Monday, May 5
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
(immediately following SPE Annual Business Meeting)
Midwest Express Center
A
Journey Through the 21st Century
Ed
Barlow
President, Creating
the Future, Inc.
Travel through the uncharted
territory of the 21st century and explore the
rapid and dramatic economic, technological,
social, and political changes that lie ahead.
What are the implications of these changes for
you and your organization? How can you anticipate
and prepare for continuous change? Dare to imagine
and prepare for the challenges and opportunities
of the new millennium!
Mr. Barlow’s professional experience
includes executive positions in health care,
business, higher education, and a Washington
D.C.-based management-consulting firm. He holds
a master's degree in management from the University
of Notre Dame.
Mr. Barlow’s client list represents the
"Who's Who" within industry, government,
and the not-for-profit sector, including: Abbott
Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, Kimberly-Clark,
U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin, and Pepsi.
Tuesday,
May 6
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Midwest Express Center |
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Challenges and Opportunities
in Future Feedstocks for the Plastics Industry
William
F. Banholzer
Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer, The Dow Chemical Company
William F. Banholzer is Corporate Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer of The Dow Chemical
Company, located in Midland, Michigan. He is
a member of the Dow’s Management Committee,
chairs the company’s Innovation Committee,
and leads Dow’s research and development
activities across the globe. Prior to Dow, Dr.
Banholzer had a 22-year career with General
Electric Company (GE), where he was vice president
of Global Technology at GE Advanced Materials,
responsible for worldwide technology and engineering.
During his GE career, Dr. Banholzer was honored
with GE’s Bronze, Silver, and Gold Patent
Awards; GE Superabrasives’ Leadership
Award; GE Plastics’ CEO Six Sigma Award;
and election to the Whitney Gallery of Technical
Achievers.
In 2002, Dr. Banholzer was elected to the
U.S. National Academy of Engineering, one of
the highest distinctions that can be accorded
an engineer. He is one of only 153 active chemical
engineers elected to the prestigious institution,
which honors those who have made "important
contributions to engineering theory and practice"
or demonstrated "unusual accomplishment
in the pioneering of new and developing fields
of technology." Dr. Banholzer serves on
the NAE Chemical Engineering Peer Committee.
In 2006 he was elected by the Academy membership
to serve as one of 12 councilors comprising
the governing body of the NAE.
He also sits on the advisory boards for chemistry
and chemical engineering at the University of
Illinois and UC Berkeley, is a member of the
American Chemical Society and the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, and serves on the AIChE
Awards Committee.
Dr. Banholzer earned a bachelor’s degree
in chemistry from Marquette University and master’s
and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering
from the University of Illinois. He is a certified
Six Sigma Master Black Belt, holds 14 U.S. patents,
and has over 80 publications, which have received
more than 1000 citations, for his work in the
field of engineering and chemistry.
