There is Still Time to Register for this Important Workshop!

Added Bonus: Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional Workshop and Tour of MSU School of Packaging Held Prior to the Field Data Workshop - Plus it is MSU Homecoming Week

ISTA’s Field Data Workshop II will be held October 14-15 at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development on the Michigan State University Campus in East Lansing, Michigan. Utilizing guest speaker case studies, ISTA requirements and guideline presentations you will gain further insight into package shock/impact, drop and vibration field data analysis and summation techniques that would effectively contribute to ISTA’s “Data Depot” and to the development and enhancement of ISTA Test Procedures.

The workshop will review important information from the first Field Data Workshop for newcomers and will then address the basic ISTA techniques for analyzing data and translating it into meaningful testing profiles. Attendance at the first Field Data Workshop is not a prerequisite for attending this second of a series of workshops.

On Wednesday, October 14th from 4:00-5:00pm device manufacturer's will provide detailed information and demonstrations on all aspects of their devices. Seperate meeting rooms will be provided for each manufacturer to optimize your one-on-one interaction with the manufacturers. The following manufacturer's will be present:

The registration fee for this workshop is $575 for members and $625 for non-members and includes registration, materials, tour, breakfast, lunch, breaks and the welcome reception Wednesday evening. The rate does not include the CPLP workshop.

ADDED BONUS! ISTA will be presenting a Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional Workshop prior to the Field Data Workshop on October 13-14. Attend both workshops and become a CPLP on the same travel expense!

Prior to the Field Data Workshop, Technician and Technologist workshops will be offered in East Lansing at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development on the Michigan State University Campus. The classes will be conducted on Tuesday October 13, with the Technician session from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the Technologist session from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. Applicants may take one or both classes. Exams will be administered the next morning, Wednesday October 14, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Wednesday afternoon will be an optional tour of the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Participants may then conveniently stay over to attend the Field Data Workshop, and even extend into the weekend to enjoy the homecoming festivities and football game at MSU!

Click Here for complete information on the CPLP program.

Registration
Registration fees for the CPLP workshops (in addition to the Field Data Workshop fee) are $695 per session, or $1250 for one person taking both.

Tour of the Michigan State University School of Packaging
Special arrangements have made for both the Field Data Workshop and the CPLP Workshop attendees to tour MSU's School of Packaging facility. Transportation will not be provided from the Henry Center to the School of Packaging. Please contact Lisa Bonsignore at lisa@ista.org if you need transportation arrangments made for you. Click here to view detailed directions and a map to the MSU School of Packaging.

MSU Homecoming Weekend
Some of you MSU fans may be interested in extending your stay into the weekend after the workshops to take advantage of all of the Michigan State University's Homecoming Events. Fall is a gorgeous time of the year in Michigan and it is truly special to be on MSU's campus during Homecoming Weekend. Homecoming will be celebrated from October 12-17, 2009. The homecoming parade will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 16 and will feature the Spartan Marching Band, the MSU Alumni Marching Band, MSU cheerleaders, MSU student organizations, Greek sororities and fraternities, East Lansing community groups, high school marching bands and more.

The MSU Homecoming football game will be held on Saturday, October 17th. You can order game tickets online at the MSU Ticket Office or call (800) GO-STATE. Click here for more information.

Contact Lisa Bonsignore at ISTA (lisa@ista.org, phone 517-333-3437) if you need further information.

Learn About the Latest Trends in Packaging Optimization for Distribution

ISTA and ITENE invite you to attend ISTA’s European Packaging Symposium to be held in Valencia, Spain. This will be the first Symposium by ISTA to be held in Europe and will bring together packaging experts from all around the world. It is expected to be the largest European Symposium of Packaging and Distribution. The Symposium will be held at facilities of ITENE in Valencia. Optimizing packaging for the supply chain and understanding the demands of the distribution environment will be presented along with real case studies. Real cases will be presented from companies like: Procter & Gamble, DTI, Smurfit Kappa, Hewlett Packard, Tetra Pak, Sealed Air, PIRA, Innventia AB, Michigan State University, ISTA, ITENE and others. Complete program details.

