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PFAS Event Hosted by GBIG & UW Madison with 6 Keynote Speakers. PFAS impact on the Packaging Industry and our lives!

PFAS Event Hosted by GBIG & UW Madison with 6 Keynote Speakers. PFAS impact on the Packaging Industry and our lives!

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Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Granger Institute for Engineering

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:

AGENDA:

TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30 – 9:00amIntroduction and Opening to Symposium Sessions on Critical Knowledge Gaps for PFAS in PackagingKeith Vorst, PhD
Director, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium,
Iowa State University
9:00 – 9:45amState and Federal Regulation of PFAS in Food
Packaging
Tom Lee & Brandon Neuschafer
Partners
Bryan, Cave, Leighton and Paisner LLP
9:45 – 10:30amPFAS in packaging, cosmetics, and consumer
products
Graham Peaslee, PhD
Faculty Researcher and Professor
University of Notre Dame
10:30 – 10:45amCoffee Break
10:45 – 11:30amPFAS in Food and Food PackagingSharon Koh-Fallet, PhD
Branch Chief, Regulatory Review Branch
FDA Division of Food Contact Notifications
11:30 – 12:15amPFAS in Surface Water in the Great Lakes RegionLaura Hubbard
Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Science Center
12:15-1:15pmLunch discussion: CUWPGeorge 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 – 2:00pmMitigation 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 – 3:15pmPanel Discussion with Guest Speakers
3:15 – 4:00pmClosing Remarks & Feedback SurveyMarty Ochs
Executive Director, The Green Bay Innovation Group

Overview: PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were developed in the
1950s to prevent food from sticking to packaging or cookware, make clothes and carpets
resistant to stains, create effective firefighting foam, and many other applications. The
widespread use and resistance to degradation of these “forever chemicals” have led to
increasing levels of air, water, and soil contamination. Consequently, there is a government-
wide approach to identify routes of PFAS exposure, the associated health risks, and means for
accelerating cleanup.
Green Bay Innovation Group (GBIG), in partnership with the Iowa State University Polymer and
Food Protection Consortium and the University of Wisconsin Grainger Institute for Engineering,
has organized an event to cover the cause and extent of the problem, current and impending
regulations, and emerging solutions, with emphasis on packaging materials.

Key Speakers and Topics: This event will feature a group of nationally recognized PFAS
subject matter experts, including the following:

  • Dr. Keith Vorst, Director, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium, Iowa State University – Critical Knowledge Gaps for PFAS in Packaging
  • Tom Lee, Partner, Bryan, Cave, Leighton and Paisner LLP – State and Federal – Regulation of PFAS in Food Packaging
  • Dr. Graham Peaslee, Faculty Researcher and Professor, University of Notre Dame –
    PFAS in Packaging, Cosmetics, and Consumer Products
  • Dr. Saron Koh-Fallet, Branch Director, FDA Division of Food Contact Notifications – PFAS in Food and Food Packaging
  • Steven Corsi, Research Hydrologist, U.S.Geological Survey – PFAS in Surface Water in the Great Lakes Region
  • Dr. George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Director of the Center for Upcycling Waste Plastics and Dr. Reid Van Lehn, Assoc. Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering – Lunch discussion: CUWP
  • Dr. Greg Curtzwiler, Faculty Researcher, and Mark Early, Researcher, Polymer and Food Protection Consortium, Iowa State University – Mitigation and Rapid Detection Strategies for PFAS in Packaging

Logistical Information: The conference will take place at the Sheraton Conference Center in
Madison, Wisconsin on November 2 nd . Registration is now open and can be completed online by clicking the button below.

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