2016 Annual Meeting Session Keynotes Announced! PLENARY SPEAKERS • Plenary Talk I:
SESSION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Session: Bioinspired Design Bharat Bhushan, Ohio State University
Session: Novel Chemistry Scott Phillips, Penn State
• Plenary Talk II:
Session: Bioinspired Adhesives Phillip Messersmith, University of California, Berkeley
Session: Structural Adhesives Dave Dillard, Virginia Tech
• Plenary Talk III:
Session: Materials with Dynamic Bonds Laurent Corte, ESPCI
Bo Persson, Juelich Gareth McKinley, MIT Azar Alizadeh, GE
Session: Surface Contaminations, Biofouling, Ice Dean Webster, North Dakota State University Session: Characterization Rob Style, Oxford Session: Computational Modeling, Molecular Dynamics Chris Lorenz, King’s College London Session: Liquid Interactions Alidad Amirfazli, York University, Toronto Session: Friction and Adhesion, Fundamental Josh McGraw, Saarland University & Elsa Bayart, Hebrew University Session: Sustainable Materials Xiuzhi Susan Sun, Kansas State University
Session: Interfacial Interactions Nick Abbott, University of Wisconsin, Madison Session: Electronics Chris Campbell, 3M Company Session: Coatings Josh Wong, University of Akron Session: Adhesives and Robotics Metin Sitti, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart Session: Architectural Design of Polymer Surfaces Mark Foster, University of Akron Session: Interfacial Characterization with Quartz Crystal Resonators Antonio Arnau Vives, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Session: Soft Adhesives Speaker to be confirmed
Call for Abstract Submission We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract for the 2016 Annual Meeting being held on February 21-24 at the Westin Riverwalk. To be considered, presentation proposals (abstracts) should contain timely, applicable and relevant information on research methodology with demonstrative importance to the science and technology of adhesion and adhesion related phenomenon. Immediately following the deadline date of September 18, the Program Committee will review all abstract submissions and select those suitable for presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting. You will be notified shortly thereafter of its decision and will be required to submit an extended abstract for submission into the Final Program. Abstracts must be in English and no more than 300 words. You can submit an abstract at www.adhesionsociety.org/Annual Meeting. If you have any questions regarding the relevant topics, please contact Ali Dhinojwala at (330) 972-6246 or ali4@uakron.edu or Malinda Armstrong at adhesionsociety@ascouncil.org or (301) 986-9700 x106.
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