SCHEDULE

AT-A-GLANCE

Monday
September 29
All Day
Supplier Meeting Rooms Open
8:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Executive Committee Meeting
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
6:00 p.m.
No Host Social Hour at Lobby Bar
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Dinner
Tuesday
September 30
All Day
Supplier Meeting Rooms Open
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Environmental and Women in Plastics Committees’ Sponsored Volunteer Activity
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Education Committee Meeting
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Membership Committee Meeting
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Government Relations Committee Meeting
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Editorial Committee Meeting
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Networking Activity
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Environmental Committee Meeting
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Convention Committee Meeting
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Canadian CIG Meeting
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Washington, D.C. Policy Briefing, with OGR, IAPD’s Government Relations Firm
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
connecX Exhibitor Set Up
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
IAPD Plastics PAC Reception
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
New Member/First-Timer Reception, by Invitation Only
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception at Marriott Marquis Chicago
Wednesday
October 1
6:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Supplier Meeting Rooms Open
7:00 – 11:00 a.m.
connecX Exhibitor Set Up
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Small Distributor & Fabricator Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Registration Open
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday General Session, with Keynote Speaker Sam Richter
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
IAPD Past Presidents’ Lunch, by Invitation Only
11:30 a.m.
connecX Luncheon
11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
IAPD connecX and technical showcase
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Manufacturers’ Rep CIG Happy Hour
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Supplier Meeting Rooms Open
Thursday
October 2
All Day
Supplier Meeting Rooms Open
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
IAPD Fun Run/Walk
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Registration Open
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Thursday General Session, with Keynote Speaker Ian Heller
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Networking Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Women in Plastics Committee Meeting
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
IAPD Charitable Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Marketing Committee Meeting
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Driving Sustainability in Performance Plastics: Industry Insights and Success Stories, presented by the IAPD Environmental Committee
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Unlocking the Power of IAPD GPT: AI Made for the Performance Plastics Industry, presented by Susan Avery, CAE, CEO, IAPD
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
President’s Reception, by Invitation Only
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
IAPD Annual Convention Closing Party at VU Rooftop
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