandising. In conjunction with St. Joseph’s University’s Food Marketing Institute, “Weekend with St. Joe’s” will provide executive education courses in private label branding and supply chain management.

PLMA 2008 will be held November 16-18, 2008 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (formerly the Rosemont Convention Center), 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont, IL 60015. For more information you can contact the Private Label Manufacturers Association, 630 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017. Telephone: (212) 972-3131. Fax: (212) 983-1382. Email: info@plma.com.

Registration can be made at the PLMA web site: http://www.plma.com.