The weeklong SPE Seminar Series at NPE 2006 offers seminars and workshops involving international industry leaders, experts and peers.
Seminar hours are from 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.
The seminar fees, shown below, reflect costs for SPE members and nonmembers, respectively, and cover instruction and most materials, which will be distributed on-site. The seminars will meet in the fifth-floor rooms of McCormick Place South. On-site registration 7 a.m.-4 p.m through Thursday; and Friday, 7-10 a.m., in Room S501A.
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