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Sunday, September 9    
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Annual Meeting Registration
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Golf Event - The Club at Savannah Harbor
(Tee times starting at 1:00 pm)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Welcome Reception
     
Monday, September 10    
7:00 am - 9:15 am   Late Registration
7:30 am - 8:45 am  

Breakfast with Keynote Speaker

Problems and Opportunities:  Thermoset Resin Applications

   David P. Nick, DPNA International

9:00 am - 9:15 am  

New Product/Technology Showcase

    New Pigment Dispersions

    Rebus Corporation, James Steever

9:15 am - 10:45 am  

Technical Paper Session

Advances in Intumescent Coatings

     Philip Rhodes, Broadview Technologies

     (Coatings, Civil Engineering, Flooring Cmte)

Toughening of Epoxy Infusion Resins for Composites

     Stephen C. Nolet, TPI Composites and Douglas J. Sober, Kaneka Texas

     (Composites & Tooling Committee)

Wood Composite Overlay

     Atta Zaghloul, CPD Construction Products

     (Coatings, Civil Engineering Flooring Cmte)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm  

Market Focused Committee Meetings

  • Coatings, Civil Engineering, Flooring – Charlie Zarnitz, CVC Specialty Chemicals, Chairman
  • Adhesives, Sealants – Dave Hill, Chairman, Emerald Performance Materials
  • Composites, Tooling –Tito Llopiz, Degussa Inc., Chairman
  • Potting, Encapsulation, Electrical – Mangesh Rajadhyaksha, Huntsman, Chairman
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm   Luncheon/General Membership Meeting
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm  

Regulatory Affairs Presentation

    Charles Bartish, Air Products & Chemicals

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm  

Technical Papers Session

Low Emission Epoxy Vinyl Ester Resin in Pultrusion

     Dr. Tim Pepper, Ashland Performance     Materials

    (Composites & Tooling Cmte/Non-Epoxy)

Green Chemistry Does Not Fear Humidity in a Floor

     Dr. Jean-Luc Dallons, Cardolite Corporation

     (Coatings, Civil Engineering, Flooring Cmte)

Fast Curing Polyurea Sealants; Controllable Reactivity with Commerially Available Secondary Amines

    Dr. Jay Johnston, Bayer Material Science

     (Adhesives & Sealants Committee)

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm   Exhibitor Table Top Setup
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm   Table Top Showcase
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm   Reception at the Showcase
   
Tuesday, September 11  
8:00 am - 9:00 am  

Technical Papers Session

Demonstration of Military Composites with Low Hazardous Air Pollutant Content

     Dr. John J. LaScalla, U.S. Army Research Lab

     (Composites & Tooling Committee)

Joining of Medical Plastics Using Atmospheric Discharge Pretreatments of Adherents Prior to Adhesive Bonding

     Rory A. Wolf, Enercon Industries Corp.

     (Adhesives & Sealants Committee)

9:00 am - 9:30 am  

Regulatory Affairs/VOC update

    Charles Bartish, Air Products & Chemicals

9:30 am - 9:45 am  

Break

9:45 am - 10:45 am  

Technical Papers Session

A New Cycloaliphatic Amine for Coatings and Composites Applications

     Dr. Rajesh Turakhia, Dow Chemical Company

     (Coatings, Civil Engineering, Flooring and Composites & Tooling Committees)

Thermoset Curing Schedule and its Affect on the Final Properties

     Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Mettler Toledo

     (Composites & Tooling Committee)

10:45 am - 11:15 am  

World Market Update

Global Epoxy Industry: Prospects and Challenges

     Julie Mongeluzi, Dow Chemical Company

11:15 am - 11:30 am   Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm  

Technical Papers Session

Organofunctional Silicone Resins as High Performance Epoxy Curatives

     Dr. Mustafa Mohamed, Dow Corning

     (Adhesives & Sealants Committee)

Cycloaliphatic Epoxy Resins

     Robert Kultzow, Huntsman Adv. Materials

     (Potting, Encapsulation, Electrical Committee)

 

 

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