Agenda for Future of Pigments

	Tuesday, 25 October
7.30	Registration and continental breakfast
9.00	Opening remarks Conference co-chairs: Dr. Fritz Brenzikofer, Managing Director, BREMACO GmbH Bill Eibon, Director, Global Color Technology Platform, Director, Global Technical Processes, PPG INDUSTRIES, INC
9.15	Global Market Review Ray Will, Principle Analyst, IHS/SRI CONSULTING, US
9.45	Regulatory Landscape in EU, REACH and its Implementation Laurence Hoffstadt, Scientific Officer, Substance Identification & Data Sharing Unit, EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY (ECHA), Finland
10.15	Meghmani Group: The Future of Pigments Nirav Banker, Head of Business (Europe), Specialty Chemicals and Colorants, MEGHMANI EUROPE BVBA, Belgium
10.45	REFRESHMENT BREAK FOR ALL FUTURE OF PIGMENTS AND COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT DELEGATES
11.15	Changes in the Pigment Industry - Expectations from an Automotive Paint Company Dr. Matthias Kolb, Executive Buyer, Global Leader Core Strategy Team Pigments, DUPONT PERFORMANCE COATINGS GmbH, Germany
11.45	Panel Discussion: Supply Chain Security - The Effect of Recent Natural Disasters on the Supply Chain - Is it Possible to Prepare for Future Events, and If So, How... Panel Moderators: Dr. Fritz Brenzikofer, Managing Director, BREMACO GmbH, and Bill Eibon, Director, Global Color Technology Platform, Director, Global Technical Processes, PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. Panelists: Barrett Fisher, President, VAN HORN, METZ & CO., INC.; Guillermo Fumero, Director Supply Chain Management and Procurement in BU Pigments, CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL AG; Matthias Kolb, Executive Buyer, Global Leader Core Strategy Team Pigments, DUPONT PERFORMANCE COATINGS GmbH; and Sophie Viala, Business Development Cosmetic Raw Materials, BAYER AG (invited)
12.15	ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON FOR ALL FUTURE OF PIGMENTS AND COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT DELEGATES
13.45	50 Years Pearl Effect Pigments - An Amazing Development for a Bright Future Professor Dr. Gerhard Pfaff, Senior Director R&D Pigments & Cosmetics, MERCK KGaA, Germany
14.15	Conventional and Premium Solutions for Coloration and Functionalization of Bioplastics Dr. Hendrik Kammler, Head of Segment Additives, BU Masterbatches, CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL AG, Switzerland
14.45	Film Properties that Impact Transparency Dr. Paul Merchak, Director Applications Science, SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, US
15.15	REFRESHMENT BREAK FOR ALL FUTURE OF PIGMENTS AND COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT DELEGATES
15.45	Carbon Black Pigments for Modern Coating Systems Dr. Kai Krauss, Head of Coating Systems - Applied Technology Pigment Solutions, ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS GmbH (formerly known as Evonik Carbon Black GmbH), Germany
16.15	It's Time to Talk about Vacuum-Metalized Pigments (VMPs), again Dr. Frank J. Maile, Director - BU Coatings, SCHLENK METALLIC PIGMENTS GmbH, Germany
16.45	Novel Surface Treatments that Enable Easy Dispersion of High Color Pigments in Waterborne Formulations Josh Preneta, Global Segment Manager-Coatings, CABOT CORPORATION, US
17.30	RECEPTION FOR ALL FUTURE OF PIGMENTS AND COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT DELEGATES

	Wednesday, 26 October
8.00	Continental Breakfast
9.15	Opening Remarks Conference co-chairs: Dr. Fritz Brenzikofer, Managing Director, BREMACO GmbH Bill Eibon, Director, Global Color Technology Platform, Director, Global Technical Processes, PPG INDUSTRIES, INC
9.45	Intelligent Pigments - Superior Performance of Photocatalytic Multifunctional Paints Jan Prochazka, President, ADVANCED MATERIALS-JTJ INC, Czech Republic
10.15	Synthetic Fluorophlogopite - A Better Alternative to Natural Mica in the Production of Effect Pigments Peter Olley, Managing Partner, CONCORD COLOR DISTRIBUTION/FUZHOU KUNCAI FINE CHEMICAL, US
10.45	REFRESHMENT BREAK FOR ALL FUTURE OF PIGMENTS AND COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT DELEGATES
11.15	The Thermodynamic Considerations of Polymers Designed for Coatings and Inks with Reduced Impact on the Environment Ron Schuck, Research Manager, PENN COLOR INC, US
11.45	Advances in Color Measurement of Effect Pigments Felix Schmollgruber, Product Manager - New Platforms, X-RITE EUROPE GmbH, Switzerland
12.15	ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON FOR ALL COLOR COSMETICS SUMMIT AND FUTURE OF PIGMENTS DELEGATES
13.30	Novel Environmentally Friendly Technologies of High-Performance Pigments, Additives and Their Precursors Dr. Bansi L. Kaul, CEO, MCA TECHNOLOGIES GmbH, Switzerland
14.00	Pigment Analysis and Spectroscopy - The Future Dr. Trevor S. Sayer, Managing Director, EXPERTAS LTD, UK
14.30	Co-chairs closing remarks and conference conclusion

The conference organizers reserve the right to modify or change the above program, if necessary. Visit our speakers section to see full speaker biographies, which we update frequently.

Need more reasons to attend? Take a look at what some of our attendees have had to say about past events:

"A great variety of today's issues and tomorrow's innovations." - Mike Diebold, DUPONT

"This is a lively conference filled with great debates and insights." - Hai Lin, SILBERLINE

"Good industry networking opportunity! Organizers did a great job! Very helpful staff!" - Rebecca Vaiarelli, EMD CHEMICALS

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The Color & Pigments 2011 events - Future of Pigments and Color Cosmetics Summit - are organized by IntertechPira, a division of Pira International. IntertechPira provides events, market research, publications, strategic and technical consulting to niche, emerging and high growth industries.

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