I just attended two important conferences: the Waterborne Symposium, sponsored
by the University of So. Mississippi, School of Polymers and High Performance
Materials; and Smart Coatings 2007, sponsored by Eastern Michigan University,
Coatings Research Institute. Based on both of these, I can say that the
industry is strong, healthy and quite innovative. Both of these events will be
written up in greater detail in a later issue of PCI. Attendance at both was
very good, with a technical audience that had active participation and
discussion. This makes for a great set of conferences.