From February 24 to March 1, The International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium will take place at The Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA.
The Waterborne Symposium is a technical forum dealing with coatings and related fields, with a focus on sustainable materials and practices.
From its inception, The Waterborne Symposium has been organized and executed by faculty, staff, and students of the School of Polymers and Engineering (formerly the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials) at The University of Southern Mississippi. Proceeds from the Symposium are very important to USM and the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials.
Funds received are used for various elements of academic program development, including graduate student stipends, junior faculty development, equipment acquisition and maintenance, and especially, scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in Polymer Science and Polymer Science and Engineering, most of whom enter the coatings or related polymer industries upon graduation. These scholarships are critical to the university's efforts to recruit the highest achieving students into our program.
During the forum there will be paper presentations pertaining to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production, characterization, application and markets in the field of surface coatings. In addition to the main technical program, the Waterborne Symposium also includes short courses (held Feb 24 - 26).
Online Registration Now Open
Registration for the 2019 Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium is now open at waterbornesymposium.com/online-registration.
Waterborne attendees typically include: coatings formulators, research and development scientists/chemists, technical managers or technical sales managers in the coatings or related fields, management or marketing executives, owners of small paint companies, coatings end users, coatings applicators/technicians, academicians and students in chemistry/polymers/coatings. The vast majority (75-85%) of Waterborne attendees are employed in private industry, the balance are academic/government.