12th Thermoplastic Elastomers Conference 2016
 
Conference Agenda
September 21-22, 2016
 

Wednesday, September 21

8:25 am - 8:30 amIntroduction
8:30 am - 9:00 amGlobal TPEs: New Technology, Regional Market Shifts and Commoditization
Robert Eller, Robert Eller Associates, LLC
9:00 am - 9:30 amSelection and Application of Antimicrobial Additives in Thermoplastic Compounds
Jeffrey Trogolo, Sciessent
9:30 am - 10:00 amSoft, Processable SEBS Polymers for Compounds
Prashar Davé, TSRC Global
10:00 am - 10:30 amBreak
10:30 am - 11:00 amBonding Solutions for Styrenic TPE Medical Tubing
Kevin Cai, Teknor Apex
11:00 am - 11:30 amElucidating and Controlling the Morphologies of Charged Thermoplastic Elastomers
Rich Spontak, North Carolina State University
11:30 am - 12:00 pmSmall Angle X-Ray Scattering to Measure the Effects of Different Strain During Tensile Testing of TPU
Alex Sokolowski, BASF
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmKeynote: M&A for Thermoplastic Elastomers
Deborah Douglas, The Douglas Group
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmTop 16 3D Printing Stories of 2016
Sarah Goehrke, 3Dprint.com
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmThermoplastic Polyurethanes for Fused Deposition Modeling
Jake McDonough, Fenner
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmAdditive Manufacturing of Soft Parts from Thermoplastic Elastomers
Edmond Richer, Southern Methodist University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmBreak
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmUV-Absorbent Lignin-Based Multi-Arm Star Thermoplastic Elastomers
Chuanbing Tang, University of South Carolina
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmSustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers from Terpene- Derived Monomers
Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmThermoplastic Elastomers from Multifunctional Biomonomers
Eric Cochran, Iowa State University
5:00 pm - 5:30 pmHow can bioplastics be part of the transition to more sustainable plastic use in the global economy?
Libby Bernick, TruCost PLC
 

Thursday, September 22

8:30 am - 9:00 amMarket Applications for TPE Multishot Molding and the Tooling Technologies to Enable Success
John Berg, MGS Manufacturing
9:00 am - 9:30 amFundamentals of Twin-Screw Compounding: Scale Up - The Bump in the Road Between Development and Commercialization
Paul Andersen, Coperion
9:30 am - 10:00 amA 3 Dimensional Single Screw Compounder For Elastomers, TPO And Nanoscale Particulate
Keith Luker, Randcastle
10:00 am - 11:00 amBreak and Poster Session
11:00 am - 11:30 amThe Use of Next Generation Design of Experiments Software for Discovery and Scale Up
Nina Visconti, Quantisweb
11:30 am - 12:00 pmManufacturing Polypropylene (PP)/Waste EPDM Thermoplastic Elastomers using Ultrasonically Aided Extrusion
Avraam Isayev, The University of Akron
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmRocket Science to 3D Entrepreneur; An Account of Transitions
Matthew Fiedler, re:3D
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmThermoplastic Elastomer Compounds for Consumer Electronics and Wearables
Allen Donn, Kraiburg TPE
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmDesign and Operational Challenges of Wearable Drug Delivery Systems
Hossam Metwally, Ansys Inc.
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmCo-extruded Multilayer Shape Memory Materials: Smart Layered Systems
Eric Baer, Case Western Reserve University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmApplication of Engineering Plastics in Wearable Technologies
Eric Teoh, DSM