AGENDA Tuesday, October 26 OPENING GENERAL SESSION BREAKFAST & KEYNOTE - DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Moving Forward Catherine Putney, Economist, ITR Economics ASC INDUSTRY UPDATE– RECORDING Bill Allmond, President, Adhesive and Sealant Council
Morning Education Sessions Feedstocks & Supply Chain Hydrocarbon Based Tackifiers: The Capacity Growth Story Continues – DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Steven Williams, VP, C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins, Argus Media There and Back Again- Global Supply Chain Bottlenecks– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Anton Posner, CEO, The Mercury Resources
Regulatory/Circular Economy ASC’s Regulatory Advocacy and Sustainability Objectives and Initiatives – RECORDING Bill Allmond, President, Adhesive and Sealant Council The European Green Deal - Business Impact of Upcoming Regulation on the Adhesive and Sealant Industry – RECORDING Kristel Ons, Secretary General, FEICA – Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry
Diverse Solutions in Building Applications Hybrid Polyurethane-Epoxy Adhesives: Improved Properties while Toughening the Bond– RECORDING
Jay Johnston, Senior Scientist, Covestro LLC What is a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive and Why It Matters to Building and Construction– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Martin Widenbrant, Product Development Specialist, 3M Company
Latex Innovations for Adhesives and Sealants for Building & Construction Markets– RECORDING Sanjay Luthra, North America Technical Director, Arkema Improving the Production and Performance of Adhesives and Sealants with Innovative Rheological Additives– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Christopher Sieto, Marketing Manager, Elementis
Afternoon Education Sessions Reflections on Covid Challenges- A Look to the Past for a Better Future Preparing for the New Normal - Strategic Insights for Sustaining Profitable Growth Post Covid19– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Dan Murad, President & CEO, Chemquest Group Learnings from Operating through a Pandemic– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Heather Campe, Senior Vice President, H.B. Fuller Company Connecting the Dots: Making Sense of Raw Materials Chaos for Customers – RECORDING Anne Sasso, Consultant, WaterRock Communications, LLC Innovation Awards & Mix and Dispense Technologies Innovation Award Runner Up #2 Clearstrength® XT100 Toughener for Structural Adhesives and Thermoset Systems– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Eric Dumain, Global Marketing Director, Arkema Inc. Innovation Award Winner Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam Blown with Liquid HFO and CO2– RECORDING Mark Rickard, Research Scientist, Dupont Continuous Adhesive Compounding & Mixing Using a Planetary Extruder– RECORDING Michael Batton, Over Seas Sales Director & Process Engineer, ENTEX RUST & MITSCHKE GmbH An Update on Emission Control Technologies and Techniques– RECORDING William Weingart, Application Engineer, Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc. Achieving Success with Your Automated Adhesive and Sealer Dispensing System– RECORDING Michael Bonner, VP-Engineering & Technology, Saint Clair Systems Inc.
