Letter from the Symposium Chairs

Dear Colleagues,

The ISCST Symposium provides a forum for scientists, engineers and researchers to discuss the latest developments in the application and solidification of thin liquid films. The Symposium features contributions from experts in both academia and industry on topics ranging from fundamental processing science to more applied research and development. The Symposium includes a broad range of coating process science and technology, and impacts many industries. The format is designed to provide mechanisms for the exchange of information and networking across industrial sectors and between academia and industry.

The 2012 Symposium will kick-off with a Plenary Session titled, What It Takes to Commercialize an Innovation. Speakers from major corporations, successful startups, government and academia are being invited to present case studies on the commercialization of breakthrough technologies and products. Two special technical sessions will highlight growing arenas for coating processing science. The first special session, Mechanics of Printing, will explore the fundamental aspects of web-based (roll-to-roll) printing processes. With continuing excitement in applying printing to non-traditional areas like electronics, and push for limits in printing resolution and uniformity, the need for solid fundamental understanding has never been greater. The second special session, New and Emerging Coating Process Technologies, will highlight technologies being developed for the manufacture of new materials that are in the early stages of commercialization.

We hope that you will join us for this exciting and informative event. Please visit our website www.iscst.org for up-to-date information on the program.

Sincerely

Dr. W. Blake Kolb and Prof. Marcio Carvalho

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Who Should Attend

This Symposium is designed for engineers and scientists who are interested in the fundamental understanding of all aspects of the coating process from liquid application through solidification and final coating microstructure and property development. The Symposium format includes oral and poster presentations as well as networking opportunities. The symposium is well suited to both academic and industrial participants. In past symposia, many different industries, including imaging, electronics, energy, medical/life sciences, metal coil coating, paper, printing, information storage, automobile, textile and chemical, have been represented.

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About the Symposium

This Symposium, with contributions from experts from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, is the premier event in the area of liquid film coating and related process phenomena. The meeting provides a forum for discussion of recent advances in understanding the processes of applying and solidifying thin liquid coatings. Both fundamental and applied papers will be presented.

Sponsorship and Exhibiting

Sponsor Benefits

• logo to appear on signage at the Symposium

• logo to appear on the header of all promotional and marketing materials

• logo to appear in the Symposium program

• public recognition by the chairperson during the opening of the Symposium

• profile in the ISCST newsletter

• free registrations (number determined by the level of sponsorship)

• individual signage for event being sponsored

• logo and mini commercial of 6 slides to be included in PowerPoint during breaks in the General Session

Tabletop Exhibits

Companies offering products or services that may be of interest to the attendees are encouraged to participate at this Symposium. In past Symposia exhibitors have included representatives from companies offering specialized mixers, dies, coating applicators and other coating and drying and curing equipment; companies offering coating services (toll coaters); companies offering software that predict coating flows and film drying; and companies offering instrumentation useful in the coating and drying processes. The exhibit hall will be open every day the technical or special sessions are running and will be accessible during the scheduled breaks.

Exhibitor Benefits

• logo to appear on signage at the Symposium

• one free registration and discount for other registrants from the same company

• premier location outside the General Session

• table top exhibit (other arrangements can be made at minimal or no cost)

• reception in the Exhibitor area on Monday evening

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Call For Papers

Technical Sessions

Coating Application Processes
A hallmark of the ISCST meeting is this session on the engineering and science of coating application methods, either conventional or novel. Presentations are encouraged on topics of a fundamental, experimental, numerical or analytical nature that are related to liquid flows and rheology, defects and stability, air entrainment, wetting, and other application related issues.

Solidification and Microstructure Development
Coatings are solidified and coating microstructures are established by a variety of processes, including drying, curing, coalescence (film formation), phase separation, and gelation. Presentations on the fundamentals of these processes and related topics such as microstructure-property relationships, stresses and defects, particle microstructures, and coating adhesion are encouraged.

Discontinuous Coating Processes
Many coated materials are produced by techniques in which the substrate is not a continuous flexible web or the coating liquid is applied in discrete parcels. Examples include spray coating, dip coating, gravure coating, spin coating, powder coating, and ink jet printing. Presentations on the process fundamentals, including those related to liquid flow and solidification, are encouraged.

Nanomaterial and Nanoscale Coatings
This session features processing challenges and opportunities in the use of nanomaterials in coatings and nanoscale features in coatings, such as ultrathin coatings and nanoscale patterns. Possible presentations topics include nanoparticle-based coatings, nanocomposites, layer-by-layer self assembly, microcontact printing, convective assembly, and thickness control at the nanometer level.

