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April 2025 Back to Top

SPE COURSE: Mechanical Characterization of Additively Manufactured Polymers  
Monday, April 21, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

May 2025 Back to Top

SPE COURSE: Thermoset Recycling  
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE FlexPackCon® 2025  
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Thursday, May 8, 2025 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Rochester, NY

Hosted by the SPE Flexible Packaging Division


SPE COURSE: Advanced Thermal Packaging Using Phase Change Materials  
Monday, May 12, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE Thermoset TopCon  
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 7:00 AM Central Standard Time (CST) - Wednesday, May 14, 2025 5:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST)
Monona Terrace And Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Hosted by the SPE Thermoset Division


4-Part Workshop: Consider Recycling When Addressing Polymer Design and Optimization  
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Online

May 13, 2025
May 15, 2025
May 20, 2025
May 21, 2025
Online
All Workshop days are from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST


SPE COURSE: UV Effects on Plastic Materials  
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE Thermoforming Conference  
Monday, May 19, 2025 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Wednesday, May 21, 2025 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA

Hosted by the SPE Thermoforming Division


SPE COURSE: Failure of Plumbing Parts  
Monday, May 19, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

ADDITIV Metals World  
Thursday, May 22, 2025 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Location TBD

Contact: Melanie Wallet for more information.

Together with


SPE WORKSHOP: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Polymer Processing: Fundamentals and Practical Applications with a Focus on Injection Molding  
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Friday, May 30, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE COURSE: Trouble-Shooting Common Injection Molding Defects Through Virtual Molding  
Thursday, May 29, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

June 2025 Back to Top

Plastics in Composites and Lightweighting  
Monday, June 2, 2025 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Wednesday, June 4, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE WORKSHOP: Navigating the Automotive Supply Chain: Engineering Electric Vehicle Batteries and Sustainable Manufacturing Practices  
Monday, June 9, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Wednesday, June 11, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE WORKSHOP: Introduction to Plastic Decorating Technologies  
Thursday, June 12, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Friday, June 13, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

Hosted by the SPE Decorating and Coatings Division

September 2025 Back to Top

Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition  
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 7:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Friday, September 5, 2025 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Novi, Michigan

Hosted. by SPE Automotive Division and SPE Composites Division


SPE WORKSHOP: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Polymer Informatics  
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Online

September 3, 2025
September 5, 2025
September 8, 2025
September 10, 2025
All workshop days are from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT


SPE COURSE: Chemical Resistance of Plastics: Testing and Applications  
Thursday, September 4, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

2025 SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference  
Monday, September 8, 2025 8:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Wednesday, September 10, 2025 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

Hosted by the SPE Blow Molding Division


SPE WORKSHOP:Extruded Profile Part Design  
Thursday, September 11, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Monday, September 15, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE Color and Appearance Conference (CAD RETEC®)  
Monday, September 15, 2025 - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Cleveland, OH

Hosted by SPE Color and Appearance Division

Chair - Jeff Drusda; jeffrey.drusda@chemours.com 
Vice Chair - Josh Jacobs; Joshua.Jacobs@Audia.com


Solutions for the Microplastic Challenge 2025  
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - All Day
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Suites Pittsburgh-Downtown, One Bigelow Square, Pittsburgh, PA

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Plastics Industry 2025  
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - Friday, September 26, 2025 - All Day
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Suites Pittsburgh-Downtown, One Bigelow Square, Pittsburgh, PA

SPE TPO 2025 Global Automotive Conference  
Monday, September 29, 2025 7:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Wednesday, October 1, 2025 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Marriott Hotel, Troy, MI

Hosted by the SPE Detroit Section


SPE FOAMS® 2025  
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 8:00 AM Central European Time (CET) - Friday, October 3, 2025 5:00 PM Central European Time (CET)
Naples, Italy

Sponsored by the SPE Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division
Hosted by the University of Naples Federico II

October 2025 Back to Top

ADDITIV Polymers 3.0  
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - All Day
Location TBD

SPE COURSE: Polymer Molecular Weight: A Key Factor in Plastic Performance  
Friday, October 10, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

SPE Thermoplastics Elastomers TOPCON 2025  
Monday, October 13, 2025 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

Hosted by the SPE Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group and SPE Akron Section


SPE Vinyltec® 2025  
Monday, October 20, 2025 - Wednesday, October 22, 2025
New Orleans, LA

Hosted by SPE Vinyl Plastics Division


SPE WORKSHOP: Unlocking the Secrets of Plastics with Dynamic Mechanical Analysis  
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - Thursday, October 23, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

Polymers - The Building Blocks for Advanced Medical Devices  
Thursday, October 30, 2025 7:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) - Friday, October 31, 2025 5:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Athlone, Ireland

Hosted by the SPE European Medical Polymers Division

November 2025 Back to Top

SPE WORKSHOP: Polymer Fractography—Case Studies  
Monday, November 3, 2025 - Friday, November 7, 2025
Online

Workshop Dates:
November 3, 5 & 7, 2025
All workshop days are from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST.


SPE COURSE: Thermal Dependency of Plastics  
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) - 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Online

SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Gala 2025  
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) - 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Laurel Manor, Livonia, Michigan

Hosted by the SPE Automotive Division

December 2025 Back to Top

SPE COURSE: Why Sulfones? A Deep Dive into Polysulfone, Polyethersulfone, and Polyphenylsulfone  
Thursday, December 4, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Online

February 2026 Back to Top

2026 SPE International Polyolefins Conference  
Monday, February 23, 2026 - Friday, February 27, 2026
Galveston Island Convention Center, Galveston, TX

Hosted by the South Texas Section

May 2026 Back to Top

SPE Thermoset TopCon  
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 7:00 AM Central Standard Time (CST) - Wednesday, May 13, 2026 5:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST)
Madison, Wisconsin

Hosted by the SPE Thermoset Division

June 2026 Back to Top

Sustainability World Congress  
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Thursday, June 11, 2026 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Novi, Michigan

Hosted by the SPE Detroit Section



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