Time

Session

Friday, January 17

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Registration Open

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Interviewer table set-up

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Interviews

Saturday, January 18

7:00am - 7:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am - 4:00pm

Interviews

9:30am - 11:00am

Career Rountables

Past Roundtable Topics Included:

• What Are Managers Looking For?
• Interview Strategies: How To Get The Position You Want
• Finding a Good Fit
• First Impressions
• How to Interview the Interviewer
• Resume Tune-Up Considerations
• Superior Resumes

11:00am - 12:45pm

Presidents' Luncheon (Invitation Only)

11:00am - 12:45pm

Advisors' Luncheon (Invitation Only)

11:00am - 12:45pm

Sponsors' Luncheon (Invitation Only)

11:00am - 12:45pm

Lunch on own

1:00pm - 1:10pm

Welcome & State of TAPPI

1:10pm - 1:15pm

Program Overview

1:15pm - 2:30pm

Keynote

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Coffee Break sponsored by: 

2:45pm - 4:00pm

TAPPI Trivia Game

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Networking Fair and Young Professional Panel: Transition Into the Real World

5:15pm - 6:15pm

Networking Fair and Young Professional Panel: Transition Into the Real World

7:30pm - 10:00pm

Fun Night

Sunday, January 19

7:00am - 3:00pm

Registration Open

7:30am - 8:00am

Breakfast

8:00am - 7:00pm

Interviews

8:00am - 9:00am

Executive Panel

9:00am - 10:30am

Industry Roundtables

Past Roundtable Topics Included:

• Women in Industry: The Importance of Personal Connections to Your Career
• Business Systems
• Process Control Systems
• Life of a Supplier, Process Engineer, or Supervisor
• Women in Industry: A YP Perspective
• Forest Bioproducts
• Unions!
• Sustainability
• Recycled Board Manufacturing
• The Value of a Co-Op
• TAPPI Standards and TIPS
• Effective Teams
• Information Technology

10:30am - 11:00am

Break sponsored by: 

11:00am - 1:00pm

Engineering Competition

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch & Awards

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Sustainability "Living Room Chat"

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Break sponsored by: 

3:15pm - 4:15pm

Breakout A1: Lignan

Breakout A2: Tissue

4:15pm - 5:15pm

Breakout B1: Nanocellulose

Breakout B2: Specialty Papers

5:15pm - 6:00pm

Wrap up with Larry Montague, TAPPI President & CEO

6:00pm - 10:00pm

Free Night

Monday, January 20

6:00am-8:00am

Breakfast

7:00am - 4:00pm

Mill and Industry Tours