Symposium Speakers and Topics:

Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional Workshop in Querétaro, Mexico
ISTA’s third annual CPLP Workshop in Mexico was held in late August. The event was hosted by appliance manufacturer Mabe Corporation at their beautiful Technology and Design Center in Querétaro. Both Technician and Technologist classes were presented by Bill Kipp of ISTA, with each class including hands-on demonstrations in Mabe’s well-equipped testing laboratory. A total of 17 CPLP certificates were awarded, with many people taking both classes. Our thanks to José Martínez Rivera and Mabe for providing the facilities and making the arrangements.

2010 Transport Packaging Forum Dates and Call for Papers

Plans are well underway for ISTA’s 2010 Transport Packaging Forum to be held March 29-April 1 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida. Be sure to mark your calendars to join us at the Forum!

The program is shaping up nicely but there are still a few spots available for expert speakers. If you have an interesting and informative topic or case study related to transport packaging, the transportation/distribution environment, sustainability, product protection, testing, packaging innovations, or related subjects and would like to be a speaker, we want to hear from you!

Contact Lisa Bonsignore at ISTA Headquarters to submit a title and abstract (200 words maximum) for consideration.

Hotchkiss Named Director of MSU School of Packaging

Joseph H. Hotchkiss, former chairperson of the Cornell University Department of Food Science, has been named director of the Michigan State University School of Packaging within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

He also has been named the first director of the planned Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability. His appointment was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at its Sept. 10 meeting and becomes effective Oct. 1.

Hotchkiss succeeds Sue Selke, who had served as acting director of the school since July 2007, Mark Uebersax, who served as transition director from January to July 2007, and Sara Risch, who served as director from 2004 to 2006.

“I am excited to have Joe Hotchkiss join our faculty to provide vision and direction to our packaging programs,” said Jeffrey D. Armstrong, dean of the college. “Under his leadership, we will build upon the School of Packaging’s long-standing preeminence within the industry and develop the new Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability to provide a platform for collaboration between industry partners and university scientists addressing sustainable packaging practices.”

Hotchkiss has been on the Cornell faculty in the Department of Food Science since 1980 where he has taught a broad range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and was faculty thesis advisor to more than 45 graduate students.

He has participated in a variety of Extension outreach activities and has an extensive research portfolio focused on the safety, nutrition and packaging of food, for which he holds five patents. Hotchkiss also served as chairperson of the department, director of the Cornell Institute of Food Science from 2002 to 2007, and from 1999 to 2003 was a science adviser for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

He has been a consultant to a wide variety of food products, packaging and consumer goods corporations as well as the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He has also served on committees within many local, state, and federal governmental agencies and industry organizations including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Food Technologists and the American Council on Science and Health.

During his nearly 30-year career at Cornell, Hotchkiss has been published in more than 150 peer-reviewed journals. He served on the editorial boards of six scientific periodicals and was an editor of two editions of “Food and Packaging Interactions” for which he received both the "700 Club" and Platinum book awards from the American Chemical Society. He also co-authored the textbook “Food Science” (fifth edition). He has been an invited speaker at numerous seminars and symposia in the U.S. and abroad.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists and a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society of Toxicology, Sigma Xi (Scientific Honor Society) and Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honor Society). He serves on the Culinary Institute of America Research Advisory Council, International Life Sciences Institute Advisory Council, the board of scientific advisors for the American Council on Science and Health, and is a member of the leadership council and a scientific advisor to the International Life Science Institute-North America.

Hotchkiss received both a doctoral degree in food chemistry and toxicology in 1979 and a master’s degree in food chemistry and organic chemistry from Oregon State University in 1977. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Northern Colorado in 1971.

His wife, Michele Bailey, will join the MSU faculty as a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation and as an adjunct to the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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