| | | | |  1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Polymer Modifiers and Additives (Salon A) [More Info]
Moderator: Rick King | Catalyst Technologies (Salon B) [More Info]
Moderator: Amaia Montoya, Grace
Moderator: Alma Dzudza, WR Grace | Film and Flexible Packaging (Salon C) [More Info]
Moderator: Donna Davis, ExxonMobil Chemical Company | Pipe and Long-Term Uses (Salon D) [More Info]
Moderator: John Kurdziel, Advanced Drainage Systems | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Twenty-five Years of Light Stabilizer Applications and Development for Polyolefins [More Info]
Joseph Fay, Technical Fellow, BASF Corporation | LyondellBasell Technology: Advancing Possible [More Info]
Steve Davis, LyondellBasell | State of the Flexible Packaging Industry [More Info]
Alison Keane, Flexible Packaging Association | Life Cycle Assessment for Corrugated HDPE Drainage Pipe [More Info]
Daniel Currence, Plastic Pipe Institute | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Optimizing Stabilization Systems for Polyolefins Using Traditional and Specialty Antioxidants [More Info]
Rick King, Senior Technical Manager, Plastic Additives Business Unit, BASF | Borealis Sirius Catalyst Technology Enabling Factor for Sustainable Growth [More Info]
Nora Vaarne, Borealis Polymers Oy | The Performance Requirements for Recycled HDPE Materials in Various Pipe Applications [More Info]
John Kurdziel, Advanced Drainage Systems | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Development of a Polyolefin Stabilizer Blend with Predefined Properties and Food Contact Status [More Info]
Robert Sherman, Technical Director for the Special Additives Division, Baerlocher | Advanced Molecular Polyolefin Catalysis: Enabling Growth and Sustainability [More Info]
Philip Fontaine, Dow Chemical Company | A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World [More Info]
Todd Bukowski, PTIS Global | Kinetics of Slow Crack Growth in HDPE Pipes [More Info]
Jung-Wook Wee, Korea University | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break (Atrium) | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Low VOC Stabilization Systems for PP Automotive Applications [More Info]
JungDu Kim, Technical Service Manager, SONGWON International Americas | Ti AND Zr Catalysts in the Macromolecular Melt Regenerate Unfilled and Filled Virgin, Regrind and Recycled Plastics [More Info]
Salvatore J. Monte, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. | Optimization of Bond Strength and Barrier Performance for Ultra-High Web Speed Metallizing Applications [More Info]
Neil Morrison, Applied Materials | Performance Validation of Recycled HDPE Pipe Materials by the Un-notched, Constant Ligament Stress Crack Test (UCLS) [More Info] | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Effect of HALS against photo degradation of greenhouse PO film under severe sulfur fumigation [More Info]
Yota Tsuneizumi, ADEKA Corporation | Synthesis of Polyolefins with Controlled Microstructures Using Single Site Group 4 Transition Metal Catalysis [More Info]
YANSHAN GAO, Northwestern University | Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene (BOPE) Films Fabricated via Frame Process and Applications Thereof [More Info]
Justice Alaboson, Dow Chemical | Resin Blending and Variability of HDPE Recycled Pipe Materials [More Info]
Daniel Figola, Advanced Drainage Systems | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Enhancing the Properties of Polyolefins to Accelerate Market Adoption [More Info]
Jian-Yang Cho, Solvay | Investigating and Improving MAO Activation Efficiency of Metallocenes for Olefin Polymerization [More Info]
Matthew Thorn, WR Grace | Extreme Performance Polyethylene Resins [More Info]
Mosha Zhao, ExxonMobil Chemical Company | Pipe Stiffness: What it is and what it is not. [More Info] | | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | | | | Study of the effect of ASTM and ISO testing conditions on mechanical properties of polypropylene [More Info]
Jing Zhong, W.R. Grace&Co | | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcoming Reception--Sponsored by PMC (Donatello Ballroom Upstairs) |
| | | | | | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration (Campobello) | | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Student Posters (Atrium) | | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Polymer Modifiers and Additives (Salon A)
Moderator: Kyle Hart, Dow | Process Technologies (Salon B)
Moderator: Wen Li, ExxonMobil Chemical Company | Sustainability and Packaging (Salon C)
Moderator: Judy Webb, Sasol | Non-Destructive Testing (Salon D)
