Schedule
NAPIM’s 2025 Annual Convention/Technical Conference Schedule
September 8 - 11, 2025 | Omni Charlotte | Charlotte, NC
Annual Convention Schedule
*Sessions and times may be subject to change. Room information coming soon.*
| Time | Event | Room |
| Monday, September 8 | ||
| 2:00 PM | NAPIM Board Meeting | |
| 5:00 PM | Opening Reception | |
| Tuesday, September 9 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Agitating the Ink with AI: Crafting Your Enterprise AI Strategy for Immediate Impact, Steve Metcalf | |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
AI Technical Applications to Impact the Manufacturing Floor Willem Sundblad, Oden Technologies |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Digital Technology: Paul Edwards, INX | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Golf Tournament w/ Boxed Lunch | |
| 5:30 PM | Reception and Tabletops | |
| Wednesday, September 10 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Joint Keynote Session: Alex Chausovsky Economic and Policy Update and What to Expect for the Remainder of This Year and Beyond |
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| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Joint Roundtables: facilitated by Alex Chausovsky Roundtable Discussions on Economic Policy |
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| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Technical and Regulatory Update: George Fuchs | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Joint Session: How the Printing Ink Industry is coping with European Regulation, Cornelia Teitz EuPIA | |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Break | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
State of the Industry Richard Romano, WhatTheyThink |
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| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Member Roundtable Discussions | |
| 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Explore Charlotte | |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Awards Reception | |
| 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Awards Dinner | |
| Thursday, September 11 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Joint Session: US Food And Drug Administration 2025 and Food Packaging Panel Discussion | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Joint Session: State Regulatory Update for Ink and Packaging, Rebecca McPail, American Chemistry Council | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Color Management Panel Coca-Cola / SmurfitWestrock |
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| 12:30 PM | Raffle | |
Technical Conference Schedule
*Sessions and times may be subject to change. Room information coming soon.*
| Time | Event | Room |
| Monday, September 8 | ||
| 2:00 PM | Technical Board/EHS Meeting | |
| 5:00 PM | Opening Reception | |
| Tuesday, September 9 | ||
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Design Plastics Packaging for Recyclability using the APR Design® Guide, Scott Trenor, Association of Plastics Recyclers | |
| 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Microplastics 2025: Lindsey Foster, BASF | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | Machine-Learning-Based Predictions of Polymer and Postconsumer Recycled Polymer Properties: Greg Curtzwiler and Keith Vorst, Iowa State Polymer and Food Protection Consortium | |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Break | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Lawter Lecture Series TBD | |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Showcases | |
| 5:30 PM | Reception and Tabletops | |
| Wednesday, September 10 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Joint Keynote Session: Alex Chausovsky | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Joint Roundtables: facilitated by Alex Chausovsky | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Compostability and Recyclability for Printed Substrates: Nikola Juhasz, Sun Chemical Corporation | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Joint Session: How the Printing Ink Industry is coping with European Regulation, Cornelia Teitz EuPIA | |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Package Migration Testing - Factors/Influences, Natasha Banke, INX International | |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Packaging and Printing Innovation Deep Dive and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Lokendra Pal, North Carolina State University | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | G7/ISO Standard Compliance and Digital Ink and Print, Mark Bohan and Konica Minolta | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM | Current Press Technology and Innovation: Jeff Powalisz, Heidelberg | |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Awards Reception | |
| 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Awards Dinner | |
| Thursday, September 11 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Joint Session: US Food and Drug Administration Panel Discussion | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Joint Session: State Regulatory Update for Ink and Packaging, Rebecca McPail, American Chemistry Council | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Joint Brand Presentation | |
| 12:30 PM | Raffle | |
