YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (YPs) AND STUDENTS

TAPPICon offers Young Professionals and Students excellent learning and networking opportunities!

 

Don't take our word for it. Hear from a first-time attendee! My experience at TAPPICon 2022 was superb and beyond my imagination. This was my first time experiencing TAPPICon and I never thought I would meet so many highly skilled and experienced people from the industry and academia. All of them were so generous and humble that I never felt I was new there. It was a great opportunity to network with the industry and academia as well as find different options to match my future career as a researcher in this field. My suggestions for future attendees: Please don't think twice if you have an opportunity to attend this conference. It will be an excellent platform to find a perfect match for your future career both in academia and the industry.

"TAPPICon 2022 was superb and beyond my imagination." - Roman Sarder, NCSU Student

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The "Young Professionals and Student Experience"

Multiple opportunities for YPs and Students to learn and engage with the industry

• Couch Pit University/Young Professionals Roundtable
  • Lively roundtables focused on pertinent YP and student topics
• TAPPI Trivia and University Reception
  • A fun, pub-style trivia night, pitting universities and companies against each other for bragging rights
• Mentor Match Speed Networking
  • A great event where mentors are matched with protégés
• Young Professionals Panel: Plan for Tomorrow - Developing a Personalized Learning Plan
  • Panelists share their insight on career planning and growth
    
• Young Professionals Luncheon
  • Great networking opportunity to meet other Young Professionals and hear about Division activities
• Awards Breakfast
  • Celebrating Association and Division award winners including TAPPI's Young Professionals of the Year
• Lake States TAPPI Paper Hunt
  • A fun scavenger hunt on the exhibition floor giving YPs and students a chance to interact directly with vendors
• Hot Topics Breakfast Roundtable
  • Discussion on key topics affecting the industry including one focused on career navigation for Young Professionals and students
    
• Comprehensive Technical Program
  • Over 145 expert-led technical presentations offered within nine topic-specific tracks

 

Additional opportunities offered at TAPPICon 2022:

• NASCAR Hall of Fame Social
• 17th Annual Runnability 5K Fun Run/1.5M Walk
• Tissue 101 Course
• TAPP-Out Lunch & Awards
• Women's Summit
• New Technology Showcase
• Exhibits

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The TAPPI Young Professionals (YP) Division is where undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, and early career professionals come together to develop their leadership and technical skills, and to build relationships with peers and experienced industry professionals from across the pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, and related industries.

We are the gateway to all that TAPPI has to offer as an industry association and a launchpad for Young Professionals across the industry.

Learn more about the Young Professionals (YP) Division