October 1-2, 2025
Nashville, TN
Combining more than 25 years of experience in working with the industrial pigments and colorants sectors and titanium dioxide supply chain, Smithers combined TiO2 World Summit and Pigment & Color Science Forum unites key players from across the entire value chain. Join us for 2-days of the latest market insights, informative presentations, collaborative discussions, and valuable networking opportunities that build on the inherent synergies between the TiO2 and pigments industries.
This is the only event specifically on pigments and will address key topics like radical innovations, sustainability, supply chain and market outlook. Pigment & Colour Science Forum has included attendees from Akzo Nobel, IKEA, Renault, Sensient, Jaguar Land Rover, Sun Chemical, Schlenk, Ecolean, TU Delft, and many more.
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Vinothan N. Manoharan is a Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Department of Physics at Harvard University. His research focuses on understanding how living systems build complex structures, and how to replicate those structures in synthetic systems.
Cynthia Templeman is a Principal Engineer at Toyota Motor North America in the Materials Engineering Department. Cynthia is currently active in paint R&D, specializing in topcoat technology, unique color technology, carbon neutrality efforts, and evaluating the feasibility of emerging technologies within the industry.
Cynthia joined Toyota in 1998 as an engineer in the paint and anti-corrosion coatings group. In 2003, she moved to paint development where she has earned ten United States Patents (so far!).
Prior to Toyota, Cynthia worked for BASF Corporation in quality assurance at the Bourke Avenue Paint Plant in Detroit.
She is a graduate of Wayne State University, also in Detroit, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Thomas Meeker has worked in the Technical Arts industry since completing his studies in Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009, where he was first introduced to 3D modeling and animation software. As 3D Solution Architect, Thomas supports X-Rite’s Appearance Portfolio as Product Champion for North America. Helping organizations expand their color maturity to include color and appearance workflows in virtual prototyping.
Daeyeon Lee is the Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. His research explores the interactions of soft materials at interfaces, with the goal of developing innovative processes and structures with applications in healthcare and environmental sustainability. He has been recognized for excellence in research with several awards, including the 2010 Victor K. LaMer Award, an NSF CAREER Award, the 2013 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, the 2013 AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award, the 2014 Unilever Award for Young Investigators in Colloid and Surface Science, the 2017 Soft Matter Lectureship Award, and the 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience. He has also been acknowledged for his contributions to education with awards such as the Penn CBE Distinguished Teaching Awards and the 2017 S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award, and he held the Evan C. Thompson Endowed Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching from 2020 to 2023. Since 2024, Daeyeon has served as Director of the NSF Artificial Intelligence-Driven RNA BioFoundry (AIRFoundry), a groundbreaking platform that integrates artificial intelligence, automation and microfluidics to advance RNA design, synthesis, and delivery for a broad range of applications.
Nick has been with Procter & Gamble for 26 years serving in a variety of R&D roles spanning multiple product categories. For the past 10 years, Nick has been in Baby Care as the primary internal resource supporting all pigment & ink formulation needs. Prior to that, he has more than 15 years experience in formulated products categories developing novel polymer, surfactant, and performance additives for Laundry Detergents and Fabric Softeners.
Nick is a graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati where he earned a B.S. in Chemistry.
Rachel has been as Advanced Product Development Specialist at 3M in St Paul MN since 2022. She works on coloring structural adhesives for the consumer electronics market. Prior to that, she was a Color Scientist at Sherwin-Williams where she worked with the global color group on all business-to-business coatings. Rachel serves as President -Elect of the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) and served on the ISCC Board of Directors 2017-2019. She studied Color Science at the Munsell Color Science Laboratory of Rochester Institute of Technology under Roy Berns. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Geological Science specializing in Mineralogy from University of Arizona. She holds a BS in Geology and BA in Music from Indiana University.
Lisa Clapp is the Vice President of Colors Technology at Sun Chemical Corporation with responsibility for research and development of pigments and pigment preparations.
Lisa did her undergraduate work in chemistry at Ball State University and received her Master’s of Science degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
Lisa has worked for Sun Chemical for 23 years, where she has held numerous positions, including physical chemist, group leader, Six Sigma Black Belt, Design for Six Sigma Leader, and project manager covering a wide range of Sun Chemical pigment and preparation products.
Trevor obtained his Bachelor of Science and PhD degrees in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia & Cambridge in the U.K. He then carried out a 2 year Post Doctoral Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Georgia Tech. in Atlanta in the School of Chemistry.
He joined I.C.I. as a synthetic organic chemist, developing novel dyes and pigments; then became New Business Development Manager, spearheading the development of a range of new speciality chemicals. Trevor then joined I.C.I. Paints to head up the Colour & Pigment Technology Group.
As a Senior Research Chemist, Trevor had a strategic role developing new pigment dispersant technology relevant to the Decorative and Automotive Business Sectors. When I.C.I. Autocolor was purchased by PPG Industries in 1999, the team’s various achievements were recognised by becoming the Centre of Excellence for Dispersion Science for the global Refinish Coatings Business.
In 2008, Trevor started his own business called Expertas Ltd, which expanded to Expertas Global in 2016. He now consults on colour and pigment dispersion technology with global corporate companies.
Dr. Seubert received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and his M.S./Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, all in Materials Science and Engineering. He is a Research Engineer working in the Paint Research Group at Ford’s Research and Innovation Center. He has worked at Ford for the last 17 years and has explored a range of topics including UV/EB cure, scratch and mar, weathering and durability, and most recently, the measurement and modeling of paint colors.
Eldon has been with PPG since 1999 and currently is a Senior Research Associate in the Optical Physics Group at the Coatings Innovation Center in Allison Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Some of the areas in which he has worked at PPG include: Andaro® nano-pigment dispersions, leading to commercialization of highly chromatic and transparent solventborne, waterborne, powder, and electro-deposition coatings; more efficient use of TiO2 through computational and experimental studies; solar heat management coatings; structural color pigments; and coatings to enable proper function of advanced driver-assistance systems, including lidar and radar compatible color technologies.
Eldon received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physics from Brigham Young University, where he did research in characterizing fullerene materials at high pressures. He also received a Master of Science degree in Colloids, Polymers, and Surfaces, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he researched the wetting characteristics of heterogeneous surfaces. Previous to starting at PPG, Eldon conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh, where he analyzed pattern formation in anisotropic fluid flow.
Dr. Frank J. Maile studied chemistry at the university of Stuttgart followed by a PhD at the Research Center of Pigments & Paints (FPL e.V.) Stuttgart, Germany. In 1999 he joined the pigments division of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt. Since 2011 he has been responsible for the Business Unit Coatings & Plastics of Schlenk Metallic Pigments GmbH in Roth, Germany. Since 2019 he helds the position of a Global Technical Director BU Effect Pigments. He is visiting professor for product development & design and an active member oft he section „Paint Chemistry“ within the German Society of Chemists, GDCh, Since 2015 he is a member of the advisory board of the Color Science Symposium.
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