ELC Presentations

Tuesday, April 14^th

Take Advantage of Your Company's Membership Benefits - Presented by: Andrew Dougherty, Vice President, Member Services, PMMI

PMMI Executive Panel – Turning AI Experiments into Measurable Success – Moderated by: Jorge Izquierdo, Vice President, Market Development, PMMI

Panelists:

• Rob Cartia, Vice President, Business Process, ProMach
• Dave Navin, President & CEO, Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc.
• Eddy Saad, Strategic Account Executive, Microsoft

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‍Cybersecurity Is Now a Customer Requirement: What CPGs Expect from Suppliers – Moderated by: Carlos Quintero, Director, Industry Services, PMMI

Panelists:

• Garth Basson, Vice President, Digital Manufacturing & OT, Flowers Bakeries, LLC
• George Forrester, Partner, The Baldwin Group
• John Partin, Motion & Robotics BDM - CPG Strategic Accounts, Schneider Electric

Cyber Risk is Now a Risk Product – What Packaging & Processing Manufacturers Should Know

The Sticky Workplace: How Leaders Build Teams That Stay and Step Up – Presented by: Jim Weber, serial CEO, entrepreneur, author, speaker and advocate for purpose-driven, authentic leadership‍

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Wednesday, April 15^th

What the Economy Means for Packaging & Processing: The Signals That Matter Most – Presented by: Lauren Saidel-Baker, Economist & Speaker, Institute for Trend Research (ITR) Economics

• To view the webinar recording of this session, click HERE. Please note that you must be a PMMI Member to view this video

GEO – The Next Engine Optimization – Presented by: Lane Talbot, Sr. Content Solutions Consultant, LinkedIn

Managing Innovation – Presented by: Francesco Fazio, Partner, LabHat, LLC and Rashaad Balbale, Advisor, LabHat, LLC

Tariffs & Trade in Real Time: What Changed, What’s Next, and How to Mitigate – Presented by: Shawn Jarosz, Founder & Chief Trade Strategist, TradeMoves LLC

• ‍To view the webinar recording of this session, click HERE.

Happy, Dirty People: A Conversation with Mike Rowe (Session Recording)‍‍

• If you participated in the photo op with Mike Rowe, your photo will be emailed directly to you.
• You will be required to login to your PMMI member account in order to access the video.‍ This video is for PMMI members who attended PMMI’s 2026 Executive Leadership Conference. The video will be available for viewing for a limited time. The video is governed by contract. It cannot be shared, copied, or distributed in any manner. Thank you for your adherence to these requirements.