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oday to take advantage of discounted registration rates
Standard rate registration rate expires in less than 4 weeks: August 17th. After that, the late registration fee applies.
Don’t forget to also make your Accommodations!
Book before August 31st, 2026 for discounted hotel rate.
Note the Symposium is scheduled to be fully in-person event. We look forward to having join us in Minneapolis!
Preliminary schedule for the technical program has been posted: ISCST 2026 Technical Program. We look forward to lively presentations and discussions on the following topics:
- Coating Process Fundamentals
- Drying and Curing Fundamentals
- Sustainability in Coating
- AI, ML, and Analytics/Big Data in Coating
- Progress in Coating Technology and Materials
- Printing, Patterning, and Discrete Coating
Additionally, we look forward to plenary presentations & keynote talks from:
- Alex Routh, University of Cambridge – Structure Formation During Drying of Films
- Kara Meyers, 3M – Addressing Sustainability Challenges in Industrial R&D Coating
- Takeaki Tsuda, Hirano Tecseed – Digital Twin for Coating System
- Soichiro Makino, Toyota Central R&D Labs – Rheological Characterization for Process Design of Concentrated Battery Slurries
- Ethan Secor, Iowa State University – Leveraging Process Fundamentals and Digital Controls for Aerosol Jet Printed Electronics
- Rekha Rao, Sandia National Laboratories – From Polymer Free Surface Flows and Experiments to Physics-Informed Machine Learning
- Xiaoyu Tang, Northeastern University – Maximum Spreading of Impacting Non-Newtonian Drops
Enhance your ISCST Symposium experience by taking advantage of special add-on events available in addition to the main technical program.:
- Short Course: “Introduction to Coating Science Technology” by Ted Lightfoot (Ted Lightfoot LLC & ISCST President) and Prof. Marcio Carvalho (PUC & University of Minnesota)
- Tigers at Twins, Target Field: Off-site Networking
- University of Minnesota Site Tour, including shuttle bus
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