Preliminary Programme
- 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 – 13:05 Opening of the FEICA Seminar and Introduction, Dr Michael Frank, Chair of the FEICA Regulatory & Sustainability Board (RSB), Henkel
13:05 – 13:30 FEICA Policy Strategy: Creating Value for Industry, Benjamin Nummert, Chair of the FEICA SIP (Strategy, Impact & Policy) Working Group, Henkel
13:30 – 13:50 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 – 14:45 Coffee Break
14:45 – 15:30 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 – 15:55 PPWR: Business Implications for Packaging Users and packaging Adhesive, Elizabeth Staab, Chair of the FEICA SRAPPA Working Group, H.B. Fuller
10:25 – 10:30 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 – 13:35 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 – 14:25 Keynote Presentation: Leadership in a VUCA-MAX World, Matthew Griffin
14:25 – 14:55 Keynote Presentation: From Disruption to Readiness: Leading Organisations Through Real Trade-offs, Dr Norman Goldberg
14:55 – 15:00 Close of Plenary Session
- 15:30 – 17:30
- QEII Centre
BO I - Regional Updates - Room Fleming - F3 - Moderated by Yati Waghray
15:30 – 16:00 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 – 17:00 Strategic Intel on the North American Adhesive & Sealant Market and Regulatory Developments, Bill Allmond, President, ASC
17:00 – 17:30 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 – 16:00 Selective Uses of Aromatic Tackifiers in UV Curing Adhesives, Dr Jun Liu, Head of Competence Center R&M, Rain Carbon Germany GmbH
16:00 – 16:30 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 – 17:00 The Journey Towards Bio-Based High-Solvating Plasticizers for CASE Applications, Karl Billast, Global Technical Marketing Director, Valtris Specialty Chemicals
17:00 – 17:30 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 – 17:30 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 – 16:30 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, Michał Dudek, R&D Manager double as QC Section Manager, Tex Year Europe Sp. z o. o.
17:00 – 17:30 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 – 09:05 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 – 10:25 Keynote Presentation: The Frontier of the New Geoeconomy: Supply Chains and Technology, Dr Keyu Jin
10:25 – 10:30 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 – 11:30 Developing sustainability roadmaps for the Adhesives and Sealants Industry, Dr Lukas Jongkind, Sustainability Director, Synthomer
11:30 – 12:00 Global Market Outlook for Adhesives and Sealants, Adam Page, VP Reports, Smithers
12:00 – 12:30 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. Ltd
12:30 – 13:00 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 – 12:30 EVA Hotmelt Adhesives for Low-Grammage and Fast-Cooling Air Filter Applications, Zeynep Mert Ayalp, Solution Partner, Organik Kimya
12:30 – 13:00 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 – 12:00 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, Arkema
12:30 – 13:00 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 – 14:05 Introduction by Anne De Baetzelier
14:05 – 14:35 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 – 15:25 Keynote Presentation: Future IQ: Why Playing it Safe is the Biggest Risk, Terence Mauri
15:25 – 15:30 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 – 17:00 Implementing Circularity under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Dr Dennis Bankmann, Managing Partner, Emerging Motif
17:00 – 17:30 To be announced.
17:30 – 18:00 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 – 16:30 Innovative Raw Material Solutions for PUR Hot Melt Adhesives, Eric Dou, General Manager, Jianqin International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
16:30 – 17:00 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 – 18:00 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 – 17:00 Vitrimer Based Debondable Adhesives: Demonstration and Computational Analysis, Dr Christof Nagel, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer IFAM
17:00 – 17:30 Surface Changes in PSAs with Different Adhesive Thickness/Paper with Unlike Tack, Dr Jose Miguel Martín-Martínez,Scientific Consultant, Noxun
17:30 – 18:00 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 – 16:30 Sustainability of Polymer Technology for Modern Tape & Label Applications, Dr Kristin Schoene, Market Development Manager – Tapes & Labels, Synthomer
16:30 – 17:00 From Fossil to Bio-based: Scaling Renewable Chemistry in Adhesive Production, Adam Lindholm, Head of Sales & Business Development, Sekab
17:00 – 17:30 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 – 09:05 Introduction by Anne De Baetzelier
09:05 – 09:35 Executive Address: The Power of People in an Unpredictable World, Celeste Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer, H.B. Fuller
09:35 – 10:25 Keynote Presentation: The Never Normal: how to leverage the Uncertainty Principle, Peter Hinssen
10:25 – 10:30 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 – 11:30 AI-Driven Alignment of R&D, Quality & Adhesives Product Teams, Tea Pavlek, Director of Global Technical Marketing, Uncountable
11:30 – 12:00 Digital Twins for Optimized Quality Control in Hot Melt Adhesive Manufacturing, Thouheed Abdul Gaffoor, CEO & Co-Founder, Basetwo AI
12:00 – 12:30 Driving Innovation with Purpose at Sika, Dr Debora Eiler, Project Leader, Sika Technology AG
12:30 – 13:00 Accelerating Adhesives Application Engineering with AI: Faster Formulation Starts, Better Customer Response, and Scalable Expert Knowledge, Hannah Melia, Head of Marketing, Citrine Informatics
BO XIV - SMP Chemistry: Advancing Adhesive Performance - Room Whittle - F3 - Moderated by Martin Stimpson
11:00 – 11:30 Development of High-strength Silyl-modified Polymer Adhesives, Dr Claudio Toncelli, R&D Manager, L&L Products
11:30 – 12:00 New possibilities through silane modified polymer technology, Dr Daichi Yokota, Assistant Manager, Kaneka Corporation, Performance Polymers (MS) Solutions Vehicle
12:00 – 12:30 Expanding Dow’s Expertise in Novel SMP Polymers, Loriane Parisot, Global Technical Service & Development Manager, Dow Performance Silicones
12:30 – 13:00 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 – 11:30 What a Drop Can Tell, Adrien Schmidt, Head of Business Development, Innotech Marketing und Konfektion Rot GmbH
11:30 – 12:00 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 – 13:00 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 – 12:00 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