2021 TAPPI/PIMA Student Summit Schedule of Events
(Current as of February 3, 2021 - subject to change)
February 6, 2021
Interview times available from 9:00am-5:00pm Eastern
9:45 am - 10:50 am On-line and Virtual Interviewing Techniques (Gerard Marshall, A&G Marshall Enterprises and Tim Hagenbuch, WMU Paper Technology Foundation)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Welcome & Opening Industry Panel (Larry N. Montague, TAPPI; D. Steven Keller, Miami University; Sarah Meiburg, Paper and Packaging Board; Phil Riebel, Two Sides North America; Richard Phillips, North Carolina State University; and Med Byrd, North Carolina State University)
12:10 pm - 1:45 pm Career Fair for Students Seeking Internships or Co-ops
12:10 pm - 1:45 pm Roundtables for Students Seeking Full Time Employment or Not Seeking Employment: Roundtable Descriptions
- TAPPI Student Membership and Resources
- What Does Being a Young Professional Mean?
- Industry Overview: What's it all about?
- Women in Industry: Integrating Work and Life
- TAPPI Local Sections: Northern Sections
- TAPPI Local Sections: Southern Sections
- Personal Finance
- Resume Review
- It’s Not Just About You or Me – Why Diversity and Inclusion Matters
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Prize Giveaway & Break
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Career Fair for Students Seeking Full Time Employment or Not Seeking Employment
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm Roundtables for Students Seeking Internships or Co-ops: Roundtable Descriptions
- TAPPI Student Membership and Resources
- What Does Being a Young Professional Mean?
- Industry Overview: What's it all about?
- Women in Industry: Integrating Work and Life
- TAPPI Local Sections: Northern Sections
- TAPPI Local Sections: Southern Sections
- Personal Finance
- Resume Review
- It’s Not Just About You or Me – Why Diversity and Inclusion Matters
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Prize Giveaway & Break sponsored by Valmet
4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
- Breakout Session #1: Remote Services and Industrial Internet (David Eapen, Valmet)
- Breakout Session #2: Advanced Process Control: What's Happening? (Michael von Grumbkow, BTG Americas)
- Breakout Session #3: Young Professionals Panel: Transitioning to the Real World (Stephen Bussa, Axchem; Mike Kohler, Kohler Coating; Alex Fleck, Graphic Packaging; and Ja’naysha Hamilton, UBE America)
5:00 pm - 5:05 pm Day One Wrap-Up & Prize Giveaway
5:05 pm - 6:00 pm TAPPI Trivia Game sponsored by Solenis (Gary Scott, SUNY-ESF)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Student Networking
Sunday, February 7
Interviews available from 9:00am-3:30pm Eastern
9:45 am - 10:45 am Student Chapter Officer Get Together with Larry Montague (invitation only)
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Day Two Welcome & Roundtables Roundtable Descriptions
- Interview Preparation
- Continuing Education
- TAPPI Standards & Technical Information Papers (TIPs)
- Business Finance
- Working Remotely
- Build a Great LinkedIn Profile
- Careers Outside of the Mill
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm Virtual Tour of Albany International - Paper Machine Clothing Manufacture (Darrin Curley, Taylor Refsnider, Dave Elmer, and Ryan Stoneburner, Albany International)
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm Prize Giveaway & Break
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions
- Breakout Session #5: Ego & The Valley of Despair (Mike Subilia, Nalco Water)
- Breakout Session #6: 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Corrugated (Douglas Coffin, Miami University)
- Breakout Session #7: Tissue 101 (Chris Luettgen, Georgia Institute of Technology)
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Prize Giveaway & Break
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Graphic Packaging Mill Tour with live Q&A (Fred Dorn, Alex Fleck, Breanna Dowdy, Drew Mashaw, Graphic Packaging International)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm TAPPI Student Summit Graduation & Wrap-Up (Larry N. Montague and Lawton Roberts, TAPPI)