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It is the most important event for all stakeholders involved in the adhesive and sealant sector and attracts well over a thousand delegates from all continents.
The visitors are adhesive and sealant producers, raw material suppliers, service providers, scientists and downstream users.
- 19:00 – 22:00
- FEICA, ASC, CATIA, JAIA, KAIA, TSRAIA
- Mount St. Restaurant (Scottish Room)
- 9:00 - 12:00
- FEICA, ASC, CATIA, JAIA, KAIA, TSRAIA
- Room Moore - F4
- 13:00 – 16:00
- FEICA Members only
- Room St. James - F4
13:00 – 13:05Â Opening of the FEICA Seminar and Introduction, Dr Michael Frank, Chair of the FEICA Regulatory & Sustainability Board (RSB), Henkel
13:05 – 13:30Â Â FEICA Policy Strategy: Creating Value for Industry, Benjamin Nummert, Chair of the FEICA SIP (Strategy, Impact & Policy) Working Group, Henkel
13:30 – 13:50Â Â Preparing for ESPR Implementation: Implications for Business and Reputation of the A&S Industry, Dr Annett Linemann, Chair of the FEICA Mobility & Electronics Working Group, H.B. Fuller
13:50 – 14:15  Digital Product Passport – Value Chain Information Goes Digital, Dr Martin Klatt, Chair of the FEICA DPP Task Force, BASF
14:15 – 14:45Â Â Coffee Break
14:45 – 15:30Â Â The Business Impact of EU Chemical Policy, Martin Gloeckner, Vice-Chair of the FEICA Chemical Legislation Working Group, IVK, and Arnaud Jourdy, Chair of the FEICA REACH Task Force, Bostik
15:30 – 15:55Â Â PPWR: Business Implications for Packaging Users and packaging Adhesive, Elizabeth Staab, Chair of the FEICA SRAPPA Working Group, H.B. Fuller
10:25 – 10:30Â Â Close of the FEICA Seminar, Dr Michael Frank, Chair of the FEICA Regulatory & Sustainability Board (RSB), Henkel
- 19:00 – 22:00
- FEICA Members only
- The House of Lords
- 9:00 – 11:00
- FEICA Members only
- Room Mountbatten - F6
- 11:00 – 12:30
- FEICA BoD
- Room Moore - F4
- 12:30 – 13:30
- EXPO Area
The WAC 2026 EXPO area is open until 18:30
- 13:30 – 15:00
- Anne De Baetzelier
- Room Whittle & Fleming - F3
13:30 – 13:35Â Â Welcome by Anne De Baetzelier
13:35 – 13:40  Opening of the WAC2026 “Reinventing the Future”, Stuart Jenkinson, FEICA President, Vice President – HHC Europe & Global Sales Excellence, H.B. Fuller
13:40 – 14:25Â Â Keynote Presentation: Leadership in a VUCA-MAX World, Matthew Griffin
14:25 – 14:55Â Â Keynote Presentation: From Disruption to Readiness: Leading Organisations Through Real Trade-offs, Dr Norman Goldberg
14:55 – 15:00Â Â Close of Plenary Session
- 15:30 – 17:30
- QEII Centre
BO I - Regional Updates - Room Fleming - F3 - Moderated by Yati Waghray
15:30 – 16:00Â Â Between Alignment and Autonomy: Navigating the UK Adhesives & Sealants Market in an Era of Regulatory Uncertainty, Lorna Williams, Chief Executive Officer, BASA
16:00 – 16:30 Europe’s Adhesives and Sealants Sector in Focus: Market Dynamics amid Regulatory Change, Kristel Ons, Secretary General, FEICA
16:30 – 17:00Â Strategic Intel on the North American Adhesive & Sealant Market and Regulatory Developments, Bill Allmond, President, ASC
17:00 – 17:30Â Regional Updates on Asia (ARAC), Donald Hsiao, President, ARAC & Vice Chairman, TSRAIA, Jeffrey Huang, Nan Pao, Vice Chairman of TSRAIA
BO II - Smart Additives for Advanced Adhesive Formulations - Room Whittle - F3 - Moderated by Alessandro Napoli
15:30 – 16:00Â Selective Uses of Aromatic Tackifiers in UV Curing Adhesives, Dr Jun Liu, Head of Competence Center R&M, Rain Carbon Germany GmbH
16:00 – 16:30Â Tailored Fillers for Flame retardant, Thermal Conductive and Ceramifying Resins, Dr Carsten Ihmels, Head of R&D department for Adhesives and Thermosets, Nabaltec AG
16:30 – 17:00Â The Journey Towards Bio-Based High-Solvating Plasticizers for CASE Applications, Karl Billast, Global Technical Marketing Director, Valtris Specialty Chemicals
17:00 – 17:30Â Low Moisture Mineral Fillers and Novel Silanes Provide VTMO-free Hybrid Adhesive, Mr Christopher Dobbins, Senior Expert CASE, Omya International AG
BO III - Precision Application & Process Control - Room Churchill - GF - Moderated by Dr Axel Hessland
15:30 – 16:00 High-Temperature Adhesive–Metal Composites for Fixture-Free Brazing Applications, Ilia Bobrov, Research Fellow, Guenter-Koehler-Institut für Fuegetechnik und Werkstoffpruefung GmbH (ifw Jena)
16:00 – 16:30 Enhancing Quality Control in Two‑Part Structural Adhesives, Alissa Wenner, Global Application Engineer – Adhesives, 3M
16:30 – 17:00 Eliminate Instabilities in Adhesive Mixing by using Gear Pump Extruders, Julia Uth, Technical Director, UTH GmbH
17:00 – 17:30Â Jetting High-Viscosity Adhesives: A Digital, Scalable, Waste-Free Solution, Ben Hartkopp, Founder, Inventor, Head of Research and IP, Quantica
BO IV - From Evidence to Impact: Future-Proofing Industry - Room Mountbatten - F6 - Moderated by Mikaela Decio
15:30 – 16:00 Boundary Breaking · Precision Research · Intelligent Manufacturing, Nina Qian,Marketing Director, Shanghai Farfly Energy Technology Co.，Ltd.
