PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Monday, April 20

7:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast

8:00-8:45 a.m. Market and Application Overview

Dave Nick, DPNA International, Inc.

8:45-9:30 a.m. Technical Overview

Steve Milano, Tremco Incorporated

9:30-10:30 a.m. Acrylic Latex Sealants & Vinyl Acetate Polymers

Rick Miner, Arkema Coating Resins

10:30-10:45 a.m. Break

10:45-11:45 a.m. Silicone Sealants

Toby Vick, Wacker Chemical Corporation

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

1:00-2:00 p.m. Silane Terminated Resins and Silane Terminated Sealants

Jay Johnston, Bayer MaterialScience LLC

2:00-2:30 p.m. Break

2:30-3:30 p.m. Urethane Sealants

Philip Jiang, Bostik, Inc.

3:30-4:00 p.m. Plasticizers

Michael Funderburg, Eastman Chemical Company

Tuesday, April 21

7:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast

8:00-8:30 a.m. Adhesion Promoters

Yuduo Zhu, USI Chemical America LLC

8:30-9:00 a.m. Fillers

Chris Paynter, IMERYS

9:00–10:00 a.m. Rheology of Sealants

Chris White, National Institute of Standards and Technology

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11:15 a.m. Application of Sealants - Joint Design, End Use

Steve Padgett, DAP

11:15 a.m. –Noon Specifying Sealant

Christopher Sass, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc.

Noon-1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

1:00–2:00 p.m. Premature Sealant Failure: Consequences, Causes & Culprits

David Nicastro, Building Diagnostics

2:00-2:30 p.m. VOC and Regulatory Update

Mark Collatz, Adhesive and Sealant Council

Short Course attendees are invited to attend the EXPO starting at 3:30 p.m. being held

in the Ryman Exhibit Hall B1.