Education Tracks, Sessions & Speakers

ASC’s 2023 Annual Convention includes two days of concurrent educational sessions. Review the sessions below and confirmed speakers to plan out your time during the convention. Sessions and speakers are subject to change.

Best Paper Award is back again for 2023 so bring your A game! Criteria for judgment (Tech committee and popular vote): delivery: engagement, audience interaction; content: topic, flow, slide deck and depth; and overall perception.

Feedstock n Hydrocarbon Based Tackifiers - Global Update global Update, Steven Williams, VP, C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins, Argus media, inc. n Speaker #2

Speaker and title to be Confirmed n Speaker #3

Speaker and title to be Confirmed n North American Market Report Update tBD, Smithers developing Solutions for New manufacturing Challenges n Selection of Adhesive for Bonding Optical lens in ADAS Camera and Case Study of Failure Analysis

Aravinda Reddy Bommareddy, Principal materials engineer, ZF electronics & ADAS global Headquarters n Reliable Bond on Snow: Strong Interlaminar Adhesion in Skis

Raphael Schaller, R&D technical, nolax Ag n Next Generation of Lightweighting Sealers nicholas Huff, group leader, Sunstar engineering n Inherently Reactive Acrylic Copolymers Containing Type II

Photoinitiators for Improved Performance in 100% Solids

UV-PSA Formulations

Christopher macneill, Senior Research Scientist, Arkema n The Effect of Temperature on the Adhesion of High Temperature Bioinspired Adhesives

Burak Aksak, Vice President-Research, Setex technologies

Panel: Navigating Sustainability market Requirements through innovation n Moderator: tad Radzinski, President, Sustainable Solutions Corporation n Soy PSA Life Cycle Analysis: Quantifying the Bio-Adhesive

Value Proposition

Jim Holbery, Ceo-President, nvirovate materials n Developing a Sustainable Materials Roadmap for Hot Melt Adhesives lisa madenjian, Principle Scientist, Dow n Compostable Hot Melt Adhesive Development for Personal Hygiene Application

Bill Chen, Principal Scientist, Henkel Corporation n Sustainable Operations: Achieving Net Zero: CO2, Water, and Waste gloriamar gamez, Sr. Sustainability manager Henkel Adhesive technologies, Henkel Adhesive technologies digitalization tools and trends n High-Tech to Enable High-Touch: Digitizing Customer Experience

Kimberlee Sinclair, Vice President, Digital Customer experience, H.B. Fuller n Digital Tools: Moving Beyond Strategy to Implementation

Jim Swope, Chief Commercial officer, ChemQuest group n Digital Opportunities for Chemical Suppliers - Why and How

Jay Bhatia, Founder & Ceo, Agilis Commerce innovation awards n Speaker #1

Speaker and title to be Confirmed n Speaker #2

Speaker and title to be Confirmed n Speaker #3

Speaker and title to be Confirmed materials and Challenges in Building applications n Innovative Polyacrylic Emulsions for High Performance Foam Adhesive tao Yu, technical Director, Wanhua Chemical n Adhesive Challenges for Floor Covering and Concrete SubFloor Installation

Raj Hariharan, Senior group leader, mAPei n Eco-Responsible Adhesives and Sealants Enabled by New SPUR Prepolymers

Anne Dussaud, momentive Performance materials

Panel: Epic Challenges in Supply Chains & Shipping: What You Need to Know n Moderator: Dan murray, Senior Vice President, AtRi n Randy guillot, President, triple g express inc. n Janine mansour, Head of Business Development, Port nolaPort of new orleans n Rob martinez, Vice President, Freight and economic Development, moffitt & nichol