Upcoming conferences are included in this episode of the Mintchell Video Report. Gary Mintchell Editor in Chief is heading to the ARC Conference in Orlando and hopes some informal breakout sessions can materialize during the conference. He also talks about the upcoming Packaging Automation Forum in April the conference will have an afternoon segment devoted to Safety Automation for more information visit www.packworld.com/paf. Other topics include MESA certification training and analysis of the recent acquisitions by ABB and GE.