Meetings & Events
Polymers & Coatings Winter 2025 Short Course
The Western Coatings Technology Center at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in cooperation with Cal Poly Conference & Event Planning Department, will offer the annual Winter Polymers and Coatings Short Course during the week of Monday, February 17th at 8 a.m. through Friday, February 21st at noon.
Early Bird Pricing ends on Friday, January 10, 2025. Scholarships are available for Early Bird Tuition
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Early Bird Price: $1,850
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Regular Price: $1,950
Cal Poly’s winter short course on polymers and coatings brings together academic and industrial experts in the field. The one-week course covers many aspects of coating technology with emphasis on liquid coatings, both waterborne and solvent-based.
Participants benefit from discussions of a wide range of topics by industry and academic experts, including VOC and air quality aspects of coatings agencies. Participants are expected to have had some exposure to the coatings field, along with working knowledge in chemistry and other sciences.
Western Coatings Symposium
Mark your long term calendars for future WCS shows.
Information on the show can be found at www.westerncoatings.org
Check it out for information on attending, exhibiting, speaking, listening, and all manner of general information.
October 19 - 22, 2025 - Paris, LV
GGSCT Northern Nevada Dinner September 2023
GGSCT Old Timers Lunch 2023
GGSCT Crab Feed 2023!
GGSCT Christmas Lunch 2022
GGSCT Night at the Ballgame 2021!
Past Events
January 2020 - Past Event - Presentations from the Half Day Seminar
November 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Emmanuel Durant of Tolsa on Rheological Clays
January 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Natália Lopes of the Ashland Specialty Ingredients Group on Thickeners - a Thickeners 101 Talk
January 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Greg Monaghen of Specialty Polymers on Metal Adhesion and Corrosion Resistance of Coatings
October 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Vinvil on vinyl versatate copolymer emulsions
October 2018 - Past Event - Please review the presentation from Bishop Hammack of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and first recipient of the recently renamed Marnie Hartman Scholarship. The GGSCT generously sponsored this research through our scholarship program.
September 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Rusil on Waterproofing Concrete
March 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Thom Debroski of Specialty Minerals on the various minerals used in paints.
November 2017 - Past Event - The presentation was from John Dockery of Trinseo on Elastomeric Roof Coatings using Styrene Butadiene as a water proofing Primer and Styrene Acrylic as a Reflective Top coat
April 2017 - Past Event - The presentation was from Mark Diaz of Hexion on the Evolution of Waterborne Epoxy Resins with respect to performance and VOC compliance
March 2017 – Past Event - The presentation was from Stuart Lipskin of BYK on the right order of evaluation for the optimization of coatings. His presentation can be found here.
October 2016 - Past Event - The presentation from the California Paint Council can be found here
The GGSCT Tony Rumfola Memorial Lunch 2021
GGSCT Trivia Night Winners March 2021
GGSCT Bowling Night February 2020
The GGSCT Tony Rumfola Old Timers Lunch 2019
Photos from the GGSCT Night at the Ballgame (June 2017):
