
May 2020 News and updates for our packaging community.
Join us for a Live Demo! Tuesday, May 12th \| 1:30pm-2:00pm EST REGISTER NOW! Learn how PackSight makes package testing easier for you and your team! Join the ISTA and Specright team for a live demo of PackSight, a new online test planning and reporting platform for ISTA test procedures. PackSight, powered by Specright is a secure, cloud-based, global, mobile, and web access workflow tool with a central data repository for ISTA testing. Tuesday, May 12th, 1:30pm-2:00pm EST. This webinar will cover an overview of the new tool and demonstrate how it is creating efficiencies and visibility for stakeholders across the supply chain. Q&A session included! REGISTER NOW! To learn more about why we built PackSight and the outcomes it enables, read our eBook Transforming Packaging Performance with PackSight. ISTA Global Board Updates Congratulations! The ISTA Global Board of Directors welcomes new officers and elects new directors. Read more. Announcing Omni-Channel Webinar Series! Solutions to combat e-commerce and omni-channel distribution challenges! Join us Wednesday afternoons this coming September and October for the the third annual 2020 Omni-Channel Packaging Strategies Conference as a Webinar Series! We fully intend to hold the 2021 conference at a future location where everyone can network and share in person, but only when the timing is right. Call for Speakers: If you are interested in being a webinar series speaker and have an informative topic or case study, we want to hear from you! Please submit your proposal if you have interesting content related to: Omni-channel case studies (new design, redesign, root cause analysis) Innovations in retail automation and technology impacting packaging Packaging innovations for omni-channel retail Supply chain evolution and innovation Marketing strategies impacting packaging for omni-channel Inside ISTA Headquarters Seeking Industry Peer Review of OQ Guideline ISTA's Pharma Committee is seeking peer review on latest technical paper: Passive Thermal Packaging System Operational Qualification Best Practice Guideline. European Packaging Symposium Call for Speakers The 2021 ISTA European Packaging Symposium will be held 2-4 March in Berlin, Germany. We want to hear from you! Seeking Workgroup Participants \| 6-FedEx-A ISTA has received a request for maintenance to procedure 6-FedEx-A. Read more if you are interested in participating in the workgroup. Seeking Workgroup Participant \| 3E ISTA has received a request for maintenance to procedure 3E. Read more if you are interested in participating in the workgroup. Volunteer Structure Change & Call for Volunteers Revised ISTA structure will generate clarity and more efficient operation of our volunteer groups leading to even greater value for members. Phase Out of Acknowledgement Letters Testing acknowledgement letters for test reports submitted for non-members to be discontinued August 1st. Members-Only Webinar Recordings Missed an ISTA webinar? Members now have access to many years of popular ISTA webinars that were previously recorded. Get new tools, new insights or a fresh way of looking at a challenge! Click here Upcoming Events ISTA PackSight Live Demo Tuesday, May 12th Register now! Omni-Channel Packaging Strategies Webinar Series Wednesdays, 1:30pm-2:30pm EST, September & October Call for speakers! 2021 European Packaging Symposium 2-4 March 2021 Courtyard by Marriott Berlin City Center, Berlin, Germany Call for speakers! 2021 TransPack Forum March 29-April 1, 2021 Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, California Call for speakers! 2021 TempPack Forum March 29-April 1, 2021 Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, California Call for speakers!
ISTA InTouch E-Newsletter - May 2020