Naval Inventory Control Point, Code 0541, 5450 Carlisle Pike, PO Box 2020, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0788

99 -- SHELF LIFE CONFERENCE Due 032296, contact point, Debbie Trautman, Code 0541, (717) 790-1506. Product Shelf-Life - from date of manufacture/cure/assembly/pack, the amount of time that an item can remain on the shelf in the package state, until deterioration occurs, causing the item to be disposed of, or tested for re-use. It affects everyone and everything - from the food we eat to the medicine we take to the batteries we use. For both our personal and professional existence shelf-life limitations have altered the way we buy, use, and store material. However, due to the critical use of certain common off the shelf items, the Department of Defense and GSA limit shelf-life time frames to insure 100% readiness. And, with a large portion of hazardous material having limited life expectancy, the safety of our environment is compromised due to excessive hazardous waste and exorbitant disposal costs. In an attempt to alleviate some of the problems associated with providing the military services with usable material, the DOD Shelf-Life Committee is asking for your help. The 3rd Annual DOD/Industry Shelf-Life Conference is scheduled for 18-20 June 1996 as the Harrisburg Hilton, Harrisburg, PA. We are currently compiling a list of speakers for this event. We are currently compiling a list of speakers for this event. This is the chance for your to present your ideas to a group totally committed to the proper management and control of shelf-life material, and to the members of the DOD Shelf-Life Committee that develops and enforces DOD shelf-life policy. Each of our two previous conferences were attended by over 100 participants. Prepare a 500 word synopsis of your presentation, and forward it to Debbie Trautman, Navy Administrator for the DOD Shelf-Life Program, Naval Inventory Control Point-Mechanicsburg, Code 0541, 5450 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0788, by 22 March 1996. You may contact Ms. Trautman by calling (717) 790-1506, or facsimile a request for more details to (717) 790-3480. The Internet address is Debbie_Trautman@ICPMECH.NAVY.MIL. This is the conference premise: if you want to participate in basic to in-depth discussions concerning shelf-life, this conference is for you! Please give widest dissemination. Participating speakers are encouraged from the following DOD/Federal and private industry disciplines: Engineers doing R&D concerning the reduction of product deterioration; Companies developing new packaging procedures that could provide additional protection to eliminate or prolong the shelf-life of material; Industrial concerns experimenting with new ideas concerning the recycling and re-utilization of hazardous shelf-life material; Industry personnel selling shelf-life material to DOD activities; Buyers/item managers procuring shelf-life material for stock; Engineers/end users concerned with the sales/development of shelf-life material; Companies wanting to provide additional information concerning shelf-life. It is anticipated that all conference attendees will participate in the morning classroom sessions, and the afternoon will consist of breakout sessions concerning more detailed discussions, and will be tailored more toward debate format. The following are suggested topics of consideration for potential speakers: commodity areas, such as rubber products, hazardous material, medical subsistence, batteries, tires, petroleums, oils, lubricants, paints, sealants, adhesives; industry procurement procedures, including production lead time, commercial off the shelf material, prime vendor/Direct Vendor Delivery initiatives, acting as vendor for material manufactured overseas; recycling/re-utilization/manufacturer ``buy backs'' concerning hazardous material; demonstrations of computer software programs/new marking procedures for managing shelf-life material; test results concerning new procedures for the reduction of hazardous waste/alternative uses for disposal of expired shelf-life material; industry procedures for the test/inspection of extendible shelf-life material; biotechnology initiatives for the prolonging of shelf-life requirements for food; additional areas of concern. (068)

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