16:00 – 16:30Â Decoding Raw Material Impact on the Carbon Footprint of Sustainable Sealants, Dr Ewa Kosmala, Global Sustainability Director, Selena FM SA
16:30 – 17:00 Green Platform Strategy: Enabling Circular Manufacturing and Scope 3 Decarbonization Across Industries, MichaÅ‚ Dudek, R&D Manager double as QC Section Manager, Tex Year Europe Sp. z o. o.
17:00 – 17:30Â Against the Wind: How 2026 Results Overturned Our 2022 Hypothesis, Dr Raphael Schaller, Head of Technology, Collano AG
- 18:30 – 20:30
- United Nations Green - QEII Entrance Garden
- 9:00 – 18:00
- EXPO Area
- 9:00 – 10:30
- Anne De Baetzelier
- Room Whittle & Fleming - F3
09:00 – 09:05Â Â Introduction by Anne De Baetzelier
09:05 – 09:35  Executive Address by Laurent Peyronneau, Executive Vice President, Bostik and Member of Arkema’s Executive Committee
09:35 – 10:25Â Â Keynote Presentation: The Frontier of the New Geoeconomy: Supply Chains and Technology, Dr Keyu Jin
10:25 – 10:30Â Â Close of Plenary Session
- 11:00 – 13:00
- QEII Centre
BO V - Market Dynamics & Collaboration - Room Fleming - F3 - Moderated by Dr Steffen Maier
11:00 – 11:30Â Developing sustainability roadmaps for the Adhesives and Sealants Industry, Dr Lukas Jongkind, Sustainability Director, Synthomer
11:30 – 12:00Â Global Market Outlook for Adhesives and Sealants, Adam Page, VP Reports, Smithers
12:00 – 12:30Â Shifting Adhesive Supply Chains: Hydrocarbon and Rosin Ester Tackifier Outlook, Leonardo Siqueira, Editor, Pine Chemicals, Argus Media
12:30 – 13:00 Building Stronger Bonds Through Industry–Startup Collaboration, Dr Uwe Franken, Senior Technical Manager, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
BO VI - Reversible & On‑Demand Debonding - Room Whittle - F3 - Moderated by Matthew Thomas
11:00 – 11:30 A Water-based Reversible Glue, Prof. Mark Geoghegan, Roland Cookson Professor of Engineering Materials, Newcastle University
11:30 – 12:00  Moisture Curable Polyurethane Adhesives for Consumer Electronics, Dr Chao Wang, Senior R&D Manager Engineering Adhesives, H.B. Fuller Company
12:00 – 12:30 Sustainable High-Performance Adhesives: From Bonding to Semiconductor Debonding, Chia Liang Lin, Assistant Manager, Nanpao Resins Chemical Co. LtdÂ
12:30 – 13:00Â Enabling On-Demand Disassembly through Electrochemical Debonding, Kar Tean Tan, Adhesive Materials Engineer, Google
BO VII - Advanced Hot Melt Technologies for Assembly - Room Churchill - GF - Moderated by Caroline Raine
11:00 – 11:30 Polybutene-1 based Hotmelts Tailored for Demanding Woodworking Applications, Dr Ankur Rastogi, Innovation Manager, LyondellBasell
11:30 – 12:00 Functionalized Metallocene Polyolefins for Enhanced Adhesion in HMA, Jerry Xu, Application Development Manager, Clariant International Ltd.
