Coatings Science International

Conference Program COSI 2005

8:45 - 9:00 Opening
9:00 - 9:45 Mark Nichols, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, USA, The weathering behavior of UV curable clear coats: Experiments and implications
9:45 - 10:15 Stuart Croll, North Dakota State University, USA, Statistical approaches for predicting weathering degradation and service life
10:15 - 10:45 John W. Martin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA, Linking field and laboratory service life exposure results for polymeric materials via a reliability-based methodology: a successful case study

11:15 - 12:00 Paul A.M. Steeman, RPK DSM Research, The Netherlands, Recent developments in monitoring film-formation and cure of coatings
12:00 - 12:30 Martin Bosma, Akzo Nobel Research, The Netherlands, The role of sag control agents in optimizing the sag/leveling balance
14:00 - 14:45 Joe L. Keddie, University of Surrey, UK, Insights from modern techniques into the film formation of waterborne coatings
14:45 - 15:15 Bart Erich, Eindhoven University of Technology,Department of Applied Physics, The Netherlands, MRI depth profiling of drying alkyd coatings with different catalyst

15:45 - 16:30 Steffen Hofacker, Bayer MaterialsScience AG, Germany, Hybrid coating systems
16:30 - 17:00 Daniel Ståhlberg, Scania CV AB, Södertätje,Sweden, Properties of coatings in load carrying constructions
17:00 - 17:30 Andreas Poppe, BASF Coatings AG, Munster, Germany, Scratch resistant automotive coatings - correlations between field tests and mechanical properties
18:30 - 22:00 Poster Presentations

8:45 - 9:30 Pieter J.A. Geurink, Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes, The Netherlands, A complete new design for waterborne 2-pack PUR coatings with robust application properties
9:30 - 10:00 Michel Tielemans, Surface Specialties, Drogenbos, Belgium, Colloidal stability of surfactant-free radiation curable polyurethane dispersions
10:00 - 10:30 Kati Rissa, Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Materials Science, Tampere, Finland, Effect of kaolin content on structure and functional properties of water-based coatings

11:00 - 11:30 Rens Hesselmans, Stahl International, The Netherlands, Polycarbodiimide crosslinkers
11:30 - 12:00 Fabrizio Micciche, Agrotechnology and Food Innovations BV, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Towards biobased alternatives for VOC and cobalt in alkyd paints
12:00 - 12:30 Rob P. Klaasen, Akzo Nobel, The Netherlands, Fast drying cobalt-free high solids alkyd paints
12:30 - 13:00 Bartheld de Ruiter, TNO Industrial Technology, Department of Polymer Technology, Eindhoven, Two-step curing processes for coating application

8:45 - 9:30 Wim J. van Ooij, University of Cincinnati, USA, Novel environmentally friendly coatings for corrosion protection of metals based on silane chemistry
9:30 - 10:00 Adrian Hofland, DSM Coatings Resins, The Netherlands, Increasing the durability of wood by reactive vegetable oils
10:00 - 10:30 Maria Zielecka, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, Silicone-containing polymer matrix as protective coating - properties and applications

11:00 - 11:45 Petra Uhlman, Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany, Surface functionalization by smart coatings: stimuli responsive binary polymer brushes
11:45 - 12:30 Dean C. Webster, North Dakota State University, USA, Use of high throughput methods in the design of coatings having minimally adhesive surfaces
14:00 - 14:45 Key-Note Lecture, George Pilcher, Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc., USA, Challenge 2005 and Beyond: Recognition, Transformation and Profitable Use of Innovative Thinking
14:45 - 15:15 Melinda Wales, Reactive Surfaces Ltd. Austin, USA, Biocatalytic paints and coatings

15:45 - 16:30 Steve Rimmer, University of Sheffield, UK, New functional polymers with potential in coating technologies
16:30 - 17:00 Bernd Göbelt, BYK-Chemie GmbH, Germany, The molecular weight distribution in living polymerization - the narrowwer the better?
17:00 - 17:30 Valerie Carlier, Coatings Research Institute Limelette Belgium, Plasma polymerization techniques: promising possibilities for the paint industry - a literature overview
19:00 - 22:00 Conference Diner

8:45 - 9:30 Christian Decker, Université de Haute Alsace, France, High performance UV-cured protective coatings
9:30 - 10:00 Byung K. Kim, Pusan National University,South-Korea, Design and properties of UV cured polyyrthane dispersions
10:00 - 10:30 Jurgen P. Stropp, DuPont Performance Coatings GmbH & Co KG, Wuppertal, Germany, UV curing systems for automotive refinish applications
10:30 - 11:00 Mingwen Tian, Nanotechnology Instruments Europe BV, The Netherlands, Coatings property analysis with AFM techniques

12:00 - 12:30 Ralph Nussbaum, IKEA of Sweden AB, Sweden, Present and future requirements on furniture coatings - an end users perspective
12:30 - 13:00 Christoph Gurtler, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany, 1K-PU systems revisited: New insights, new blocking agents
13:00 - 13:15 Closing + Awards presentation
13:15 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch