BANDOL CONFERENCES ^® 2018 PROGRAM

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26 – 27 – 28
September 2018

• 14:00 Opening address
• 14:10 UV-Absorbers : Fundamentals, State-of- the-Art and Trends
  Dr Roberto Todesco, Senior Technical Specialist Additives, RVT Consulting SA, Switzerland
• 15:10 HALS : Fundamentals, State-of- the-Art and Trends
  Dr Roberto Todesco, Senior Technical Specialist Additives, RVT Consulting SA, Switzerland
• 16:10 Coffee Break
• 16:40 Accelerated Weathering Devices : Principles and Overview of Devices
  Dr Roberto Todesco, Senior Technical Specialist Additives, RVT Consulting SA, Switzerland
• 17:40 End of Pre-Conferences Training Seminar
• 18:00 Bandol Conferences^® 2018 Welcome Cocktail Reception

 

• 08:00 Registration and Welcome coffee
• 08:45 Bandol Conferences^® 2018 opening address
• 08:55 KEYNOTE
  Standards about UV ageing of polymers in Renault Group: Inducers for evolution
  Mrs Nicoleta Radutoiu, Specialist photo and thermo-ageing of polymers, GROUPE RENAULT, Romania
  Mrs Nathalie Barrois, Expert Materials Testing, GROUPE RENAULT, France
• 09:15 Innovative tailored solutions for the light stabilization of traditional and new agricultural films
  Mr Enrico Galfré, Technical Support & Application Development, Plastic Additives BU SABO S.p.A, Italy
• 09:35 Photo-oxidative degradation vs appearance assessment for automotive applications
  Dr Sarah Van Mierloo, Lead Scientist, Polymer stabilization T&I,
  Petrochemicals Europe,SABIC STC-Geleen, The Netherlands
• 09:55 Assesment of polymer durability by artificial accelerated photo-aging experiments
  Dr Steeve Collin, Research Manager, CNEP, France
• 10:15 Forum
• 10:35 Coffee Break
• 11:15 Correlation between natural, artificial BANDOL WHEEL® and in-service weathering evaluations of the coatings and self-adhesives films used on SNCF rolling stocks
  Mr Olivier Delaporte, Animateur de la Commission PEINTURE PELLICULAGE SIGNALETIQUE (C2PS), Animateur de la Commission COLLAGE, Expert scientifique et technique du réseau SYNAPSES, SNCF, France
  Mrs Pauline Louvion, Chargée d’études peinture, Commission PEINTURE PELLICULAGE SIGNALETIQUE (C2PS), SNCF, France
  
• 11:35 Artificial and Natural Weathering of White uPVC Profile Formulations – Comparison Between Arizona Climate and Laboratory Equipment
  Dr Jörg Frölich, Technical Product Manager, BAERLOCHER GmbH, Germany
  Mr Michael Sander, Application Manager, KRONOS International, Inc., Germany
• 11:55 Comparison of weathering conditions of major global natural testing sites :
  impact on acceleration factors
  Mr Lionel Beraud, CEO SEVAR SARL, France
  Ms Flore Bouillet, Head of R&D SEVAR SARL, France
  
• 12:15 KEYNOTE
  Climate change evidence and projection in the South of France
  Dr Frederic ATGER, Deputy Director, Météo-France, France
  Mr Olivier Roulle, Head Climate studies, Météo-France, France
• 12:35 Forum
• 12:55 Lunch break
• 13:55 Combinations of Additives and Colors in Applications : Synthetic Turf and Athletic Track
  Mr Manuel Testa, R&D Manager, MONDO, Italy
• 14:15 Pushing the edge of the durable color envelope
  Mr Yves Christiaens, Regional Sales Manager, SHEPHERD, Belgium
• 14:35 Influence of metal pro-oxidants on the photo-degradation behavior of PE-films.
  Dr Elke Metzsch-Zilligen, Group Manager Additivation, Division Plastics, FRAUNHOFER
  Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF, Germany
• 14:55 New generation light stabilizers for greenhouse films that respond to challenging market needs
  Mr Javier Fernandez, Technical Marketing Manager Agriculture CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS AG, Switzerland
• 15:15 Forum
• 15:35 Coffee Break
• 16:15 Beyond the set-point: Understanding the factors that impact specimen temperature in standard weathering chambers
  Mr Sean Fowler, Weathering & Corrosion Technical Director, Q-Lab Corporation, USA
• 16:35 Katalite revolution: Use of photo-catalysis in greenhouse film applications
  Mr Ermanno Traietta, Technical Sales Manager, ULTRABATCH, Italy
• 16:55 The use of advanced FTIR techniques to assess the fate of agrofilms during exposure
  Mrs Dr Marijke Slabbinck, CEO, ANSERS, Belgium
  Dr Roberto Todesco, Senior Technical Specialist Additives, RVT Consulting SA, Switzerland
• 17:15 KEYNOTE
  Comparison of UV aging techniques for automotive exterior weatherseals in Santoprene™ TPV
  Mr Eric Jourdain, Senior Advisor – Global Polymer Technology, ExxonMobil Chemical, Belgium
  Mr Herman-Josef Holz, Market Developer, ExxonMobil Chemical, Germany
  Mr Leander, Kenens, Customer Development Engineer, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe, Belgium
• 17:35 Forum
• 17:55 End of first day
• 19:00 Convivial Bandol Conferences^® Dinner

 

• 08:00 Welcome coffee
• 08:45 Opening address
• 08:55 Correlation between artificial weathering and outdoor weathering – a critical review
  Mr Walter Rauth, Head of Weathering Lab, COVESTRO Deutschland AG Germany
• 09:15 A comprehensive analytical view on aged polymers
  Dr Emanuelle Brendle, Project Manager Analytics, INTERTEK, Switzeland
• 09:35 KEYNOTE
  Polymer Additives – functional chemicals with regulatory issues due to their intrinsic properties
  Dr Dieter Drohman, Geschäftsführer, CHEMSERVICE GmbH, Germany
• 09:55 Forum
• 10:15 Coffee Break
• 10:55 New business development and innovation : hints to the best & most delivering ecosystem
  Mr Raphael Mestanza, President, COMPETANZA S.A.S., France
• 11:15 Measurement of Weathering Parameters on Specimen location – Benefits and New Technologies
  Dipl.-Phys. Andreas Riedl, Director Global Consulting, Director of Marketing, Atlas Material
  Testing Technology GmbH, Germany
  Mr Matt McGreer, Product Manager, Atlas Material Testing Technology, LLC, USA
  Dr Oliver Rahäuser, Product Manager, Atlas Material Testing Technology GmbH, Germany
• 11:35 GPC-APCI- MS : a simple method to investigate polymer additives
  Dr Adrian Boborodea, Senior Analytical Scientist, CERTECH, Belgium
• 11:55 Forum
• 12:15 Lunch break
• 13:15 End of Bandol Conferences^® 2018