12:00 – 12:30Â EVA Hotmelt Adhesives for Low-Grammage and Fast-Cooling Air Filter Applications, Zeynep Mert Ayalp, Solution Partner, Organik Kimya
12:30 – 13:00Â New Polyolefins for High Performance Hot Melt Adhesives in Automotive Interiors, Dr Kelven Feng, Principal Scientist, Synthomer
BO VIII - SMP Formulation: From Design to Application - Room Mountbatten - F6 - Moderated by Dr Martin Klatt
11:00 – 11:30 Lighter & Stronger – Next Generation High Performance Eco-friendly STP Adhesives, Dr Matthias Koebel, CEO, Siloxene AG
11:30 – 12:00Â Tailoring STP Properties: Leveraging Monofunctional Polyether Polyols, Dr Samuel Ho, Polymer Solutions Engineer, AGC Inc.
12:00 – 12:30 Optimized Manufacturing Process of SMP with Easy-to-activate Thickener, Dr Thomas Nazé, Technical Manager – Adhesives & Sealants, ArkemaÂ
12:30 – 13:00Â Development of Cleanroom Sealants for Semiconductor Manufacturing Environments, Kazuaki Okada, Engineer, Research & Development Department, Cemedine Co., Ltd
- 13:00 – 14:00
- EXPO Area
- 14:00 – 15:30
- Anne De Baetzelier
- Room Whittle & Fleming - F3
14:00 – 14:05Â Â Introduction by Anne De Baetzelier
14:05 – 14:35Â Â Executive Address: Shaping in a World of Constant Change, Mark Dorn, Executive Vice President, Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Member of the Henkel Management Board, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
14:35 – 15:25Â Â Keynote Presentation: Future IQ: Why Playing it Safe is the Biggest Risk, Terence Mauri
15:25 – 15:30Â Â Close of Plenary Session
- 16:00 – 18:00
- QEII Centre
BO IX - Performance & Compliance in Packaging Systems - Room Fleming - F3 - Moderated by Alexandra Ross
16:00 – 16:30 Bridging the Adhesion Gap: Functional Solutions for SUPD‑Compliant Coated Papers, Carla Soares, R&D Manager, H.B. Fuller Isar Rakoll SA
16:30 – 17:00Â Implementing Circularity under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Dr Dennis Bankmann, Managing Partner, Emerging MotifÂ
17:00 – 17:30Â To be announced.
17:30 – 18:00Â Engineered EAA Emulsion for High-Performance, Sustainable Packaging, Kate Jamieson, R&D Manager, Solstice Advanced Materials
BO X - Sustainable PU Systems: From Raw Materials to Reactivity - Room Whittle - F3 - Moderated by Joss Pepe Strache
16:00 – 16:30Â Innovative Raw Material Solutions for PUR Hot Melt Adhesives, Eric Dou, General Manager, Jianqin International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
16:30 – 17:00Â Polyurethane Based Adhesives – No Isocyanate but Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock, Prof. Andreas Hartwig, Deputy Director, Chief Scientist, Fraunhofer IFAM
17:00 – 17:30 Dual-Function Amine-Blocked TDI Dimer Dispersion for Sustainable PU Adhesives, Sammy Schröter, Vice President, Isochem Kautschuk Group
17:30 – 18:00Â Next-Generation Reactive Systems for Isocyanate Restricted Applications, Erwin Honcoop, Research & Technology Leader, Cargill Bioindustrial
BO XI - Research Advances in Adhesive Science & Processing - Room Churchill - GF - Moderated by Christopher Dobbins
16:00 – 16:30 Adhesive Bonding as an Enabler for Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing, Dr Doerthe Jakobi, Research Fellow, Guenter-Koehler-Institut für Fuegetechnik und Werkstoffpruefung GmbH (ifw Jena)
16:30 – 17:00Â Vitrimer Based Debondable Adhesives: Demonstration and Computational Analysis, Dr Christof Nagel, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer IFAM
17:00 – 17:30Â Surface Changes in PSAs with Different Adhesive Thickness/Paper with Unlike Tack, Dr Jose Miguel MartÃn-MartÃnez,Scientific Consultant, Noxun
17:30 – 18:00Â Extrusion of Biopolymers: A Platform Technology for Bio-based Adhesives, Dr Bernhard Seidl, Team Lead, Agrana Research and Innovation Center GmbH
BO XII - Defossilisation & Circularity in Adhesives - Room Mountbatten - F6 - Moderated by Fabio Chiozza
16:00 – 16:30Â Sustainability of Polymer Technology for Modern Tape & Label Applications, Dr Kristin Schoene, Market Development Manager – Tapes & Labels, Synthomer
16:30 – 17:00Â From Fossil to Bio-based: Scaling Renewable Chemistry in Adhesive Production, Adam Lindholm, Head of Sales & Business Development, Sekab
