Congress and Short Courses Mumbai 2026
Join industry experts as they present key innovations and insights through Congress and hands-on short courses.
CONGRESS ARENA. HALL 3.
2027 Congress & Shourt courses agenda will be announced soon!
Day 1
Session 1 – Water-Borne and Bio-Based Coatings
12:00 – 12:30
High-performing and sustainable coatings with polycaprolactone polyols
Chuck Jones
Ingevity,
12:30 – 13:00
Advancing sustainability with waterborne coating
technologies
Loic Chailloux
Coatex,
13:00 – 13:30
Advancing waterborne and water-reducible alkyds with a high-performance catalyst
Amit Kulkarni
Borchers: A Milliken Brand,
13:30 – 14:00
Adding biobased to your formulation with veriable renewable additives
Nuno Marques Vieira De Castro
Erichsen,
14:00 – 14:30
Faster drying and longer open time of water-based coatings with novel additives
Otto Soidinsalo
Borregaard,
Day 1
Session 2 – Surface Protection
14:30 – 15:00
Additives shape the future – sustainability as innovation driver
Dr. Andreas Okkel
BYK,
15:00 – 15:30
Maximise corrosion protection and adhesion, regardless of surface preparation
Patrick Dodds
Hexigone Inhibitors,
15:30 – 16:00
New siloxanes for (heat) resistance applications
David Pierre
Perstorp,
16:00 – 16:30
Elastomeric cool roof coating with colloidal silica solutions
Dr. Peter Greenwood
Nouryon,
16:30 – 17:00
Sham Patil
Arxada,
Day 2
Session 3 – Architectural Coatings
10:30 – 11:00
Christophe Steinbrecher
Hexion Research Belgium SA,
11:00 – 11:30
Girish Bhagwat
Dow Chemicals International,
11:30 – 12:00
Andrew White
FP-Pigments Oy,
12:00 – 12:30
Mark Ryan
Shepherd Color Co.,
12:30 – 13:00
Otto Soidinsalo
Borregaard,
13:00 – 13:30
Dr. Meinhart Roth
Rudolf Gmbh,
Day 2
Session 4 – CE Ing and Tech