CALL FOR SPEAKERS
CALL FOR SPEAKERS IS NOW OPEN!
We are currently in the process of crafting the conference agenda for the free-to-attend Adhesives & Bonding Expo, co-located with Foam Expo, taking place June 24-26, 2025 in Novi, MI. This conference showcases elite speakers who will highlight how bonding technology fosters design flexibility, resolves engineering challenges ,and adds value to products.
We invite you to share new session ideas and submit your talk proposals via the online form before Friday, February 21, 2025, to be considered.
SUGGESTED TOPICS
The conference will likely include the following topics, although is not limited to them:
End-uses
- Construction & Building: trends, challenges, rapid technological advancements
- Paper & Packaging
- Automotive: trends, challenges, time to handling, non-destructive testing, surface preparation, renewable resources, the challenge of dismantling bonds, sound-proof ride, electric mobility, thermal management, thermal conductivity
- Aerospace: trends and challenges, composite adhesives, requirements, desirable qualities, consequences posed by a rise in the demand for air travel, lowering weight, replacing heavy materials
- Food & Packaging
- Furniture and woodworking
- Footwear, Textiles and Leather
- Electronics
Macro-economics
- Supply chain issues
- Energy prices
- Offshoring, re-shoring, near-shoring
- Growth
- Inflation
- Trade tensions impact
- Economic implications of automation and artificial intelligence
- Geopolitical and political risks
- Investor confidence
- Impact of high interest rates
Raw materials
- Material innovation
- Bio-based raw materials
- Availability
- Price volatility
- Alternatives to petroleum resources
- New market demands
Sustainability
- Increasing demand for bio-based products and sustainable adhesives
- Creating an environmentally friendly supply chain
- Green innovations in the automotive industry
- Free from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) adhesives and sealants
- Life-cycle assessment
- Circular economy
- Eco-friendly packaging
- Challenges in producing sustainable solutions
- Navigating the costs of making sustainable solutions
- End-of-life disposal
Evolving customer demands
- Sustainability goals
- Safety
- High-performance and faster application
- Customer-friendly
- UV-activated adhesives
- Elongation and flexibility
- Bonding strength
- Durability
- Resistance to environmental factors
- Adhesive bonding to new materials
- Biocompatibility
- Sterilization
Talent
- Data insights into the US job market
- Challenges faced when trying to hire a workforce
- Attracting and retaining talent
- Addressing skills gap
- Making the industry more appealing to younger generations through innovation and sustainability goals
- Developing advanced technical skills
- Connecting students and early-graduates with the industry
- Diversity and inclusion
Regulations and Certifications
- Challenges posed by fast-moving regulatory changes
- The importance of certifications in enabling the use in certain applications
Lightweighting
- Material interaction with human skin: heat exchange, moisture wicking, odor control
- Non-welding automotive assemblies
- Thermal management
Adhesives and bonding manufacturing and processes
- Additive manufacturing
- Adhesive process problem/solutions
- Exploring different dispensing equipment options for end-users
- Improved curing process efficiency
- Lamination and cutting-edge advances
- Material disassembly and de-bonding
- Material simulation
- Processing equipment and troubleshooting
SELECTION CRITERIA:
- There are no registration fees to take up this opportunity.
- Speaking slots are allocated on merit and relevance to the agenda topics.
- Speaking slot timings and formats will be finalized as the program is completed, depending on the subject matter to be addressed.
- Commercial presentations – such as product or company reviews – will not be accepted.
SUBMISSIONS WILL BE EVALUATED BASED ON:
- Importance of topic to conference attendees.
- Inclusion of an end user as either lead or co-presenter.
- Objective, educational, non-commercial content.
- Clearly defined benefits for attendees.
- Knowledge and experience of the speaker.
DEADLINE
The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 21, 2025. We will endeavor to review all submissions within 6-8 weeks after the deadline.
CONFERENCE INQUIRIES
Dale Hudson-Johansson
Conference Production Manager
[email protected]
Europe: +44 2080520668 (UK)
Toll free: +1 (0) 855 436 8683 (USA)