Abstract Submission Status: Closed
If you missed the submission window or had trouble with the Google document, please email your abstract directly to melanie.heusser@usm.edu. If you did not receive a confirmation email of your submission, please contact us to confirm that we have received it. (some people forget to hit submit on the final page of the form).
Important Deadlines:
Abstracts Due WEDNESday, October 1, 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 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.
Papers:
Written papers are due by December 15, 2024.
Presentations: Please email presentations for accepted abstracts to melanie.heusser@usm.edu on or before February 19, 2025. This allows us to preview the presentations for technical errors/playback issues and preload them onto the symposium laptops for a seamless transition between speakers.
Presentations can also be mailed via USB to:
Melanie Bryan
118 College Dr., Box 5050
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
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 review 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 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.
