FINAL PROGRAMME

Please find following the programme for the 2017 Convention. These may change closer to the stage, however this is accurate as at 26 June 2017

WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST

1.30pm
  
NZPMA AGM and General Meeting

4.00pm
  
Registration Opens at the Napier Conference Centre

5.30pm
  
WELCOME COCKTAILS

7.00pm
   
QUIZ NIGHT, Sponsored by Brenntag

THURSDAY 31 AUGUST

8.45am
  
SESSION 1 - Chairperson: Mr David Kennedy

8.45am
  
Official President's Welcome - Mr David Kennedy

9.00am
  
Durability and Sustainability of Exterior Coatings - Mr Andy Swartz, Dow

9.40am
  
Globalisation and Hazard Communication - New Regulatory Challenges for Coatings Formulators  - Mr Scott Brown, Lonza


10.20am
  
Morning Tea

10.50am
  
SESSION 2 - Chairperson: Penny Meads

10.50am
  
Novel Oil-modified Acrylic Multi-domain Dispersions - Mr Daniel Lee, Allnex

11.30am
  
A two-pack presentation: developing new technologies for coatings - Dr Simon Hinkley (co-written & presented with Hannah Robinson)

12.10pm
  
New Generation of Universal High Performance Additives for Coating and Ink Suited in Water-, Solvent- Borne and Solvent-free Applications - Mr Peter Harbers, Uniqchem



12.50pm
  
Lunch


1.40pm
   
SESSION 3 - Chairperson: David Perano

1.40pm
  
Ecofriendly Coil Coatings - Dr Lou Gommans, Pacific Coil Coaters

2.20pm
  
New Age Thickeners for Formulating Near 0-VOC Waterborne Architectural Coatings - Dr Shirish Daptardar, Ashland

3.00pm
  
IPPIC - Global Communication, Cooperation and Coordination - Mr Neil Debenham, NZPMA


3.40pm
  
Afternoon Tea


4.10pm
   
SESSION 4 - Chairperson: Jacqueline Hickman

4.10pm
  
Longer Lasting Paint with Multifunctional Additives - Paint Optimisation as an Approach to Sustainability - Dr Ding Bo, Angus Chemical Company

4.50pm
  
Highly Effective Emulsion Processes for Low to Zero VOC Epoxy Emulsions - Mr Jonathan Huang, Croda Australia


5.30pm
  
CLOSE


6.30pm
   
GREAT GATSBY THEMED DINNER - held at Napier Convention Centre

FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

9.00am
  
SESSION 1 - Chairperson: Paul Armistead

9.00am
  
New Understanding of the Mechanism for the Catalysis of Urethane Formation by Organotin(IV) dicarboxylate - Dr Ransi Devendra, Uroxsys

9.40am
  
Vinyl Acetate-Ethylene Copolymer Dispersions and Dispersible Powders in Coatings and Construction Applications - Dr Harold Schoonbrood, Wacker

10.20am
  
Morning Tea

10.50am
  
SESSION 2 - Chairperson: David Kennedy

10.50am
  
Micro-encapsulation of Active Ingredients - Dr Tim Kemmitt, Callaghan Innovation

11.30am
  
Paint - A Force for Good - Mr Peter Walters, SCANZ Historian

12.10pm
  
Conference Close

12.20pm
  
Lunch


1.00pm
   
Winery Tour and Dinner