Tuesday---------May 20 2008

7:00 – 7:50 am---- Registration

Tabletop exhibitors (not registered for the talks) please check-in at the exhibit area

7:00 am---- Breakfast – Sponsored by North Pak

Moderator-----Michelle Moore

7:50 am---- Welcome

8:00 am – 8:30 am---- Dr. Liang Zhou- University of Akron-- “Attenuation of UV-Absorption and Size of Silica/Titanium Colloids Using a Core-Shell Approach”

8:30 am- 9:30 am----- Mark Soucek, University of Akron  - "The Greening of Coatings"  (Plenary Speaker)

9:30 am – 9:45 am-----Break

9:45 am - 10:15 am------ Dr. Eugene Sitzmann- Ciba- “Optimizing for low energy-low light flux curing of coatings and laminates”

10:15 am – 10:45 am---Scott Brown-Arch Chemicals, Inc. “Zinc Pyrithione: Synergistic antimicrobial agent for interior coatings”

10:45 am – 11:15 am----David Schwarz- David Schwarz & Associates “Design of Experiments for the Coatings Industry”-

11:15 am – 11:25 am--------------Break

11:30 am – 12:00 pm-- Tom Bedard--Lonza-- “Formulated Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Bicarbonate/Carbonate (DDABC), a Multi-Metal Corrosion Inhibitor with Relevance to Commercial Surface Preparation and Coatings Technology”

12:15 pm – 12:50 pm----------------Lunch

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm-------------------Table Top Exhibits

2:00-4:00 pm  Workshop Introduction to the Fundamentals of Weathering Speaker: Oscar Cordo, Standards Manager * sponsored by ---- Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm----------------- Reception-Sponsored by RPM

Wednesday---------May 21, 2008

7:00 – 7:50 am---- Registration

7:00 am----Breakfast - Sponsored by X.I.M

Moderator--Michelle Moore

8:00 am-- 8:30 am- Richard Keeler- Hexion Specialty Chemicals--“Innovative Waterbourne Epoxy Curing Agent for Ultra Low VOC Conccete Coatings”

9:00 am – 9:30 am-John Du---BYK USA Inc.--“Nanotechnology 2008”

9:30 am – 10:00 am- Theodore Provder--Polymer & Coatings Consultants--“Monitoring the Coatings Film Formation Process”

10:00 – 10:15 am----- Break

10:15 am – 10:45--Jennifer Hostettler- OMG--“Advanced Drier Technologies for Low VOC Coatings”

10:45 am – 11:15 am--Carl Sullivan- Reichhold- “ Zero VOC, Biobased Alkyd Latex Polymers for Architectural Applications”

11:15 am - 11:25 am--------- Break

11:30 am – 12:00 pm---Shelly Parkerson- OM Group- “Novel Dispersing Agent for Low Voc and Free Coatings”

12:15 pm – 12:50 pm--------- Lunch

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm--- Josh Mathes- Southern Clay Products--“Methods of Elimination of VOC in Associative Thickeners”

 Workshop - Design of Experiments 1-5 pm:

2:00 pm -2:30 pm-- Milind Heble-- Solutia-- “Advanced Coalescing Technology for Low VOC Coatings”

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm- Alfred E. Smith--W.R. Grace-- “Matting Agents for Burnish Mar and Scratch Resistance Properties"

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm--Sel Avci---Elementis Specialties Inc.-“Overcoming the “Viscosity Loss” in Tinted Paints with compliant technologies

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm- Serkan Bas-- University of Akron-“Thermoset Latexes: Synthesis and Properties”