Calendar of events.

* Current information on TAPPI events is available on the TAPPI website, www.tappi.org, or contact 1 800 332-8686 (USA), 1 800 446-9431 (Canada) or [phone] (outside USA and Canada)

* Current information on PIMA events is available on the PIMA website, www.pimaweb.org, or contact [phone].

Special Offer for PIMA Members

In recognition of an ongoing spirit of cooperation between TAPPI and PIMA, the members of PIMA are invited to register for TAPPI events at the TAPPI member rate. This special offer is available for all TAPPI conferences and short courses in 2003. For event schedules and registration information please visit www.tappi.org.

August 2003

Tree Breeding Short Course August 11-22 CSIR Nelspruit, South Africa Emily Kgosana, www.csir.co.za, [e-mail], [phone]

TAPPI Virtual Seminar Developing Future Digital Printing Papers Series, part 2 August 12 Time: 11:30am-1:00pm (EST) To register contact TAPPI's Member Connection Center at [phone] (US), [phone] (Canada), [phone] or on-line at www.tappi.org

TAPPI Virtual Seminar Papermachine Troubleshooting: Tools to Maximize Profitability & Runnability August 14 Time: 11:30am-1:00pm (EST) To register contact TAPPI's Member Connection Center at [phone] (US), [phone] (Canada). [phone] or on-line at www.tappi.org

TAPPI Virtual Seminar Developing Future Digital Printing Papers Series, Part 3 August 19 Time: 11:30am-1:00pm (EST) To register contact TAPPI's Member Connection Center at +l 800 332-8686 (US), [phone] (Canada), [phone] or on-line at www.tappi.org

TAPPI Virtual Seminar Increased Profits through Centerlining Your Corrugator August 21 Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm (EDT) To register contact TAPPI's Member Connection Center at [phone] (US), [phone] (Canada), [phone] or on-line at www.tappi.org

PIMA North Central Golf Outing Minnesota August 26 Legacy Course at Cragun's Baxter, Minnesota, USA Jim Ragus at [e-mail]

September 2003

16th International Business Planning Conference Organized by PAPERCAST and Economie Papatiere September 7-9 Concorde Lafayette Paris, France Alex Hentschel, [e-mail] + 44 (0) 1892-533813

2003 International Paper Physics Conference sponsored by PAPTAC and TAPPI September 7-11 Fairmont Empress Victoria, British Colombia, Canada Rob Wood, [e-mail], [phone]

TAPPI Best Practice in Corrugator Operations Short Course September 8-11 TAPPI Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, USA Kathy Betts, [e-mail] [phone]

32nd Turbomachinery Symposium and Short Course Sponsored by Turbomachinery Laboratory @ Texas A&M University September 8-11 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas, USA Brandi Doiron, [e-mail] [phone]

The 4th Biennial Johan Gullichsen Colloquium Sponsored by Finnish Paper Engineers' Association September 10 Espoo, Finland Finnish Paper Engineers' Association. www.papereng.fi, [phone]

PIMA Dixie Fall Meeting September 10-13 Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa Point Clear, Alabama, USA [e-mail], [phone]

South Central Section Corrugated Box Design Fair September 11 Marriott DFW Airport South Fort Worth, Texas, USA Roy Oberg, [e-mail] [phone] ext. 2

2003 INDA/TAPPI International Nonwovens Technical Conference September 15-18 Renaissance Harborplace Hotel Baltimore, Maryland Barb Huffman, [e-mail] [phone]

PIMA North Central Sporting Clays Minnesota Ridge Hunting Preserve September 16 Little Falls, Minnesota, USA Jim Ragus, [e-mail]

21st PTS Coating Symposium September 16-19 Kongresshaus Baden-Baden, Germany [e-mail], www.ptspaper.de [phone]

PIMA Northeast Fall Meeting "Deliver the New PIMA to the People" September 18-20 The Colony Hotel Kannebunkport, Maine, USA Dave Embley, [e-mail]

ASC 2003 Furl Convention & Expo September 21-24 Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel Rosemont, Illinois, USA www.ascouncil.org, [phone]

PIMA North Central Sporting Clays Wisconsin 4th Annual "Guns of Navarino" September 23 J&H Game Farm Navarino, Wisconsin, USA Nick Dohr, [e-mail]