Abstract Submission Status: Opening Summer 2024
If you missed the submission window and would like to submit a late abstract, please email it directly to: melanie.heusser@usm.edu.
Important Deadlines:
Abstracts Due WEDNESday, October 2, 2024
Full Paper Due: December 15, 2024
PowerPoint Presentation Due: february 19, 2025
The Waterborne Symposium seeks submissions from academia, government, and industry presenting novel research results in all aspects of coatings. The 51st Annual International Waterborne, High-solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium is a five-day event bringing together coatings formulators, chemists, managers, business owners, industry suppliers, students, and educators to network and learn about the latest research and technology in the field of paint and coatings. Waterborne offers educational and technical presentations to create a profound understanding of coatings’ theory, science, manufacturing, and marketing to highlight the improvement of coatings performance and functionality beyond traditional expectations.
Speaker’s Format
Speakers will be presenting on February 26 - 28, 2025. The Waterborne Symposium Technical Committee will be responsible for coordinating all speakers and the agenda. The technical committee will send abstract acceptance letters by November 15, 2024. Our goal is to further the advancement of coatings technology through these speaker platforms.
The criteria for the presentations are listed below:
Required:
The symposium requires a written paper, a presentation, a speaker biography, and a picture.
Presentations: Please email presentations for accepted abstracts to melanie.heusser@usm.edu on or before February 19, 2025. Presentations can also be mailed via CD or USB to: Melanie Bryan, 118 College Dr., Box 5050, Hattiesburg, MS 39406. All presentations MUST be in 16:9 ratio and PowerPoint format (no PDFs). We do not distribute the presentations, only the written papers.
Content: The Waterborne Symposium Committee will be reviewing the abstracts based on their technical content and contribution. All presentations must be original (1st time presented) and non-commercial. Presenters are selected based on the submitted abstracts. All speakers must submit an original paper for publication in our annual proceedings book. Presentations must be original and should represent recent advancements in coatings science or related disciplines. Company logos on presentation slides are acceptable; however, commercial presentations or those containing multiple trade name references will be rejected.
Time: Presentations should be no less than 20 minutes and no longer than 30 minutes.
