Calendar of events.

May 2003

TAPPI International Environmental Conference & Exhibit Sponsored by TAPPI, PAPTAC. and the USDA Forest Service

May 4-7 Doubletree Hotel Portland-Lloyd Center Portland, Oregon, USA Ed Robie, [e-mail], [phone]

PAPTAC's PACWEST Spring Conference May 7-10 Harrison Hot Springs Hotel Harrison, British Colombia, Canada Mary Barnes, + 1 604 989-9829

TAPPI 8th Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium

May 8-10 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, Illinois, USA Karen Van Duren, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI 2003 Spring Technical Conference Trade Fair May 11-15 Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, Illinois, USA Karen Van Duren, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI 9th European PLACE Conference May 12-14 Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center Rome, Italy Ed Robie, [e-mail], [phone]

PIMA's Southwestern Division Golf Tournament and Banquet May 16 Sunol Valley Golf Course Sunol, California, USA Russ Chitwood, + 1 408 496-5083 or Rocky Hawrysz, [phone]

PIMA's Connecticut Valley Annual Golf Tournament May 22 Oak Ridge Golf Course Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, USA Tom Beauregard, [e-mail] [phone] ext. 2131

June 2003

PIMA's North Central Golf Outing June 2 Bullseye Country Club Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA Mark Mortensen, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI Introduction to Wet End Chemistry Short Course June 2-4 Portland Hilton Hotel Portland, Oregon, USA Kathy Betts, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI Paper Machine Operations Short Course June 2-4 Portland Hilton Hotel Portland, Oregon, USA Martha Quinlin, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI Tissue Runnability Short Course June 2-4 Portland Hilton Hotel Portland, Oregon, USA Martha Quinlin, [e-mail] [phone]

International Mechanical Pulping Conference Sponsored by PAPTAC. TAPPI, SPCI, PTF, PI June 2-5 Loews le Concorde Hotel Quebec, CANADA Rob Wood, [e-mail], [phone]

TAPPI Virginia-Carolina Annual Meeting June 4-6 Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, USA www.tappi.org

NE PIMA Annual Golf Tournament June 6 Fox Ridge Golf Course Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA David Embley, [phone]

12th ISWPC International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry June 8-12 Monona Terrace Convention Madison. Wisconsin. USA Sally Ralph, [e-mail] [phone]

Rheological Measurements Shore Course June 8-13 Fast Bank campus of the University of Min

Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA David Giles, [e-mail] [phone]

TAPPI/NCSU Hands-on Workshop for Pulp and Paper Basics June 23-27 North Carolina State University Raleigh. North Carolina, USA Eleanor Mascheck, [e-mail] [phone]

PIMA Annual Meeting June 29-July 2 New York Hilton New York City, New York, USA PIMA, www.pimaweb.com, [phone]

July 2003

Fundamentals of corrosion and its control July 14-16 LaQue Center for Corrosion Technology Inc. Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA www.laque.com, [e-mail] [phone]

August 2003

TAPPI Pigments, Binders & Additives Short Course August 4-6 Omni Hotel at CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia, USA Martha Quinlin, [e-mail] [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.