44th Symposium on Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems: Navigating the Challenges of Sustainable Innovation

Date: October 7, 2025 - October 9, 2025

Event Location:  Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Organized by: ASTM Committee E35 on Pesticides, Antimicrobials, and Alternative Control Agents

 

 

About the Event

The 44th Symposium on Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems: Navigating the Challenges of Sustainable Innovation will be held October 7, 2025 - October 9, 2025. The symposium is organized by ASTM Committee E35 on Pesticides, Antimicrobials, and Alternative Control Agents, and will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States in conjunction with the standards development meetings of the committee. The language of the symposium will be English.

 

Objective and Scope

This symposium will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of formulation and application technologies associated with crop protection products including pesticides, biopesticides, biostimulants, micronutrients, and spray adjuvants. Primary attention will be directed to presentations related to:

  • The need for sustainable solutions and the challenges associated with their development and introduction.
  • The development of more environmentally friendly adjuvant formulations and related products.
  • Global regulatory trends affecting agrochemical formulations and applications and the impact on product development.
  • Formulation technologies to improve agrochemical applications and efficacy.
  • Application technologies for improved pesticide applications and reduced spray drift
  • Product stewardship, sustainability, and safety
  • The incorporation of AI and related technologies to aid in the design of new products, formulation and application methods or systems.
  • Physical and chemical test methods related to crop protection products.

Other topics of interest related to advancing sustainable solutions in agriculture from a product, application and method development perspective.

Who should attend:

This symposium is targeted to individuals, companies and universities involved in the research and development of agricultural, turf and ornamental pesticide, biopesticide, and nutritional products, including the design of new chemistries, formulations, and biologicals. It is also targeted at individuals, companies and universities involved in the research and development of application and delivery systems in the agricultural, turf and ornamental industries. These entities also tend to be the stakeholders and interested parties.

 

Abstract Submission

To participate in the symposium, authors must submit a 250 to 300-word preliminary abstract using the online Abstract Submission Portal no later than May 31, 2025. To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract.

The abstract must include a clear definition of the objective and approach of the work discussed, pointing out material that is new, and present sufficient details regarding results. The presentation and manuscript must not be of a commercial nature, nor can it have been previously published. Because a limited number of abstracts will be accepted, be sure that your abstract submission is complete to allow for careful assessment of the paper's suitability for this symposium. The symposium chair will notify you via email by July 15, 2025 of your paper’s acceptability for presentation at the symposium. If the preliminary abstract is accepted, the author will be requested to submit a final abstract a few months before the symposium. The final abstracts will be distributed in a program booklet at the symposium.

 

Publication Information

Symposium authors are required to submit their papers for ASTM publication in Selected Technical Papers (STP), an online and printed, peer-reviewed publication for the international scientific and engineering community. STP papers should be full-length technical papers of approximately 10,000 words, significantly contribute to the technical literature, and must include a review of past work in the relevant area and present information of current interest or probe new fields. After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM Editorial Office will send authors’ instructions via email, but also can be found by clicking here.

Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the STP are due online no later than December 31, 2025 at the ASTM Editorial Office. The corresponding author (the author who is the main contact with ASTM Headquarters) will receive a copy of his/her paper in portable document format (PDF). All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost. Only those papers submitted by the manuscript due date will be included in the STP.

Please note that all submitted papers are subject to peer review by two independent reviewers.The STP will be submitted to the Library of Congress with an ISBN number and will be reviewed for inclusion in the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and Google Scholar.

 

Technical Program

A technical program (presentation times, paper titles, and presenters’ names) will be posted on the ASTM website by August 2025.

 

Registration

Registration opens approximately 10 weeks before the start of the symposium.

 

 

Registration

Registration is now open. The fees to attend this event are listed below.

 

Through

September 6, 2024

 After September 6, 2024
ASTM Member $250.00 $350.00
Non-member $350.00 $450.00
Presenter Waived Waived
Student Waived Waived

Not an ASTM Member?  An Individual Membership costs only $115.00. If you would like to become a member of ASTM International and Committee E35 to begin taking advantage of all the ASTM membership benefits, including attending this event at a reduced rate, please use the link below to join ASTM before registering for the event. After you have become a member, please return to this webpage to register for the event as an ASTM Member.

ASTM International Membership

All Attendees – All attendees are urged to register for this symposium before arriving onsite. All attendees must check in at the ASTM Registration Area to obtain their name badge before entering the event room.

Presenters– Symposium presenters do not need to register. All presenters will be automatically registered by ASTM.

Students – Students may be eligible for a reduced registration fee provided they meet certain requirements. To qualify for the reduced fee, you must be an active ASTM Student Member, full-time student, not employed full-time, and be able to provide a current valid university email address for registration. To register as a student, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.

Cancellations – A refund of the symposium fee will be honored only if requested at least 10 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration, please click the "Modify My Registration" button found in your registration confirmation email and follow the prompts to cancel your registration. Please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or 610-832-9522 if you need assistance.

If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations at
symposia@astm.org Tel: 610-832-9522, or ASTM Technical Support at https://www.astm.org/contact.

 

Technical Chair Contact Information


Jeferson Naue
Momentive Performance Materials
Email: Jeferson.Naue@momentive.com
Phone: +1 (914) 784-4990

 

Continuing Education Units

Symposium attendees interested in receiving 1.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and email it to ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to you via email approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the symposium concludes.

 

Hotel Information

The event will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. More information on how to make your sleeping room reservation will be posted approximately 12 weeks prior to the start of the event.

 

Hotel Information

All meetings will be held at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®, 6677 Sea Harbor Dr. Orlando, FL 32821.

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Please support ASTM International by reserving your sleeping room at our official October Committee Week Hotel and Meeting site.

The discounted rate will be honored until the ASTM block is full, but no later than Friday, September 6th, 2024. The ASTM rate is $219, plus tax. You may be charged a higher rate if reservations are received after the cutoff date, or when the block is full. The hotel requires a credit card to guarantee your reservation, once submitted a confirmation number will be provided electronically. 

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INTERNET: The Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® offers free Wi-Fi to hotel guests. 

 

Standards Development Meetings

Committee E35 invites you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required to attend. For more information about the committee and their future meetings, please visit the Committee E35 Homepage.