| EXTRA |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14th 2007 |
| PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL*:
Fundamentals of Coatings for Plastics |
| From 13.30 h |
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Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 14.00 – 18.30 h |
Tutorial |
| From 18.30 h |
After-Work Reception |
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MAIN CONFERENCE
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| THURSDAY, MARCH 15th 2007 |
| From 09.00 h |
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Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 10.00 h |
Welcome Address and Conference Introduction
Dr. Dirk Meine, Vincentz Network, Hannover, Germany
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| SESSION I: |
High Performance Functional Coatings |
| 10.15 h |
Photocatalytic 'self-organising' coatings on plastics: Materials, processes and products performance
Dr. Massimiliano Barletta, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy |
| 10.45 h |
Photocatalytic self-cleaning effects
Dr. Frank Gross, NANO-X GmbH, Germany |
| 11.15 h |
PMMA with a scratch resistant, easy-to-clean coating for graffiti protection
Dr. Claudius Neumann, Degussa AG, Germany |
| 11.45 h |
Innovative, scratch-resistant coatings systems for PMMA and other synthetic materials
Klaus Kresser, Caparol Industrial Solutions GmbH, Germany |
| 12.15 h |
"Challenge the Meeting" - Presentation of Topics |
| 12.30 h |
Luncheon |
| SESSION I: |
High Performance Functional Coatings (continued) |
| 13.45 h |
Inorganic coatings for plastics (cancelled)
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| 14.15 h |
Easy-to-clean surfaces for plastics substrates based on aqueous coating systems
Manfred Knospe, BYK Chemie GmbH, Germany |
| 14.45 h |
"Challenge the Meeting" - Group Discussions & Coffee Break |
| 16.00 h |
New generation emulsifier-free phenoxy dispersions for extreme high resistant waterborne coatings
Wim Kerssen, InChem Corp., SC, USA |
| 16.30 h |
Drive the wheel - solvent-free polyols in protective coatings for windmill application
Dr. Thorsten Roloff, Cognis GmbH, Germany |
| 17.00 h |
END OF DAY 1 |
| 18.00 h |
Departure for Delegate's Get-Together at the "Story of Berlin"
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| >> Thursday
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| FRIDAY, MARCH 16th 2007 |
| 08.00 h |
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"Meet the Speakers" |
| SESSION II: |
Treating the substrate |
| 09.00 h |
Pre-treatment of plastic parts - Survey of methods with emphasis on atmospheric plasma processes
Dr. Klaus W. Gerstenberg, Tigres GmbH, Germany |
| 09.30 h |
Adhesion control by atmospheric-pressure plasma processes
Dr. Michael Thomas, Fraunhofer-Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Germany |
| 10.00 h |
"Challenge the Meeting" - Presentations |
| 10.45 h |
Coffee Break |
| 11.15 h |
Pyrosil pre-treatment to improve the adhesion of coatings
Dr. Norbert Eckardt, Christian Tiller, SURA Instruments GmbH, Germany |
| 11.45 h |
Deburring/deflashing and surface treatment of plastic surfaces by flaming
Dr. Werner Eckert, arcotec GmbH, Germany |
| 12.15 h |
Luncheon |
| SESSION III: |
Analysing adhesion |
| 13.30 h |
Internal Stresses in Inorganic-organic Hybrid Coatings for Plastics
Dr. Eberhard Jürgens, BayerMaterialScience AG, Germany |
| 14.00 h |
Prediction of wetting and adhesion properties by surface energy characterisation
Gregor Schwinn, Krüss GmbH, Germany |
| 14.30 h |
Correlating surface energies to adhesion data for thermoplastic polyolefins via inverse gas chromatography
Dr. Frank Thielmann, Surface Measurement Systems Ltd., UK |
| 15.00 h |
END OF CONFERENCE & FAREWELL COFFEE |
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* Please note that the pre-conference tutorial and
the main conference are two individual events! |