
The following is an overview of ISTA's Omni-Channel Packaging Strategies Conference 2019 Program.
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st | |
| 8:00am – 3:00pm | RPbD pre-conference Training |
| 12:00pm – 5:30pm | Conference Attendee Check-In |
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd | |
| 7:00pm – 8:30am | Conference Attendee Check-In |
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome |
| 8:45am – 9:30am | It Breaks, You Buy It Brent Lindberg, Fuseneo |
| 9:30am – 10:00am | Winning at Retail David Weiss, McMillanDoolittle |
| 10:00am – 10:30am | Packaging Satisfaction and CX: The Post Omni-Channel Strategy Vickie L. VanHurley, Ph.D., Bootstrap Branding |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Networking Morning Break |
| 10:45am – 11:15am | E-commerce Package Design for Less-Than-Truckload Delivery David Leinberger, ABF Freight |
| 11:15am – 11:45am | Liquid Product Case Study Nick Bull, Henkel |
| 11:45am – 12:15pm | ECommerce Food Packaging Market Study Dylan Spruit, Michigan State University's School of Packaging |
| 12:15pm – 1:45pm | Networking Lunch |
| 1:45pm – 3:00pm | Omni-channel Packaging Performance – Campfire Session Eric Hiser, ISTA |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Networking Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | Omni-channel Packaging Performance – Campfire Session Eric Hiser, ISTA |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Thinking Outside of the Cardboard Box: Creating Durable and Circular Packaging Tiffany Threadgould, TerraCycle, Inc. & Loop Global |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Fulfillment in the Future? It'll Be a Physical Digital Thing John Blake, Gartner |
| 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Omni-Reception | Eat, drink and connect! |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd | |
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30am – 8:40am | Welcome |
| 8:40am – 9:10am | Trends in Omnichannel Operations and the Implications for Packaging Mike O’Brien, Multichannel Merchant |
| 9:10am – 9:30am | ISTA's View of Omni-Channel Trends Brian O’Banion, ISTA |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Elevating Your Brand in an Omni-channel World Via Packaging Design Eric Lausch and Eric Maclean, Kimberly-Clark |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Networking Morning Break |
| 10:15am – 10:45am | Environmental Impact of Packaging Decisions Damon Lucenta, Pregis |
| 10:45am – 11:15am | The Fork in the Road: Making E-commerce for Products that Exist vs. Making Products for E-commerce Jim Chrzan, PMMI Media Group |
| 11:15am – 11:45am | Innovations in Last-Mile Delivery Nancy Matchey and Bryan Wyatt, Chainalytics |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | The Omni-Channel Packaging Strategies Conference Wrap-Up |





