Day 1
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | ||
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration Open | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Intro/Safety/Logistics | Shawn Mortimore |
| 8:15 a.m. | Why are aqueous coatings used? | Scott McNutt |
| 9:00 a.m. | Importance of Substrate for Coating | Scott McNutt |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Pigments I - Clays, Ti02, Silica, and Platy Pigment Barrier Strategy | Prakash Malla |
| 11:30 p.m. | Lunch and Intros | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Pigments II - Carbonates, Synthetic, Barrier Strategy | Steve Ottone |
| 1:45 p.m. | Synthetic Binders | Alan Piwowar |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Natural Binders in Paper Coatings | Meggan Hostetler-Schrock |
| 4:00 p.m. | Aqueous Coatings for Paper & Paperboard - Coating Formulations | Gordon Bugg |
| 5:00 p.m. | Wrap Up | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Social Event and Dinner | Bell's Brewery |
Day 2
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Day 1 Recap, Day 2 Introduction | Shawn Mortimore |
| 8:15 a.m. | Aqueous Coatings for Paper & Paperboard - Coating Additives | Gordon Bugg |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Aqueous Coatings for Paper & Paperboard - Coating Makedown | Gordon Bugg |
| 10:45 a.m. | Curtain Coating Technology | Brad Fadden |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Tours—Western Michigan University Pilot Plants | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Rheology and Viscosity | John Roper |
| 1:30 p.m. | Coating Application and Metering | Mike Paczkowski |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Drying and Web Handling Systems for Applied Coatings | Herb Kohler |
| 3:45 p.m. | Paper Technology Foundation | Jen Johnson |
| 4:00 p.m. | Printing Processes and Requirements for Their Substrates | Susan Bailey |
| 5:00 p.m. | Wrap Up | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Social Hour | TBD |
Day 3
Thursday, July 23, 2026 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Day 2 Recap, Day 3 Introduction | Shawn Mortimore |
| 8:15 a.m. | Challenges to More Sustainable Barrier Packaging | Jim Fogg |
| 9:00 a.m. | Barrier Coatings: Fundamentals, Requirements, and Testing | Brian Einsla |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:00 a.m. | A Manufacturers View: Application and Economics of Sustainable Barriers | Scott Peplinski |
| 11:00 a.m. | Recyclability Testing of Fiber Based Products in North America | Shawn Mortimore |
| 11:45 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Hands On - Coating Kitchen | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Press Applied Barrier Coatings | Scott Peplinski |
| 1:15 p.m. | MFC Slot die coating: an emerging bio-based nanomaterial for paper coating | Mark Miller/Niloofar Moradian |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:15 p.m. | WMU Student/Faculty Research | Kecheng Li |
| 3:00 p.m. | 3D Coating Molded Fiber | Bob Versluys |
| 3:45 p.m. | TBD | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Wrap Up | |