17:00 – 17:30Â Defossilizing the Chemical Industry: Are Alternative Feedstocks Ready to Scale?, Dr Rafael Pellicciotta, Business Development Manager, Braskem
17:30 – 18:00 MOSH/MOAH in Food Contact Adhesives: A Technical Perspective, Emma Öberg, Senior Technical Advisor, Nynas AB
- 19:30 – 00:00
- Old Billingsgate
- 9:00 – 14:30
- EXPO Area
- 9:00 – 10:30
- Anne De Baetzelier
- Room Whittle & Fleming - F3
09:00 – 09:05Â Â Introduction by Anne De Baetzelier
09:05 – 09:35Â Â Executive Address: The Power of People in an Unpredictable World, Celeste Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer, H.B. Fuller
09:35 – 10:25Â Â Keynote Presentation: The Never Normal: how to leverage the Uncertainty Principle, Peter Hinssen
10:25 – 10:30Â Â Close of Plenary Session
- 11:00 – 13:00
- QEII Centre
BO XIII - Data-Driven Innovation in Adhesives - Room Fleming - F3 - Moderated by Carol Merrin
11:00 – 11:30Â AI-Driven Alignment of R&D, Quality & Adhesives Product Teams, Tea Pavlek, Director of Global Technical Marketing, Uncountable
11:30 – 12:00Â Digital Twins for Optimized Quality Control in Hot Melt Adhesive Manufacturing, Thouheed Abdul Gaffoor, CEO & Co-Founder, Basetwo AI
12:00 – 12:30Â Driving Innovation with Purpose at Sika, Dr Debora Eiler, Project Leader, Sika Technology AG
12:30 – 13:00Â Accelerating Adhesives Application Engineering with AI: Faster Formulation Starts, Better Customer Response, and Scalable Expert Knowledge, Hannah Melia, Head of Marketing, Citrine InformaticsÂ
BO XIV - SMP Chemistry: Advancing Adhesive Performance - Room Whittle - F3 - Moderated by Martin Stimpson
11:00 – 11:30Â Development of High-strength Silyl-modified Polymer Adhesives, Dr Claudio Toncelli, R&D Manager, L&L Products
11:30 – 12:00Â New possibilities through silane modified polymer technology, Dr Daichi Yokota, Assistant Manager, Kaneka Corporation, Performance Polymers (MS) Solutions Vehicle
12:00 – 12:30Â Expanding Dow’s Expertise in Novel SMP Polymers, Loriane Parisot, Global Technical Service & Development Manager, Dow Performance SiliconesÂ
12:30 – 13:00Â Silane Modified Acrylate-polyether Hybrid Polymer for Adhesive and Sealants, Dr Qiang Luo, Technical & Business Director, Risun Polymer
BO XV - Next-Generation Adhesives & Sealants Chemistry - Room Churchill - GF - Moderated By Mario Sommer
11:00 – 11:30Â What a Drop Can Tell, Adrien Schmidt, Head of Business Development, Innotech Marketing und Konfektion Rot GmbH
11:30 – 12:00Â High-End Waterborne Acrylics – Breaking Performance Boundaries, Sustainably, Marco Schmidt, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, BASF SE
12:00 – 12:30 Low-Temperature Organic Thixotropes Enhancing Sustainability for Future Sealants, David Rodrigues, Manager Global Adhesives Sealants Construction R&D, Elementis Ltd
12:30 – 13:00Â 3-Methyl-1,5-Pentanediol for Low-Viscosity Polyols and Polyurethane Adhesives, Yusuke Murata, Section Manager, Kururay
B0 XVI - Sustainable & High-Performance Hotmelt Solutions - Room Mountbatten - F6 - Moderated by Dr Igor Korczagin
11:00 – 11:30 Sustainable Hot Melt Polymer Solutions: The Licocene Terra Journey, Christopher Johnson, Sales Account Manager, Clariant
11:30 – 12:00Â Sustainable Solutions for Hotmelt Adhesives, Cristina Vergani, Technical Manager Adhesives & Sealants, IMCD Group
12:00 – 12:30 (Meth)Acrylic Resins for High Performance Reactive Hotmelts, Dr Francisco Aznarez-Peman, Technical Service Manager, Röhm GmbH
12:30 – 13:00 Next generation TPU Adhesive Solutions: Advancing Toward Sustainable Innovation, Mary Aiken-Wood, Account Manager, UK and Ireland, Bjørn Thorsen
- 13:00 – 14:30
- EXPO Area
The EXPO at WAC2026
If your company’s portfolio includes raw materials, processing equipment, software, dispensing systems, consulting services, testing equipment or other products or services for the adhesive and sealant industry, this EXPO provides an unique and valuable marketplace.
Save time and resources by meeting all your current and new business contacts from around the world at the WAC2026.
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