February 2, 2017
On February 23, ICPF will conduct its annual Teleconference on the Business of Corrugated Packaging & Displays and Its Career Opportunities. An estimated 400–500 packaging, graphic design, marketing and sales, supply-chain management, business, and other students and faculty on 15–18 college and university campuses are expected to participate. This annual event is not a webcast, but a live video conference utilizing professional WKAR TV personnel and TV broadcast equipment at central Michigan’s public television studios for two-way interactivity. Campuses annually participating include Appalachian State University, Bowling Green State University, California Polytechnic State University, Clemson University, Dunwoody College of Technology, Indiana State University, Illinois State University, Lewis-Clark State College, Michigan State University, Millersville University, North Carolina A & T University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, the University of Florida, University of Texas–Arlington, University of Wisconsin–Stout, and Virginia Tech.
The topic, “The Business of Corrugated Packaging & Displays and Its Career Opportunities,” will be addressed by Andy Pierson (president of Mid-Atlantic Packaging) and Craig Gunckel (president enterprise solutionsand merchandising displays for WestRock. Marysa Kotsogiannis, a recent MSU packaging graduate who is a packaging and graphic designer at Green Bay Packaging in Chicago, will moderate the teleconference. Marysa was recruited by Green Bay Packaging through ICPF. The panel presentation will be followed by a round of live questions remotely directed to the panelists from each of the participating campuses.
The teleconference’s grand finale will include ICPF’s annual Best of the Best Student Design Presentation Competition. Two student teams from Millersville University, a team from Appalachian State, and one from Cal Poly will be tasked to show, tell, and sell their winning entries by explaining the objective, the research conducted, design, and other background information. Those student teams, that earlier placed in AICC’s 2016 design competition, will be competing for cash prizes.
Richard Flaherty is president of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation.
