John Caslione to Speak at 2006 FPA Fall Executive Conference

John Caslione founder, president and CEO of Andrew-Ward International, Inc. and GCS Business Capital, Inc. will be the keynote speaker for the 2006 FPA Fall Executive Conference, being held on Wednesday, October 4 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

Delivering dynamic and insightful keynote addresses, John is an expert on the new global economy and global business development. Through his business firms, he has assisted companies in developing and implementing global marketing and business alliance strategies in 87 countries on six continents.

Selected as one of the top business book selections for five consecutive years by Harvard Business School’s HBS Working Knowledge, his best-selling book, Global Manifest Destiny: Growing your Business in a Borderless Economy, provides critical insights and a competencies roadmap for companies to become true “global organizations” and successfully compete in the new global business environment. His first book, Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise and Perils, is considered a leading authoritative book on developing sales and distribution strategies in emerging and global markets.

John earned his Bachelors of Science and MBA from the University of New York and his Doctorate of Law from Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law.

About the 2006 FPA Fall Executive Conference
The 2006 Fall Executive Conference will examine the impact of globalization on the U.S. flexible packaging industry and the opportunities it creates for the industry. FPA has commissioned market research firm PTIS and Pira International to conduct primary research on the influence of globalization on the industry. The results of the industry market research will be presented at the 2006 Fall Executive Conference.

For more information about the 2006 FPA Fall Executive Conference and Market Research Program, visit FPA at www.flexpack.org or contact the association at (410)
694-0800.