Waterborne Formulation Strategies Improved Rheological Profile and Stability of 2K Waterborne Polychloroprene Dispersion Adhesives– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Otto Soidinsalo, Technical Application Manager, Borregaard Formulating for Viscosity Stability in Polyvinyl Acetate Adhesives– RECORDING Emily McBride, R&D Applications Manager, LANXESS Waterborne Acrylic Dispersions as Contact Adhesive for Foam Bonding– RECORDING Yang Li, Senior Scientist, Synthomer Optimizing Your Preservation Efficacy in a Manufacturing Facilities through Implementing a Plant Hygiene Protocol– RECORDING Cecilia McGough, Technical Marketing Manager, LANXESS Corporation New Biocide Approved for Adhesives in US Market– RECORDING Stephen Foster, Applications Chemist, LANXESS
Wednesday, October 27 Morning Education Sessions Sustainability Approaches: Feedstock to Process Considerations Reduce Plastic Waste with Collapsible, Multi-layer, Film Packaging for 2K Materials– RECORDING
Robert Lindsey, Product Manager, Sulzer Soy-based Quick Setting Room Temperature 2-part Adhesive– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Dylan Karis, Lead Chemist, Airable Research Labs Advances in VOC-Free, Renewable Adhesive Technology for Elevated Temperature Applications by Gamma Irradiation & Cross-Linking– RECORDING Wen Jiang, Student, Purdue University Formulating for Advanced Performance New Acrylate Based Adhesives for Bonding in Extreme Conditions– RECORDING Matthew Freeman, Technical Service Specialist, Huntsman Corporation
Why 1.5-Nanometer Titanates and Zirconates Are Different Than Silanes– DOWNLOAD
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Salvatore Monte, President, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. New SEBS for Hot Melt Adhesives with Low Melt Viscosity for Industrial and Medical Applications– RECORDING Jesus Rodriquez, Chemical Engineer/Senior Technician Adhesives & Sealants, Dynasol Elastómeros, SA de CV
Disruptive Technologies Across Markets New Polyester-Epoxy Based Polymers for Damping Applications– RECORDING Michael O’Brien, Principal Research Associate, Stepan Company New Polyester-Epoxy Based Polymers for Damping Applications– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Jiaqi Yan, Scientist, Kraton Corporation Advancements in Low Free Isocyanate Monomer Prepolymer Design for Reactive Adhesive Systems– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Ronald Emanuel, Senior Scientist, LANXESS Corporation Exploration of Polymers and Tackifiers in UV Curable Adhesives– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Brett Neumann, Technical Manager - R&D & Applications, Kraton Corporation New Product Introduction Soudafoam MAXTWO, Introducing a New Low GWP 2 Component Low Pressure Spray Foam– DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Scott Reedell, Product Manager, Soudal Accumetric Novel Bio-based Elastomer for Sealants and Adhesives– RECORDING Erich Klein, Market Manager, Kuraray VPS 4721: Silane Adhesion Promoter in Adhesives & Sealant Applications– RECORDING Jay Patel, Applied Technology Scientist, Evonik Corporation New Calcium Carbonate Based Specialty Products for use in Reactive Adhesives and Sealants–
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Dino Papagianidis, Technical Service and Innovation Manager, Omya Inc. K-KAT® 670 A Novel Non-Tin Catalyst for Crosslinkable Silane Terminated Polymers– RECORDING
Dylan LaFerriere, Technical Sales Representative, King Industries, Inc. USA
ASC is not authorized to share the below presentations: Oil & Gas Feedstocks in a Post-COVID Recovery Uday Turaga, Founder & CEO, ADI Chemical Market Resources North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants with a Global Overview James Swope, Chief Commercial Officer, Chemquest Group Narrow Supply Chain in the Covid Environment Bill Blackmer, Global Purchasing Director, Quad Graphics (virtual) Risk Mitigation: Lessons Learned from Katrina to COVID (virtual) Fran Brady, Consultant, Not No – But How! Innovation Award Runner Up #1 Kraton Next Generation of Biobased Tackifiers Karla Wilzer, Marketing Manager, Adhesives, Kraton Corporation The Case for Styrene-Butadiene Adhesives Ibrahim El-Hedok, Sr. Adhesives Applications Chemist, Mallard Creek Polymer WEDNESDAY GENERAL SESSION BREAKFAST & KEYNOTE Adhesive and Material Challenges in VR/AR Devices Brian Toleno, Manager, Advanced Materials, Facebook Reality Labs Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): What Does This Mean for Your Products Chris White, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponnet Sustainability Approaches and Developments in Material Science Kyle Anderson, TS&D Scientist, Dow Inc. Expanding the Cure Window of One-Component Structural Adhesives Marvin Pollum, Senior Research Chemist, PPG UV-Cured Soy PSA: A Sustainable Closed-Loop Solution James Holbery, CEO, Nvirovate Materials, Inc. Actflow: Functional Liquid Acrylic Polymer Yuta Ogawa, Sales, Kowa American Corporation