Student Summit Full Program
As of January 7th
Click on the links attached to each session for more information on that session and its speakers
Time |
Session |
Room |
Friday, January 13th |
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| 11:00am - 5:00pm | Registration Open |
Regency |
| 11:00am - 1:00pm | Interviewer/Sponsor Tabletop Set Up | Sungarden |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Interviews | Buckeye AB & Bluegrass AB |
Saturday, January 14th |
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| 7:00am - 3:00pm | Registration Open | Regency Foyer |
| 7:00am - 8:00am | Interviewer/Sponsor Tabletop Set Up | Sungarden |
| 8:00am - 3:30pm | Interviews | Buckeye AB & Bluegrass AB |
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9:00am - 11:00am |
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Regency A |
| 11:00am - 12:45pm | Lunch on Your Own | |
| 1:00pm - 1:15pm |
Larry's Welcome and Kickoff Let's kick things off with TAPPI's President and CEO, Larry N. Montague and Student Summit Planning Chair, Gary Rudemiller |
Regency DEFG |
| 1:15pm - 2:15pm | Keynote: Pascal Perreault, Irving Consumer Products | Regency DEFG |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Break |
Regency Foyer |
| 2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Leadership Session
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Regency DEFG |
| 3:30pm - 3:45pm | Transition: Split into two groups for Career Fair & YP Panel | |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm | Career Fair Group #1 seeking internships/co-op or not looking for employment yet |
Sungarden |
| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Young Professionals Panel Real experience, real answers. Join TAPPI Young Professionals and recent graduates and learn from their college and early career experience. If you bring questions they’ll bring answers!
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Regency A |
| 4:45pm - 5:00pm | Break Sponsored by Graphic Packaging International |
Regency Foyer, Sungarden |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Career Fair Group #2 seeking full-time employment or already have a job |
Sungarden |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Young Professionals Panel Real experience, real answers. Join TAPPI Young Professionals and recent graduates and learn from their college and early career experience. If you bring questions they’ll bring answers!
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Regency A |
| 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Free time | |
| 6:30pm - 8:30pm |
TAPPI Trivia Fun Night Time to have fun! Mix and mingle with your fellow students and compete for prizes and bragging rights in a pub-style trivia game.
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Regency DEFG |
Sunday, January 15th |
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| 8:00am - 11:00am | Registration Open | Regency Foyer |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm | Interviews | Buckeye AB & Bluegrass AB |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast Speaker Sponsored by Sappi North America |
Regency DEFG |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
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Regency A |
| 10:30am - 11:30am | Career Fair (All students) | Sungarden |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Lunch Speaker - Exploring a World of Opportunities with Valmet At Valmet, we build machines the size of a football field, maintain entire mills, and drive innovation around global megatrends. During this lunch, you will get a chance to interact and learn more from our experts who have experience in many different areas of the Pulp & Paper industry. Join us to learn more about how you can help with the future of our industry and build your career based on values you believe in! |
Regency A |
| 12:30pm - 12:45pm | Engineering Competition Team Formation | Regency Foyer |
| 12:45pm - 2:45pm |
Engineering Competition |
Regency DEFG |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Break |
Regency Foyer |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Breakout Session: Supplier Panel The pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, and converting industry has almost limitless opportunities for exciting careers, and not all of them are in a mill. During this panel, you will hear from representatives of supplier companies who will share their experiences and career trajectories with you.
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Regency A |
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Breakout Session: Options After Graduation - Advanced Degrees & Research Advanced degrees open up career opportunities that may not be available with a bachelor’s degree. During this session, we will explore these career opportunities and the considerations that need to be taken into account in making a decision to seek either a Masters, PhD degree, or other professional degree.
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Regency BC | |
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Breakout Session: Industry 4.0 Discussion focused on aiding students in their understanding of Industry 4.0 and some of the drivers for its adoption.
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Regency DEFG | |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Chapter Sharing & Discussion
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Regency DEFG |
| 5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Student Summit Graduation & Closing & Photos One last hurrah - join in and celebrate the graduates of 2023!
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Regency DEFG |
Monday, January 16th |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | Grab and Go Breakfast Sponsored by Greif |
Regency Foyer |
| TBD | Tours Depart |
