Plenary Session
Monday 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Breakout Room 213 A/B/C/D
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. Welcome Address, Congress Introduction Mike Morgan, NPCA Barbara Brune, Vincentz Network  | |
| 12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Keynote Presentation The Future of the Coatings Industry in America and the Role of Innovation and Technology to Advance the Industry to the Next Level  The Coatings Industry has always relied on sound science and technology to meet the demands for higher value and performance. This has allowed our industry to be a global pioneer in the development of environmentally friendlier and sustainable products that meet the needs of the consumer. In view of customer expectations for better solutions, Lewis Manring will share his vision of what the American coatings industry’s future can be, and challenge suppliers on how they can help the industry achieve this exciting Next Level. | |
| 12:50 – 1:20 p.m. Keynote Presentation The American Coatings Industry: Taking It to the Next Level Through Innovation and Collaboration  The Dow Chemical Company Speaking as a representative of the raw material supplier industry, Wendy Hoenig will outline, how modern materials research will address challenges to our industry’s future success. Close collaboration between raw material suppliers, coatings manufacturers and end-users will become even more important to fully exploit these opportunities. Coatings produced from polymers tailored by controlled polymerization techniques, biologically inspired functionality, renewable substances, self-healing and self-assembling concepts, as well as high-throughput screening provide only a few of the exciting examples of science-based innovation lined up to indeed advance the American coatings industry to the Next Level. | |
| 1:20 – 1:30 p.m. Presentation of the American Coatings Award | |
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