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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
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
SPE Additives and Color Europe Conference 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Friday, June 12, 2026
- All Day
AIMPLAS - Plastics Technology Institute, C. Conde Alessandro Volta 1, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
Presented by the SPE Additives and Color Europe Division and AIMPLAS
SPE Extrusion Optimization TopCon
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
- Wednesday, June 17, 2026
5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Holiday Inn Montreal-Longueuil, Montreal, QC, Canada
Hosted by the SPE Extrusion Division
Technical Chair Eldridge M Mount III, EMMOUNT Technologies
Program Chair Karen Xiao, Macro Engineering
Monday, June 22, 2026
8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
- Thursday, June 25, 2026
5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Novi, MI
Hosted by the SPE Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Partner and Co-located with Foam Expo North America 2026
General Conference Xiaoxi Wang, PhD. Perry Vadhar Technical Program Prof. Miguel A. Rodríguez Pérez Prof. Patrick Lee Wenyi Huang Tutorials Prof. Chul Park Student Posters Ryan Hall, PhD. Prof. Judith Martín de León
SPE Automotive Composites Conference and Expo
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
7:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
- Thursday, September 10, 2026
7:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
The Diamond Banquet & Conference Center at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue, Novi, MI 48374
Hosted by the SPE Automotive Division
SPE Color and Appearance Conference (CAD RETEC®)
Sunday, September 13, 2026
12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026
5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Louisville, KY
Hosted by the SPE Color and Appearance Division
Chair - Bruce Mulholland; captcolour@gmail.com Vice Chair - TJ Stubbs; tstubbs@teknorapex.com
6th SPE Middle East Plastics Conference 2026: Advances in Sustainable Packaging
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
8:00 AM Arabia Standard Time (AST)
- Thursday, September 17, 2026
5:00 PM Arabia Standard Time (AST)
Location TBD
SPE TPO Global Automotive Engineered Polyolefins Conference
Monday, September 28, 2026
8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026
5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Detroit Marriott - Troy, 200 W. Big Beaver, Troy, MI 48084
Hosted by the SPE Detroit Section
SPE CONFERENCE: Innovation in Polyolefins
Thursday, October 8, 2026
8:00 AM Central European Time (CET)
- 5:00 PM Central European Time (CET)
Gran Palas Experience Spa & Resort, Calle De La Sequia Major 5, 43480, La Pineda, Tarragona, Spain
Hosted by the SPE Southern Europe Regional Interest Group
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
- Thursday, October 15, 2026
4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
The Westin Buckhead, 3391 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30326
Hosted by the SPE Vinyl Plastics Division
Tutorial: October 13, 2026 Conference: October 14–15, 2026
For information, please contact TPC Co- Chairs Pegah Azamian or Rahul Patel .
Injection Molding Innovation Summit
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Corporate College Conference Center, 4400 Richmond Rd., Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
Hosted by the SPE Injection Molding Division
SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Gala
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
- 11:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Laurel Manor, 39000 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, MI 48150
Hosted by the SPE Automotive Division
Novel Trends in Rheology XI
Wednesday, July 28, 2027
- Thursday, July 29, 2027
Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Technology, Vavrečkova 5669, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic
Presented by the SPE Czech Republic-East Europe Section, SPE Applied Rheology Division and the Czech Group of Rheology
42nd SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference
Monday, October 18, 2027
- Wednesday, October 20, 2027
Satint Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, Missouri
Hosted by the SPE Blow Molding Division.