Andy Doyle and Steve Sides - World Coatings Council

ABSTRACT
The World Coatings Council was established to ensure that the industry, in coordinating the development of industry policy on international issues, fully discussed and analyzed the global implications. In 2005 the council was granted NGO status from the United Nations Economic and Social Council and will highlight international industry issues to the UN and it’s governing body. In 2019, the name of the International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC) was changed to the World Coatings Council.

Andy Doyle, President, and Steve Sides, Secretariat, are going to give an update on what the WCC is focussing on at the moment, and the latest updates, that quite honestly seem to change on a weekly basis.

BIO:
Steve Sides
Vice President, Global Affairs and Chief Science Officer
American Coatings Association
and Secretary
World Coatings Council

Currently responsible for the American Coatings Association’s (ACA) functions in international affairs and science & technology. Works with industry technical committees and corporate management in the development and communication on critical international issues affecting product safety, public health and environmental protection and trade-related policies.

Oversees the planning and execution of the American Coatings Conference (ACC) and supports the American Coatings Show. Working with industry Chief Technical Officers and Research and Development Directors develops programming to help advance the needs of the industry’s technical professionals.

Serves as Secretariat for the World Coatings Council (formerly the International Paint and Printing Ink Council or IPPIC) a global coordinating group for the coatings industry. Founded in 1992, IPPIC has representation from the US and the European Union (EU), Mexico, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Oversees the World Coatings Council’s official consultative status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) before the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and coordinates the development and communication of key industry positions before the UN and its agencies, including UN Environment, WHO, and the IMO.

Education:
BS Chemistry, College of William and Mary (1977)
MS Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati (1980)
PhD Studies, George Mason University, Environmental Science and Policy