The SPE Seminar Series at NPE 2006 offers seminars and workshops involving international industry experts and peers.
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m, with a lunch break from noon-1 p.m. daily. Attendees are responsible for their own lunches.
Fees: Below, these reflect costs for SPE members and nonmembers, respectively, and cover instruction and most materials.
Where: Fifth-floor rooms of McCormick Place South.
Registration: Room S501A, Tuesday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m; and Friday, 7-10 a.m.
June 20
Flame Retarding Plastics, Joseph Green - $495, $845
June 20-21
Injection Molding: Advanced Concepts & Analyses, Lawrence Schmidt - $895, $1,245
June 21
Coextrusion: Principles & Practices, Eldridge Mount III - $495, $845
A Designer's Guide to Part Design for Economical Injection Molding, Glenn Beall - $495, $845
Introduction to Six Sigma Principles in Polymer Processing, David Bigio - $495, $845
The Plastics Industry for Marketing & Sales Professionals, Barbara Gedeon - $495, $845
A Practical Guide to Blown Film Troubleshooting, Paul Waller - $495, $845
Principles of Polymer Blending & Alloying, Donald Witenhafer - $495, $845
Scientific Qualifications, William Tobin - $495, $845
Testing of Plastics - Its Application to Thermoforming, Don Hylton - $495, $845
Thermoforming Design - Not just for Designers, Robert Browning - $495, $845
June 22
Thermoplastic Elastomers, Vivian Malpass - $495, $845
Thermoforming Tooling, Arthur Buckel - $495, $845
June 22-23
Crystallization & Mechanical Behavior of Polymers, Pravin Soni - $675, $1,025
Die Design Principles for Extrusion of Polymers, Leonard Sansone - $675, $1,025
Mold Design & Mold Building Fundamentals, Robert Dealey - $675, $1,025
Moving Beyond the Basics - Advanced Heavy Gauge Thermoforming, Bob Smart, Jay Waddell and Ed Bearse - $675, $1,025
Profile Extrusion Design & Advanced Processing, Daniel Cykana - $675, $1,025
Plastic Color Science, Pigments & Color Matching, Robert Charvat - $675, $1,025
Purchasing & Quoting of Plastic Parts, Robert Beard - $675, $1,025