Presentation Abstracts Due for Tissue360° at PaperCon 2014

An invitation for papers is underway for the second annual Tissue360 Forum being held at PaperCon 2014, April 27-30 in Nashville, Tenn., USA. All presentations will be peer reviewed for technical merit and commercialism. Any mill personnel, R&D professionals, suppliers, as well as students and academics are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts, as TAPPI is interested in providing a diverse forum for new concepts and speakers.

Our theme in 2014 is "Converting Results." The program will look at ways to improve converting efficiency and reduce broke by delivering tissue rolls best suited for a mill's specific converting technology. We will also look at the newest innovations for increasing value through converting. Topics we are interested in covering include:

Base Sheet / Parent Roll Properties for Converting:

Experience / research with alternative fiber sources
Creation of base sheet properties to enhance converting
Fabric and chemical considerations for enhancing converting
Parent roll handling to support converting.

Converting Technology:

Topical treatment application
Embossing innovations
Lotion equipment innovations
Laminating innovations
Packaging innovations
Efficiency and cost saving opportunities.

Safety:

Yankee risks and best practices
Dust handling/safety.

Potential speakers are strongly encouraged to submit a technical paper; however, presentations alone and even posters are permitted in many cases. Accepted topics will be invited to submit a full paper draft by Jan. 22, 2014. The Tissue360 Forum Committee will provide feedback to the authors with a final paper due by Feb. 11, 2014. Accepted papers and presentations will be presented at the Tissue360 Forum on April 28-30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., USA, and included in the PaperCon post-conference proceedings.

Interested speakers should submit an abstract electronically to TAPPI's Speaker Management System no later than November 10.

Invitations to present at PaperCon have also been issued for the TAPPI Papermakers program including RPTA, and for the NETInc (Innovative Non-Wovens Conference) with abstract submissions also due November 10.

For specific questions concerning TAPPI's Speaker Management System, please contact Ashley Westbrook at TAPPI (770-209-7284).

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