Powder Coatings Symposium Call for Papers

The Powder Coating (PC) Symposium is a two day short-course/lab demo/seminar that delivers the latest in powder coating innovation to engineers, technologists, scientists, and marketing and management professionals. This event is produced by The Powder Coating Research Group, Powder Coated Tough magazine and The Powder Coating Institute and will take place in Columbus, OH on October 13th and 14th.

Papers for the PC Symposium should present the latest advancement in technology and trends in emerging powder coating markets. Organizers welcome papers about new developments in:

• Powder Coating Cure Chemistry
• Smart Powder Coatings
• Innovation in Raw Materials
• Toxicity and Handling Issues
• New Developments in Metallics and Effect Pigments
• The Latest Application Technology
• Advances in Testing and Instrumentation
• Hyper-durable Powder Coating Systems
• More Efficient Cure Technology
• Powder Application to Novel Substrates
• Cool Color Technology
• UV Curable Powder Coatings
• NIR Cure Powder Coatings
• Functional Powder Coatings
• Aerospace Applications
• Architectural Powder Technology
• Low temperature Cure
• Heat Sensitive Substrates
• Powder Bonding Techniques
• Reflective Powder Coatings
• Advances in Pretreatment Technology
• Anti-Microbial
• Powder Slurry
• Nano Additives for Powder Coatings
• Thermoplastic Powder Coatings
• Biopolymers
• Thermal Spray Techniques

For this event, organizers will accept 10 to 12 presentations. Abstracts for a 30 to 40 minute talk should be between 100-250 words, contain the title of the presentation as well as the author’s name and contact information.

Please submit abstracts no later than May 31, 2015 to Kevin Biller, The Powder Coating Research Group: kevinbiller@yahoo.com. Notification of acceptance will be June 30; submission of completed Power Point presentation will be September 1.