
Program
The program will be developed as we get closer to the event.
EVENT FORMAT:
Sun- Late afternoon for Registration, welcome remarks, programming, and reception
Mon – Full day of programming with an afternoon break for site seeing/networking and evening poster session/networking reception
Tue – Full day of programming with an afternoon break for site seeing/networking
Wed – Half day of programming
Oral presentations will include academic/government/industry experts in chosen areas discussing their discoveries and developments in the preparation, structure, and properties of layered systems. The program will be organized similarly to that of a Gordon Conference, with morning and evening sessions, and afternoons devoted to networking.
Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to:
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Flame Retardant Chemistry
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Polymer Nanotechnology for Flame Retardant Applications
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Flame Retardant Surface Treatments
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Fire and Thermal Polymer Degradation Modeling
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Processing and Preparation of Flame Retardant Materials
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Combustion Structure and Property Relationships
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Fire Testing and Methodology
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Regulations, Codes & Standards of Fire and Environmental Safety
A poster session for students who cannot present oral talks is expected as well to occur during one (or more) of the evening networking events.
Invited Speakers
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Serge Bourbigot, University of Lille, France
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Todd Emrick, University of Massachusetts, USA
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Gaelle Fontaine, University of Lille, France
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Sabyasachi Gaan, EMPA, Switzerland
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Hatsuo Ishida, Case Western Reserve University, USA
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Paul Joseph, Victoria University, Australia
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Richard Lyon, Federal Aviation Administration, USA
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Ravi Mosurkal, Army Research Labs, Natick, USA
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Ramaswamy Nagarajan, University of Massachusetts, USA
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Gordon Nelson, Florida Institute of Technology
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Fernando Raffan-Montoya, University of Maryland, USA
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Pingan Song, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Stanislav Stoliarov, University of Maryland, USA
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Svetlana Tretsiakova-McNally, University of Ulster, United Kingdom
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Mauro Zammarano, NIST, USA