2025 Waterborne Short Course

In Depth and Practical Knowledge in Markets, Formulating,and Application of Waterborne Adhesives and Sealants

Co-located with the 2025 Convention & EXPO is a 1.5 day Waterborne Short Course will take place April 14-15, 2025.

Waterborne adhesives are a logical choice for a many end use applications where versatile and environmentally friendly solutions are desired. These low VOC adhesives are easily formulated to optimize performance for a wide variety of applications where water clean-up is important. An understanding of the fundamentals of formulating and use of waterborne adhesives will better equip you to select the base polymer and additives package to deliver expected performance and efficiently evaluate and troubleshoot during design, scale up
and use this aqueous adhesive class.

Structure/property relationships, characterization methods of components/final formulations, and performance criteria will be covered using case studies. 

Program Topics (tentative)
• Market and Applications Overview
• Formulation Technology/Materials Design
• VA/VAE Emulsion Polymers
• Waterborne Acrylic/Hybrids Polymers
• Polyurethane Dispersions and Polychloroprenes
• Surfactants and Defoamers
• Plasticizers for Waterborne Applications
• Tackifiers for Waterborne Applications
• Rheology Modifers for Waterborne Applications
• Biocides

If you are interested in presenting any of the topics above, contact Mani Singh at mani.singh@ascouncil.org.

Download the Waterborne Adhesives Short Course Handout

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course is ideal for adhesive and sealant chemists, application engineers, sales and marketing staff from manufacturers, raw material & equipment suppliers and end users of adhesives and sealants.

NOTE: Short course participants are invited to join the industry at the Welcome Reception Monday evening April 14th and the EXPO on Tuesday night to network with the industry.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Short Course ONLY: ASC Member/End-User: $780 • Nonmember: $1,220

Short Course with Convention:
Early bird: ASC Member/End-User: $1,140 • Nonmember: $1,962
Regular: ASC Member/End-User: $1,245 • Nonmember: $2,065

NOTE: if you are registering for the convention and the short course you MUST select the 'Convention Combo Fee' to register for the convention at the discounted rate.

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*Early bird combo rates expire on February 21, 2025.  No refunds after March 2