There will be nine sessions in total, all of them in English. The best paper will be honoured again with the European Coatings Award, sponsored by the European Coatings Journal. This year's Congress, like its predecessors, is dedicated to communicating the creative advances in coatings technology.
Progress can come in large doses or in small.
Change can be rapid or incremental. Both can become the building blocks for tomorrow's technology. Coatings technology will continue to grow by replacing conventional materials and by expanding into new areas of activity and innovative applications. Waterborne coatings are likely to replace solventborne products and the popularity of radiation curing and powder coatings continues to increase. However, these new low polluting systems not only must achieve the performance levels of the products they are replacing but should also offer significant improvement.