Important Times
| Registration Desk/Secretariat Meeting Place Pre-Function Area (Level 1) |
Wednesday 29 May 3:00pm – 6:00pm Thursday 30 May 7:00am – 5:00pm Friday 31 May 7:00am – 3:30pm |
| Conference Technical Programme Meeting Place 1/2/3/4 (Level 1) |
Commences
9:00am Thursday 30 May 9:00am Friday 31 May |
| Conference Breakfast Meeting Place 1/2/3/4 (Level 1) |
Thursday 30 May 8:15 – 9:00am |
| Exhibition Breakfast Centre Stage (Level 1) |
Friday 31 May 8:00 – 9:00am |
| Conference Lunches/Morning and Afternoon Teas Centre Stage (Level 1) |
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| Welcome Function Terrace 1/2/3 and Rooftop (Level 2) |
Wednesday 29 May 6:00pm |
| Official Conference Dinner Pre-Dinner drinks – Meeting Place Pre-Function Area (Level 1) Dinner – Meeting Place 1/2/3/4 (Level 1) |
Thursday 30 May 6:00pm-12.00 midnight |
| Young Chemist’s Cocktail Party Little Bossley (Ground Floor) |
Thursday 30 May 6:00pm By invitation only |
| Women in Coatings Breakfast Terrace 1/2 (Level 2) |
Friday 31 May – 7:00am By invitation only |
| Exhibition Centre Stage (Level 1) |
Thursday 30 May 10:00am – 5:00pm Friday 31 May 10:00am – 4:00pmExhibition is open during break times. Refer to the times in the Speaker Programme below for break times each day |
Speaker program
Please note that :-
Presentations are subject to change but all efforts will be made not to change the day of the presentation
More information about the presentations can be found by clicking on the more info link
$ denotes a Paid Presentation
There will be a copy of the Technical Programme in the Delegates’ satchel and a link to a soft copy will be available a few days before the Conference
| Time | Thursday 30 May | |
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| 8:15 – 9:00 | Conference Breakfast (in Meeting place) | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | President’s Address & Award Presentations
SCAA Annual General Meeting |
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| 10:00 – 10:45 | Keynote Address
Niko Safavi – Mowilex Presentation Title: Sustainability’s Conclusion – The Dawn of Environmental Accountability |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Lou Cash Memorial Lecture
Andriy Voronov – North Dakota State University Presentation Title: Biobased Polymeric Materials Derived from Plant/Vegetable Oils Triglycerides |
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| 11:15 – 11:45 | Morning Tea – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Ashish Kumar – Anton Paar
Presentation Title: Characterisation of Paints & Varnishes |
Phil Barker – University of Wollongong
Presentation Title: A new method for evaluating photoinitiator efficiency: application to LED395 curing and a molecular understanding of oxygen inhibition. |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Paul Armistead – IMCD
Presentation Title: Sustainability from a Distributor Point of View |
Luc Sterckx – Allnex
Presentation Title: Why is sustainable performance important ? |
| 12:45 – 1:45 | Lunch – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 1:45 – 2:15 | David Baggs – Global Greentag
Presentation Title: The Expanded Role of Paints and Coatings in Australia’s Green and Healthy Buildings |
Elmira Siroospour on behalf of Benno Blickenstorfer – TCL Hofmann/Songwon Industrial Group ($)
Presentation Title: Light Stabilisers in the Coatings industry : Solutions to current and future challenges |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Jasmine Lim – Wacker
Presentation Title: Giving Coatings a new Perception with Silicone products |
Priscilla Johnston – Defence Science & Technology Group
Presentation Title: Heat Induction Coating Removal – RAN Trial |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Ankush Panchagade – Momentive Performance Materials
Presentation Title: Silicone for Anti-scuff/ Scuff Proof coatings |
Dylan Audeyev – Tronox Holdings PLC
Presentation Title: Countdown to 2030 |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Afternoon Tea – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 3:45 – 4:15 | Kevin Roden – Arxada
Presentation Title: The Protection of Coatings from Surface Fungal Growth |
Csongor Komjati – Wacker ($)
Presentation Title: Wacker’s recent Silres silicone resin developments for Flooring, Stone Carpet and High Heat Resistant Coating application |
| 4:15 – 4:45 | Mei Ling Liew – Synthomer
Presentation Title: Hydrophobic Dispersion Technology for effective metal protection |
Ian Clark – Paintspection
Presentation Title: “I think I have faulty paint!” |
| 4:45 – 5:15 | Willem van Gerresheim – ADDAPT Chemicals
Presentation Title: Development of the Ultimate Universal Pigment Dispersant |
Larry Teachout – Behr Paints
Presentation Title: Proper Colorant Formulation to Improve Properties of Tinted Decorative Paints |
| 6:00 – 7:00 | Pre-Dinner Drinks – Meeting Place Pre-Function Area | |
| 7:00 – 11:00 | Gala Dinner – Meeting Place 1/2/3/4 | |
| Time | Friday 31 May | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast with the Exhibitors (in Centre Stage) | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Yogesh Marathe – Momentive Performance Materials
Presentation Title: Functional Silicone Additives for Durable Exterior Architectural Coatings |
Denis Wright – Sparc Technologies
Presentation Title: The journey of Graphene and its Utilisation in Protective Coatings |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Joe Lombardo – Chemadd
Presentation Title: Know your products, customer needs and Know- How |
Dr Nurudin Budiman – Connell Caldic
Presentation Title: Bio-based open time prolonger |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | James Manikath – Luxury Paints
Presentation Title: A layperson’s method to characterise polymers in latexes |
Cem Novella – Static Electricity Control
Presentation Title: Static Electricity in the Dangerous Goods/ Hazardous Area Environment. |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Mercy Baniasad – Metz Group ($)
Presentation Title: Corrosion Beyond Atmospheric – Protective Coatings in Extreme Environments |
Dr David Myint – ATA Scientific
Presentation Title: Elevating Engineering to an art form |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Steven Herbert – TZMI
Presentation Title: The Old World and the Great Wall – dynamics in the TiO2 pigment supply |
Alice Endersbee – BASF
Presentation Title: Highest opacity and sustainability – waterborne high solids dispersions for wood paints |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Shaun Patrick – eVic
Presentation Title: The Innovations, Stories, and Lessons of 2023: A Year In Review |
Swati Sharma – Paintback
Presentation Title: A World of Possibilities in the left-over Paint and Packaging – Paintback Perspective |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Shailendra Bhatkhande – Cardolite ($)
Presentation Title: Green Technologies for Coatings Industry. |
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| 2:00 – 2:30 | Dale Peterson – Bondline Static Control Solutions
Presentation Title: Antistatic, Conductive, Dissipative. The importance of grounding personnel and correct PPE |
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| 2:30 – 3:00 | Afternoon Tea – Centre Stage (Exhibition) | |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | TBA | |
