PROGRAM SCHEDULE Monday, April 20 7:30 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Market and Application Overview Dave Nick, DPNA International, Inc.
8:45-9:30 a.m.
Technical Overview Steve Milano, Tremco Incorporated
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Acrylic Latex Sealants & Vinyl Acetate Polymers Rick Miner, Arkema Coating Resins
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Silicone Sealants Toby Vick, Wacker Chemical Corporation
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Silane Terminated Resins and Silane Terminated Sealants Jay Johnston, Bayer MaterialScience LLC
2:00-2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Urethane Sealants Philip Jiang, Bostik, Inc.
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Plasticizers Michael Funderburg, Eastman Chemical Company
Tuesday, April 21 7:30 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Adhesion Promoters Yuduo Zhu, USI Chemical America LLC
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Fillers Chris Paynter, IMERYS
9:00–10:00 a.m.
Rheology of Sealants Chris White, National Institute of Standards and Technology
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Application of Sealants - Joint Design, End Use Steve Padgett, DAP
11:15 a.m. –Noon
Specifying Sealant Christopher Sass, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc.
Noon-1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Premature Sealant Failure: Consequences, Causes & Culprits David Nicastro, Building Diagnostics
2:00-2:30 p.m.
VOC and Regulatory Update Mark Collatz, Adhesive and Sealant Council
Short Course attendees are invited to attend the EXPO starting at 3:30 p.m. being held in the Ryman Exhibit Hall B1.