I first attended ANTEC in 1989 in New York, where I presented a paper. However, I walked away from the conference with a lot more than what I presented. Since then, I have been a member of SPE. My association with SPE has nurtured my professional growth in many ways - opportunities to associate with plastics professionals from industry and academia, development of leadership skills through volunteering in Division and Section activities and access to sheer wealth of technical knowledge available through ANTEC and TopCons. I would encourage everyone involved in plastics to become a member of SPE. It is definitely a winning combination.
                                                               — Vaman G. Kulkarni