FEICA is looking for speakers to present at its 2014 European Adhesive & Sealant Conference & Expo from September 17-19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
You are kindly invited to share your knowledge and expertise with an international audience of industry leaders and stakeholders. All timely submitted presentation proposals (abstracts) covering topics relevant to the adhesive and sealant industry will be considered by the Review Committee.
Focus areas for the 2014 programme include:
Business development, market trends and value creation
- Adhesive & sealant market trends
- Emerging markets and market development
- Value creation – increase value from R&D
- Open innovation, global R&D networks, speed to market
- Managing distributors
- Competition law and economics
- Market focus – drivers and trends
- Downstream user perspective in construction, building, civil engineering, electronics, medical, paper & packaging, transportation, marine, Do-It-Yourself/retail, footwear and leather, woodworking & joinery and assembly operations
- Growth rates and outlook
- Sustainability
- Resource efficient technologies, energy & raw material sourcing
- End of life, recycling, handling and use of adhesives and sealants
- LCA, measuring sustainability
- Advanced technology, testing and product development
- Developments in hot melts, solvent-based, water-based, pressure sensitive and reactive adhesive systems
- Trends in polyurethanes, silicones, silane and other sealant systems
- Bio-mimicry, nanotechnology, multi stage bonding, high throughput research
- Non-destructive evaluation, testing of adhesives and sealants, test methods
- Raw materials
- Feedstock trends
- Next generation products, new product applications
- Renewables, bio-based or something else?
- Regulatory framework and standards
- Green building standards; LEED, BREEAM, EU LEED, Noraway BREEAM, etc
- Standardisation and implementation of standards
- CE Marking, ETICS, LCI harmonisation, Indoor air quality requirements, VOC, MDI, generic EPDs, Construction Products regulation, Ecolabel
- Food packaging safety, modelling in food contact adhesives
- Coming your way – REACH, Echa, Chemical Safety Reports (CSR) and Exposure Scenarios Roadmap, CLP and related issues, Classification & labelling, UN GHS & transport, biocides.
