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Purpose of Foams 2008
The FOAMS Tutorial will be held on September 8-9,
2008 and will provide practical information that
will help you enhance your technical capability
in foaming. The tutorial will benefit both the
experienced foam technologist as well as someone
wanting to learn about foams, foam design, and
processing of various foams. It is scheduled immediately
before the TopCon so you can utilize the knowledge
that you acquire to help understand and interpret
the ideas and concepts that will be presented
during the conference.
The FOAMS™ 2008 conference will be held
on September 10-11, 2008 for 2 days in Charlotte,
NC. This conference is the premier forum for presentations
of new developments in foaming technologies due
to the diversity of attendees.New materials, processes,
equipment and foaming agents are being continually
developed for foam applications. Interest in finding
new polymers and foaming agents for foam application
is one of the top priorities for foam manufacturing
industries. There is also a great interest in
developing environmentally safe methods to manufacture
thermoplastic foams. Although a large number of
papers have been published, the foaming mechanism
is not fully understood because of its complexity.
The FOAMS™ 2008 conference is planned to
address the above key issues with a collection
of groundbreaking presentations by leading researchers
in foam industries/universities. It will feature
world renowned speakers presenting technical papers
on innovations in foam processing to create micro
and nanocellular foams, “safe” blowing
agents, and state-of-the-art foam additives such
as nucleating and coupling agents, biodegradable
materials, and TPO, with emphasis on industrial
applications.
Please be sure to reserve these dates in September,
to be in Charlotte, NC to attend the Premier Foams
Tutorial and Conference.
| Conference Topics Include: |
- Foam Sustainability
- Innovation in Foams
- Biodegradable Foams
- Particles in Foams
- TPO Foams
- Micro and Nanocellular Foams
- Blowing Agents
- Foam Applications/Characterization
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| Technical Program Committee, FOAMS™
2008 |
- Vipin Kumar, Conference Chair, University
of Washington
- Raymond Shute, Conference Co-Chair,
Gaska Tape Inc.
- Hani Naguib, Technical Program Chair,
University of Toronto
- A. Victoria Nawaby, Technical Program
Chair, Sealed Air Corporation
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