Event:
PFAS: Impact on the Planet and Solutions for the Packaging Industry Thursday, November 2, 2023
LOCATION:
Sheraton Conference Center, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison Wisconsin
SPONSORS:
- Green Bay Innovation Group (www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com)
- University of Wisconsin – Madison, Grainger Institute for Engineering (https://graingerinstitute.engr.wisc.edu/) • Iowa State University Polymer and Food Protection Consortium (https://pfpc.cals.iastate.edu)
AGENDA:
Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:30 – 9:00am | Introduction and Opening to Symposium Sessions on Critical Knowledge Gaps for PFAS in Packaging | Keith Vorst, PhD Director, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium, Iowa State University |
9:00 – 9:45am | State and Federal Regulation of PFAS in Food Packaging | Tom Lee & Brandon Neuschafer Partners Bryan, Cave, Leighton and Paisner LLP |
9:45 – 10:30am | PFAS in packaging, cosmetics, and consumer products | Graham Peaslee, PhD Faculty Researcher and Professor University of Notre Dame |
10:30 – 10:45am | Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:30am | PFAS in Food and Food Packaging | Sharon Koh-Fallet, PhD Branch Chief, Regulatory Review Branch FDA Division of Food Contact Notifications |
11:30 – 12:15am | PFAS in Surface Water in the Great Lakes Region | Laura Hubbard Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Science Center |
12:15-1:15pm | Lunch discussion: CUWP | George Huber, PhD Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Director of the Center for Upcycling Waste Plastics Reid Van Lehn, PhD Assoc. Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin – Madison |
1:15 – 2:00pm | Mitigation and Rapid Detection Strategies for PFAS in Packaging | Greg Curtzwiler, PhD Faculty Researcher Mark Early Researcher, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium Iowa State University |
2:00 – 3:15pm | Panel Discussion with Guest Speakers | |
3:15 – 4:00pm | Closing Remarks & Feedback Survey | Marty Ochs Executive Director, The Green Bay Innovation Group |