The early registration fee for rubber product manufacturers is $405. For all others, the registration fee is $700. Group registrations for rubber product manufacturers are available for $350 per person.


All events will be held at the Conference Center at the Holiday Inn. The hotel is conveniently located just 8 miles from downtown Cleveland and 12 miles from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.


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Alexandra Abele, Ph.D.
PolymerLatex GmbH
TAILORED SYNTHETIC DIPPING LATICES: NEW APPROACHES FOR THIN, SOFT, AND STRONG GLOVES AND FOR ACCELERATOR FREE DIPPING

Brian Boyars
Lehigh University
FILM FORMATION FROM REACTIVE LATEX BLENDS

Carrie W. Burr
R. T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc.
STABILIZING WATER-BASED DISPERSIONS AND EMULSIONS

Sören Butz, Ph.D.
PolymerLatex GmbH
TAILORED SYNTHETIC DIPPING LATICES: NEW APPROACHES FOR THIN, SOFT, AND STRONG GLOVES AND FOR ACCELERATOR FREE DIPPING

Megan B. Casey
Lehigh University
STUDY OF MONOMER DROPLETS IN MINIEMULSIONS

Matt Clark
Vystar Corporation
VYTEX™ NATURAL RUBBER LATEX: AN INNOVATIVE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTS

Katrina Cornish, Ph.D.
Yulex Corporation
EFFECT OF CURE TEMPERATURE, TIME AND FILM THICKNESS ON YULEX® LATEX

Robert L. Culp
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
RAW MATERIAL COST SOURCING CHALLENGES

Russell Culp
Vystar Corporation
VYTEX™ NATURAL RUBBER LATEX: AN INNOVATIVE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTS

Eric S. Daniels, Ph.D.
Lehigh University
FILM FORMATION FROM REACTIVE LATEX BLENDS

J. Keith Davidson
McAsphalt Industries Ltd.
CHARACTERIZATION OF 1. UNMODIFIED AND 2. SBR LATEX-MODIFIED EVOTHERM® WARM MIX PAVING BINDER

William Doyle
Vystar Corporation
VYTEX™ NATURAL RUBBER LATEX: AN INNOVATIVE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTS

Mohamed S. El-Aasser
Lehigh University
STUDY OF MONOMER DROPLETS IN MINIEMULSIONS

William L. Howe
DipTech Systems, Inc.
TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCTION OF ION CONTENT IN LATEX FILMS

William Hyde
Chemical Market Associates, Inc.
SYNTHETIC LATEX FEEDSTOCKS: CAN IT GET ANY WORSE?

Andrew Klein
Lehigh University
FILM FORMATION FROM REACTIVE LATEX BLENDS

Christopher Lubbers
BASF Corporation
CHARACTERIZATION OF 1. UNMODIFIED AND 2. SBR LATEX-MODIFIED EVOTHERM® WARM MIX PAVING BINDER

John Mara, Ph.D.
Songwon International-Americas, Inc.
STABILIZATION PRINCIPLES IN LATEX APPLICATIONS

Carla B. Dittman McBain, Ph.D.
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
CURE STUDIES OF LATEX CONTAINING BINDER SYSTEMS FOR USE IN DURABLE NONWOVEN CONSTRUCTIONS

Colleen McMahan, Ph.D.
Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS
HIGH-PERFORMANCE STEREOSPECIFIC ELASTOMERS FROM BIOREACTORS

No Dock Moung
International Rubber Study Group
NATURAL RUBBER LATEX: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE

S. S. Newaz, Ph.D.
Elastoprene Latex, LLC
SYNTHETIC LATEX BLENDS: POINTS TO PONDER

KC Nguyen
Yulex Corporation
EFFECT OF CURE TEMPERATURE, TIME AND FILM THICKNESS ON YULEX® LATEX

Judit E. Puskas, Ph.D.
The University of Akron
UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF NATURAL RUBBER BIOSYNTHESIS

James E. Robbins
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
CURE STUDIES OF LATEX CONTAINING BINDER SYSTEMS FOR USE IN DURABLE NONWOVEN CONSTRUCTIONS

E. David Sudol
Lehigh University
STUDY OF MONOMER DROPLETS IN MINIEMULSIONS

Mark Swanson
Vystar / Quan-Tec-Air, Inc.
VYTEX™ NATURAL RUBBER LATEX: AN INNOVATIVE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTS

Koichi Takamura, Ph.D.
BASF Corporation
CHARACTERIZATION OF 1. UNMODIFIED AND 2. SBR LATEX-MODIFIED EVOTHERM® WARM MIX PAVING BINDER

Rochelle Wavrin
Yulex Corporation
EFFECT OF CURE TEMPERATURE, TIME AND FILM THICKNESS ON YULEX® LATEX

Raymond Weinert
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
CURE STUDIES OF LATEX CONTAINING BINDER SYSTEMS FOR USE IN DURABLE NONWOVEN CONSTRUCTIONS

Maureen Whalen
USDA Agricultural Research Service
HIGH-PERFORMANCE STEREOSPECIFIC ELASTOMERS FROM BIOREACTORS

Jali Williams
Yulex Corporation
EFFECT OF CURE TEMPERATURE, TIME AND FILM THICKNESS ON YULEX® LATEX


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