Special Technical Sessions

Mechanics of Printing
This session will explore the fundamental aspects of web-based (roll-to-roll) printing processes. Studies, both modeling and experimental, of mechanical deformations, fluid mechanics, elasto-hydrodynamics, drying, diffusion, and other relevant physics of gravure, flexographic, screen, lithographic, and micro-contact printing processes are of interest. With continuing excitement in applying printing to non-traditional areas like electronics, and push for limits in printing resolution and uniformity, the need for solid fundamental understanding has never been greater.

New and Emerging Technologies
There is an increasing demand for new technologies to enable revolutionary new products and to improve performance and manufacturing of existing ones. This session will highlight technologies being developed that are in the early stages commercialization.

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To Present a Technical Paper or Poster

Please submit the title, both the author’s and the presentors name and affiliation, and a 150-200 word abstract. To submit send to tgorka@thetiaragroup.com.

To Present at the Networking Session

Submit: subject, author’s name and affiliation and a 50 word description of the topic of interest to the ISCST website (www.iscst.org) or to wbkolb@mmm.com

Deadlines:

Deadline for Technical Presentations

March 15, 2012 150-200 Word Abstract Due (Electronic submission preferred)

May 1, 2012 Authors notified of Acceptance

July 1, 2012 Final Extended Abstracts Due

Deadline for Networking Session

August 15, 2012 Name, Affiliation and Topic

Deadline for ISCST Awards

June 1, 2012 John A. Tallmadge Award
June 1, 2012 L.E. Scriven Young Investigator

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Networking Session

The Networking Session is a forum for people interested in showcasing areas of interest in which collaboration is actively being sought. This collaboration may take the form of direct industrial support, joint research proposals, internships, etc. As such, the session's presentations are intended to be far less formal and not expected to be as fully developed as presentations at the technical sessions. Several major organizations will be on hand to give an overview of the type of candidates they are seeking. They will also be available for one-on-one discussions following the session. If you are interested in being involved, please contact Terry Gorka at 805-340-0608 or tgorka@thetiaragroup.com.

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Location Information & Reservations

ISCST 2012 will be held at the Loews Atlanta Hotel, located in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. To make a reservation go to http://www.loewshotels.com/en/Atlanta-Hotel/GroupPages/coatingscience for a direct link to the Symposium reservation page. You may also call the Loews Atlanta Hotel at 888-563-9736 or 404-745-5000. Be sure to identify yourself as an attendee of the ISCST Symposium to receive the special rate of $169, single and double occupancy, per night, plus tax. Reservations should be made by August 11, accepted on a space and rate available basis. You can reserve a room with a credit card or check (in U.S. dollars). A first night deposit is required at the time of reservation. Room reservations cancelled prior to 72 hours before arrival will receive a full refund of first nights deposit. No-shows will be charged the first night room deposit.

For more information about the Loews Atlanta Hotel go to http://www.loewshotels.com/en/Atlanta-Hotel

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Airport Transportation

Information to be announced.

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Short Course Continuing Education Program

Precision Coating and Solidification
September 9, 2012

Instructors: Prof. Marcio Carvalho (PUC - Rio)
Prof. Lorraine Francis (Univ. Minnesota)
Prof. Satish Kumar (Univ. Minnesota)
Wieslaw Suszynski (Univ. Minnesota)

• Introduction

• Liquid coating materials

• Wetting and Spreading

• Slot coating

• Tensioned web over slot coating

• Precision multilayer coating

• Visualization

• Drying

• Stress and defects

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Contacts
Questions about the program and submitting abstracts should be referred to the Symposium Chair. Questions about exhibits and sponsorship should be referred to Terry Gorka of The Tiara Group.

Exhibit Contact:
Terry Gorka
The Tiara Group
Email: tgorka@thetiaragroup.com
Phone: (805) 640-0608

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History of the Coating Science and
Technology Symposium and Past Events

The International Coating Science and Technology Symposium has emerged as the premier symposium in the area of liquid film coating and related process fundamentals and applications. The symposium provides a forum for discussion of recent advances in understanding the deposition, solidification, and performance of liquid films. It is the intent of this symposium to encourage contributions that report both fundamental and applied research, as well as provide a forum for information exchange between academic and industrial groups.

Summary of Previous Coating Symposia