Advances in Coatings ACT'16

The ACT ’16 Conference will be held in the Expo Silesia Exhibition Centre in Sosnowiec from November 8-10, 2016.

The ACT Conference is an established event, which was launched in 1995 and has continued to take place every two years. Focusing on the latest topics and developments concerning paint technology, the conference is designed to increase the dialogue among Central, East – and West – European paint specialists.

The ACT ’16 Conference will be held in the Expo Silesia Exhibition Centre in Sosnowiec, which is located very close to Katowice. During the last ACT ’14 event held in Sosnowiec about 120 delegates from 15 countries participated in the Conference.

As well as presenting the latest technical innovations and trends, the Conference promotes business contacts among participants mainly from Europe. The coatings industry in Central and Eastern Europe offers a significant opportunity for the suppliers of raw materials, new technologies, machines and equipment. Poland is well situated as a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe and its position aids co-operation and the successful development of the paint industry to the benefit of everyone.

As an international and unique meeting, the Conference represents a great opportunity for industry and academia to exchange and establish new contacts and acquire new scientific and technical knowledge. The ACT ’16 Organising Committee invites speakers who are specialists from significant laboratories and companies who will focus on their newest achievements in coatings, thereby bringing together scientists and engineers from material producers, paint makers, machinery, and manufacturers.

During previous years there was a balance of information from both industrial and academic sources. Some of the following leading companies spoke at previous ACT conferences:

Air Products and Chemicals, Akzo Nobel, Alberdingk Boley, Amoco Chemicals, Angus Chemie, APV Baker IED, Arkema, Atofina, BASF, Bayer, Borchers, Brenntag, Bühler Partec, Byk-Chemie, Cardolite, Celanese, Chromaflo Technologies, Ciba, Clariant, Cognis, Cortec Corporation, Cray Valley, Creanova Specialchemie, Croda, Cytec, Datacolor, Degussa, DOW, Dow Corning, Draiswerke, DSM Resins, DuPont, Dyno Industries, Eastman, Efka Additives, Elementis Specialties, Eliokem, Evonik, Exxon Mobil Chemical, Henkel, Herberts, Heubach, Huntsman Tioxide, ICI Surfactants, Incorez, Johnson Polymer, Kärntner Montaningustrie, Kronos International, Lanxess, Lubrizol, Merck, Minolta, Mondo Minerals, NCS Colour Centre, Neo Resins, Nevcin Polymers, Netzsch, Nuplex Resins, Omnova Solutions, Perstorp, Plüs-Staufer – Omya, PPG Industries, Rheox, Rhodia Coatings, Rohm and Haas, Sachtleben, Sartomer, Sasol Servo, Shell Chemicals (Resolution Performance), Sigma Coatings, Solutia, Tego Chemie Service, Troy, UCB Chemicals, Wacker Chemie, World Minerals.

We invite the submission of papers or posters of high scientific and technical standard to be presented at ACT ’16 on suitable topics, including:

Raw Materials Evolutions

Binders: resins, new polymer syntheses for coatings, organic – inorganic hybrid materials, biopolymers, intelligent polymers
Novel pigments and aspects of colour: functional pigments, anticorrosive pigments, specialty and high performance pigments
Extenders and functional extenders
Novel additives: functional additives, agents and modifiers, biocides
Solvents

Advanced Technologies

Waterborne coatings, high-solids, powder coatings, radiation cured coatings (UV/EB), functional coatings: antifouling & anticorrosive coatings, "smart coatings”: hygienic coatings, nanostructured coatings, self-cleaning coatings, anti-graffiti coatings, biobased coatings, microbiology of coatings

Applications

Automotive coatings, architectural coatings, industrial metal and wood coatings, marine coatings, protective and anticorrosive coatings

Coating Application Methods

Analysis and Testing

Test methods, process control, analysis of coatings

Equipment

Production, laboratory, application, measuring & testing

Ecology, legislation

Market trends

Notes for Authors / Speakers

Papers (posters) should be of a high scientific and technical standard.
The Conference will be conducted in English and Polish. Both presentation of papers and discussions will be interpreted simultaneously into Polish/English.
The oral presentation will be approximately 20min.
The deadline for submitting the Title and Abstract of each paper or poster (max 120 words in English), as well as a short biography of the Speaker (max 50 words in English) is May 31, 2016.
All papers (posters) accepted for presentation should be submitted in full (for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings) in English – 10 pages max, size A4, preferably Times 12pt – in an electronic format by August 31, 2016 to ACT ’16 Organising Committee. For interested Authors, there will be a possibility of publishing the paper in the Institute’s magazine ‘Paints and Varnishes’.
The special reduced fee for Speakers is 300 Euro.
The fee includes:
– A full set of Conference Proceedings.
– A list of delegates and participating companies.
– Coffee/tea and lunches during the Conference.
– Conference Dinner.
The reduced fee does not apply to co-authors.

Promotion in the form of distribution of promotional materials together with the Conference Proceedings, promotional poster or a desk in front of the Conference Hall will be possible for interested companies.

Contact:

Ms Anna PAJAK – Chairperson of ACT ’16 Organising Committee

a.pajak@impib.pl

+48 (32) 231 9043

www.impib.pl