SPE FOAMS® 2024 • September 17–20, 2024 • King of Prussia, PA

Foams® 2024

September 17–20, 2024 • King of Prussia, PA

Hosted by the SPE Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division and the SPE Palisades-MidAtlantic Section

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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


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


SPE FOAMS® 2026  
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

September 2026 Back to Top

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

October 2026 Back to Top

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


VINYLTEC® 2026  
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

November 2026 Back to Top

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

July 2027 Back to Top

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

October 2027 Back to Top

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.



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