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2006 PAPERS


Tuesday, July 25th 2006

Paper 1 - 9:10 AM to 9:35 AM
HAVE ENERGY AND COMMODITY CHEMICAL PRICES PEAKED AND HOW DO MY PRICES COMPARE TO THE OTHER GUY'S?
Author: William Hyde, Chemical Market Associates, Inc.

Paper 2 - 9:35 AM to 10:00 AM
PREPARATION OF LATEX USING MINIEMULSION TECHNOLOGY
Author: Eric S. Daniels, Ph.D., Lehigh University

Paper 3 - 10:00 AM to 10:25 AM
QUALITY SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENTS AND FOAMED LATEX
Author: Frank J. Beafore, Latex International, Inc.

Paper 4 - 10:50 AM to 11:15 AM
CONTROLLED RADICAL MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION
Author: F. Joseph Schork, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Paper 5 - 11:15 AM to 11:40 AM
LATEX CARPET ADHESIVE RHEOLOGY
Author: Nick Triantafillopoulos, Ph.D., OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
Co-authors:    Bruce Schreiner, OMNOVA Solutions
James Vaughn, OMNOVA Solutions
Douglas Bousfield, Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Maine

Paper 6 - 11:40 AM to 12:05 PM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES
Author: Subramanian Natesan, Ph.D., BASF
Co-authors:    Cheng-Le Zhao, BASF
Konrad Roschmann, Global Polymer Dispersions Research, BASF AG
Joerg Leuninger, Functional Polymers, BASF AG
Rolf Dersch, Functional Polymers, BASF AG
Xiaobo Gong, Dept of Chemical Engineering & Material Science, University of Minnesota

Paper 7 - 1:30 PM to 1:55 PM
THE DIVERSITY OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER LATEX
Author: Christoph Scholten, Ph.D., PolymerLatex GmbH

Paper 8 - 1:55 PM to 2:20 PM
CHOOSE THE RIGHT CHAIN TRANSFER AGENT!
Author: Laurence Couvreur, Ph.D., Arkema Inc.

Paper 9 - 2:20 PM to 2:50 PM
LATEX POLYMER INTERACTIONS WITH ASSOCIATIVE THICKENERS
Author: Edward C. Kostansek, Ph.D., Rohm and Haas Co.

Paper 10 - 3:15 PM to 3:40 PM
THE ROLE OF SURFACTANTS AND THICKENERS IN CARPET COATING USING STYRENE-BUTADIENE LATEX
Author: Monty Rawls, Southern Chemical & Textiles

Paper 11 - 3:40 PM to 4:05 PM
CARPET AND LATEX: THE SHARED CHALLENGES
Author: Werner Braun, Carpet & Rug Institute

4:10 PM to 5:00 PM
SYNTHETIC LATEX PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderators: John Hall, Shaw Industries
James Finn, Akron Dispersions
Panelists:    Nick Triantafillopoulos, Ph.D., OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
Charles Fifelski, Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex
Chris Wilkey, OMNOVA Solutions
William Hyde, Chemical Market Associates, Inc.
Monty Rawls, Southern Chemical & Textiles
Robert M. Calhoun, BASF
Bob Ddamulira, W. F. Taylor



Wednesday, July 26th 2006

Paper 12 - 8:55 AM to 9:20 AM
DRIVERS AND CONSTRAINTS AND GROWTH OF NR LATEX END-PRODUCTS
Author: No Dock Moung, International Rubber Study Group

Paper 13 - 9:20 AM to 9:45 AM
PREVULCANIZATION OF SYNTHETIC POLYISOPRENE LATEX
Author: Fung Bor Chen, Ph.D., Medline Industries

Paper 14 - 10:15 AM to 10:40 AM
ENERGY EFFICIENT, ACCELERATOR-FREE, COLD VULCANIZATION OF LATEX ARTICLES
Author: Mark W. McGlothlin, Apex Medical Technologies, Inc.

Paper 15 - 10:40 AM to 11:05 AM
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN
Author: Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., Yulex Corporation
Co-authors:    Jali Williams, Yulex Corporation
David Kostyal, Donald Guthrie Foundation for Education and Research
KC Nguyen, Yulex Corporation
Wenshuang Xie, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center
Colleen McMahan, Ph.D., Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS

Paper 16 - 11:05 AM to 11:30 AM
MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION - CONVERGING FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES INTO COMMERCIAL INNOVATIONS
Author: R. K. Matthan, Ph.D., Revertex (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

11:35 AM to 12:30 PM
NATURAL LATEX PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: James Finn, Akron Dispersions
Panelists:    David Schuck, Killian Latex
D. Thomas Marsh, Centrotrade Rubber USA
No Dock Moung, International Rubber Study Group
Harry Bader, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory
Russell Culp, Vystar Corporation
Brent Iceman, Firestone Natural Rubber Company
Bryan Lakin, Tech Industrials Inc.

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