Dr. Loren W. Hill, Solutia Inc., will present the plenary lecture, "Mechanical Properties of Coatings," on Wednesday, March 1. The lecture will be followed by two days of technical presentations on topics including "The Death of Solvent-Based Coatings? Why Solvent-Based Systems Will Continue to Be Needed in the 21st Century and How They Can Meet Environmental Requirements," "A Tough Corrosion-Resistant Powder Coating," "New Zero-VOC Waterborne Epoxy Technology for Compliant Coatings," "Waterborne Polyurethane Resins for Glass Coatings," and "New Low-Odor Benzoate Coalescent for Latex Paint."
The Elias Singer Best Paper Award will be presented after the last presentation on March 3.