Microplastics Forum • October 20–21, 2026 · Baltimore, Maryland | SPE, a division of PLASTICS
Microplastics Forum • October 20–21, 2026 · Baltimore, Maryland | SPE, a division of PLASTICS

Microplastics Forum

Why Attend?

The Microplastics Forum showcases the plastics industry’s proactive role in advancing responsible design, material innovation, and system level solutions related to microplastics across the value chain. As regulatory frameworks evolve and scientific understanding deepens, the forum brings together experts from industry, academia, technology providers, and policy to focus on practical, scalable approaches that support innovation and regulatory alignment.

The forum emphasizes actionable strategies and technical solutions to better understand and manage microplastics throughout product lifecycles.

Key topics include:

  • Microplastics as a scientific and regulatory topic
  • Detection, quantification, and characterization methods
  • Strategies to manage and prevent microplastic release
  • Capture, filtration, and material recovery technologies
  • Design, material, and process innovations supporting performance

Designed for professionals in sustainability, compliance, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and academia, the Microplastics Forum provides focused insights to help organizations advance responsible plastics solutions with clarity and confidence.

  Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for professionals across the plastics value chain working on design, production, and system‑level approaches to manage microplastics, while supporting innovation, regulatory alignment, and material performance.

Ideal participants include:

  • Plastics manufacturers and processors
  • Material scientists and product developers
  • Environmental and sustainability professionals
  • R&D and innovation leaders (detection, characterization, capture, filtration, separation)
  • Regulatory and compliance experts
  • Academic researchers and students
  • Consultants, legal advisors, and water or wastewater treatment professionals

Is this event for you?

  • Do you need to assess whether products or processes generate or contain microplastics, including intentionally added polymer microplastics?
  • Are you evaluating regulatory, compliance, or litigation risks related to microplastics?
  • Are you exploring technologies to detect, characterize, capture, or manage microplastics?
  • Are you working on process or material innovations to reduce microplastic generation?

If so, the Microplastics Forum offers the opportunity to engage with experts advancing practical, compliance‑ready solutions across the plastics ecosystem.

  Why Should You Attend?

  Advance Practical Solutions

  Stay Informed and Aligned

  Strengthen Risk Management

  Discover Technologies in Action

  Collaborate Across the Value Chain

This event is running concurrently with Chemical Safety in Plastics: PFAS & Beyond conference at the same location. As an Attendee of the Microplastics Forum conference, you can also attend sessions of the Chemical Safety in Plastics: PFAS & Beyond conference.

This educational program is provided as a service of SPE. The views and opinions expressed on this or any SPE educational program are those of the Speaker(s) and/or the persons appearing with the Speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. (SPE) or its officials, employees or designees. To comment or to present an opposing or supporting opinion, please contact us at info@4SPE.org.

Refund Policy

Full refund 30 days prior to the event start date. Please contact customerrelations@4spe.org for assistance with registration.

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Anti-Trust Statement

  1. No discussion among members, volunteers, or staff, which attempts to arrive at any agreement regarding prices, terms or conditions of sale, distribution, volume, territories, or customers;
  2. No activity or communication which might be construed as an attempt to prevent any person or business entity from gaining access to any market or customer for goods or services or any business entity from obtaining services or a supply of goods;
  3. No activity or communication which might be construed as an agreement to refrain from purchasing or using any materials, equipment, services or supplies of or from any supplier; or
  4. No other activity which violates anti-trust or applicable laws aimed at preventing unfair competition.
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