Moderator: Tom Walsh | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | New Opportunities for Stabilizers through Circular Economy
Rudolf Pfaendner, Fraunhofer LBF | Click Chemistry within LDPE
Jan Duchateau, SABIC | Impact of Sustainability Upsurge on Polyolefin Demand
Roberto Ribeiro, Townsend Solutions | Elevated Temperature Testing and Validation of Long-Term Performance for PE Piping Materials
Tom Walsh, Plastic Pipeline Integrity, LLC | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Effect of Mold Temperature and Additive on Scratch Behavior of TPOs at Elevated Temperatures
Hung-Jue Sue, Texas A&M University | The Borealis Technologies Suite Toolbox for Innovative Solutions beyond Common Polyolefin Applications
Franz Langhauser, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH | New Balance of Polypropylene Stiffness, Heat Resistance, and Processibility for Packaging
Daniel Johnson, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Xuejia Yan, ExxonMobil Chemical Corporation | Microwave Interaction with Polyethylene and Its Use in Inspection of Joints
Bob Stakenborghs, ILD/Evisive | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Compatibilizing PP and PET an approach for recycling of unseparable plastic streams
Christoph Burgstaller, Managing Director and Head of R&D, TCKT | Online Transition Between Incompatible Catalysts
Nayef AL-Enazi, SABIC | Material Reduction and Biobased Materials Use For More Sustainable Polymer Packaging
Abdellah Ajji, Polytechnique Montréal | Microwave Inspection of Composites and other Dielectric Materials
Donald McNicol, Sonomatic Inc. | | 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Break (Atrium) | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | New Hydrogenated Styrenic Block Copolymers for PP Modification
Bing Yang, Kraton Polymers | Improved Understanding of the Impact of Alkanes when Using Condensed Mode Cooling for PE Production
Timothy F. L. McKenna, Université de Lyon | Integrating Post-Consumer HDPE Resin in Film Applications
Sandra Lewis, Envision Plastics | Qualifying a Masterbatch for Use with a Pressure Pipe Resin to Meet PE 4710 Pipe Requirements
Taha Abdulla, Sasol | | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | New Nano Additives Patented Technology and Recently
Howard Paul, America P & G Co. | Hyperzone PE Process Technology
Gerben Meier, LyondellBasell | Sustainable Plastics: How Plastic Additives can Enable a Circular Economy
Katrina Knauer, BASF | Ultrasonic Technology Applied to Polyethylene Pipe Butt-Fusion Joints Uses, Limits, Acceptance Criteria | | 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Enhanced Dispersion and Properties in Polypropylene Composites Processed Employing Extensional Mixing Elements
Chaitanya Danda, Case Western Reserve University | SMOLEFIN and SWILE - Paradigm Shift in Polyolefin R&D and Quality Control
Jos de Keijzer, Workflow Architect, Chemspeed | Biomimetic Nanocoatings with Exceptional Mechanical and Barrier Properties for Polyolefin Films
Luyi Sun, University of Connecticut | Accelerated Slow Crack Growth Resistance Tests For Characterization of High-Performance Bimodal HDPE Pipe Materials
Cliff Mure, Univation Technologies/Dow | | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch (Donatello Ballroom Upstairs) |
| | | | | | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch (Donatello Ballroom Upstairs) | | 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Polymer Modifiers and Additives (Salon A)
Moderator: Hartmut Siebert | Compounding and Extrusion (Salon B)
Moderator: Amit Chaudhary, Dow | Sustainability and Durable Applications (Salon C)
Moderator: Donna Davis, ExxonMobil Chemical Company | Characterization (Salon D)
Moderator: Willem deGroot, Dow | | 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Innovative Solutions for Film Antiblocking
Estelle Lagache, Imerys
Mike Bird, Application Development Manager, Imerys | Design Optimization of Maddock Mixers
Xiaofei Sun, Dow Chemical | Lightweight Design for Future Mobility Concepts
Maurits van Tol, Senior Vice President, Innovation & Technology, Borealis | Characterization of Nickel-Coated Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites: Effects of Extrusion Processing Method
Donghwan Cho, Kumoh National Institute of Technology | | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Solid Phase Extraction for Additive Analysis in Polyolefins
Robert Bruell, Fraunhofer | New Involute Extruder Screw Elements for Improved Productivity and Quality
Paul Andersen, Process Engineering Consultant, Coperion | End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling
Kevin Cronin, Ultra-Poly Corporation | Scratch Resistance of PP as a Function of MFR and fiber content
Jungsub Lee, Korea University | | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Simultaneously Extending Impact, Melt Flow, and Stiffness of Polypropylene Impact Copolymers
Nicolas Treat, Milliken and Co. | Effect of Processing on the Performance of Waterborne Heat Seal Coating
Carlos Escobar, The Dow Chemical Company | Using Agricultural Waste to Create More Environmentallly Friendly and Affordable Products
Walter Bradley, Baylor University & Texas A&M | Revealing the Chemical Composition Distribution of Polyolefins Using Crystallization Based Techniques and Interactive Chromatography
Priya Garg, SABIC | | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break (Atrium) | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | On the Mitigation of Threats to Business as Usual in the World of Polymer Additives
Rob Lorenzini, Maroon Group | Managing Melt Temperature in a Twin Screw Extruder
Charlie Martin, Leistritz Extrusion | Electron Transport in Conductive PP Polymer Nanocomposites
Zhanhu Guo, Associate Professor, Univerisity of Tennessee, Knoxville | Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Variant (AF4)--An Alternative to SEC-MALS
Robert Bruell, Fraunhofer | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | New Catalyst Neutralizer Polymer Protector Additive for Polyolefin Polymers
Donald Beuke, Mitsui Plastics Inc. | Options to Aid Extruder Screw Removal and Cleaning
John Presa, DowDupont | Intelligent Industrial Automation: Using Your Process Data to Solve Quality, Downtime, and Production Problems
Sam Cessna, Chief Revenue Officer, Oden Technologies | Hierarchical Multivariate Analysis to Map Structure-Process-Property Relationships
David Fiscus, Exxon Mobil | | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Minerals Solutions for Various Modes of Noise Reduction in Polyolefins
Prasad Raut, Imerys | Optimized Extrusion Process for developing High Performance TPOs & Lightweight Polyolefin Composites.
Tanmay Pathak, A.Schulman-Lyondellbasell | Lightweighting Strategies with Talc in Automotive TPOs
Piergiovanni Ercoli malacari, IMI Fabi Spa | Simple and Fast Methodology for Determination of Additives in Polyolefins using Dissolution/Re-precipitation and Gas and Liquid Chromatographic Analyses
Shayne Green, The Dow Chemical Company | | 5:00 pm - 5:30pm | | A New Approache for Evaluating the Processing Stability of Polyolefins Using Microcompounding
Niall Marshall, Everspring Middle East WLL | | Making Sense of Polyolefin Products through Sensory Science
Tanya Fry, Dow Chemical |
| | | | | 8:00 am - 11:15 am | Polymer Modifiers and Additives (Salon A)
Moderator: John Mara | Foams and Light-Weighting (Salon B)
Moderator: Gary Wilkes, Dart Container Corp. | Design For Recycling (Training) (Salon C)
Moderator: Donna Davis, ExxonMobil Chemical Company | | 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Insuring Plastic Additives which are used in Sensitive Applications are Fit for Use
David Horst, Senior Product Steward, Plastic Additives Business Unit, BASF Corporation | Using Rheological Measurement to Predict the Physical Foaming Windows for Polyolefin Copolymers
Hyunwoo Kim, The Dow Chemical Company | Design for Recycling: PE Film
Sandi Childs, Association of Plastics Recyclers
Curt Cozart, Common Sense Solutions | | 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Investigating the use of polymeric phosphites to improve processing, melt fracture and thermal stability.
Michael Jakupca, Dover Chemical | Solutions for Protective Packaging: Enhanced Expanded Polyethylene Foam
Todd Hogan, The Dow Chemical Company | | 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Phosphite Antioxidant Kinetics and in-Polymer Performance: Part 2
Hayder Zahalka, Addivant | Structure-Property Relationships of Polyolefin Foams
Colin Li Pi Shan, Dow | | 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Break (Atrium) | | 9:45 am - 10:15 am | High Performance Stabilizers for Colour Protection and Melt Flow Stabilization
Hartmut Siebert, Clariant | Effect of Processing Techniques on the Insulation Properties of Amorphous PLA Foams
Kayode Oluwabunmi, MEEN Dept. University of North Texas, Denton. | | 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Selecting Metal Soaps for Optimum Acid Scavenging Performance in Polyolefins
Leonard Walp, Norac Additives | | | 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Discoloration Mechanisms and Additive Formulation
Thi Thu Loan Doan, University of Science and Technology, The University of Danang | |
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