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SUMMARY:Rubber Division - 2025 Global Polymer Summit
DESCRIPTION:Presented by IEC & ITEC\nRegister at event website. \nThe 2025 Global Polymer Summit (GPS) is a dynamic\, all-encompassing approach to the tire\, rubber and polymer industries\, offering a comprehensive blend of technical sessions\, engaging discussions\, premier expo and valuable connections. This summit is the most valuable destination for attendees to expand their network\, learn from experts and explore business opportunities. \nThe merging of the International Elastomer Conference (IEC) and the International Tire Exposition & Conference (ITEC) brings together top companies and programming into one exceptional event that you won’t want to miss!
URL:https://www.acessinc.org/event/rubber-division-2025-global-polymer-summit/
LOCATION:Huntington Convention Center\, 300 Lakeside Ave\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44114\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tire Society - 44th Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:2025 Conference Theme: Rolling Towards Sustainability: Tires for A Greener Future\nThe University of Akron\, Jean Hower Taber Student Union Ball Room\, Akron Ohio\, USA \nRegister on the event website. \nThe Tire Society – the scientific professional organization for the tire industry – welcomes authors and interested individuals to its 44th Annual Tire Science and Technology Meeting and Conference. \nThis annual conference is a forum for engineers\, scientists\, users\, policymakers\, students\, and advocates to learn about innovations that will drive our industry in the years ahead. By effectively communicating our knowledge and research\, we can influence practices and policies and inspire innovation at all levels. \nThe Conference includes: \n\nTechnical paper presentations\nA keynote address by an industry leader\nA plenary lecture by a recognized technical speaker\nSponsor exhibits\nAn awards banquet with a technical speaker\nNetworking and continuing education
URL:https://www.acessinc.org/event/tire-society-44th-annual-conference/
LOCATION:The University of Akron Student Union\, 303 Carroll St\, Akron\, 44304\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tire Society":MAILTO:tst@am.kwglobal.com
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SUMMARY:ORG - Fall Technical Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:Agenda:\n4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales\n4:30 – Technical Presentations\n6:00 – Social Hour\n7:00 – Dinner \nBuy tickets at the links below (preferred). Advanced Reservations:  $35 each; at the door $40. (limited number available). Alternatively\, email reservations to Denise Kotz at denisekotz@strategicrealm.consulting OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group\, PO Box 553\, Hudson\, OH 44236. \nTechnical Presentations\n“Troubleshooting Rubber to Substrate Bond Failures”; Justin Pflug\, Application Specialist for Rubber and Urethane to Substrate Bonding\, H.M. Royal\n\nThis presentation will elaborate on the many ways that bonded components fail\, how to prevent those failures\, and how to troubleshoot the failures that aren’t prevented.\n“Conductive Silicone Technology”;  Steve Griffin\, Director of Business Development\, RDAbbott\n\nSilicone rubber is widely recognized for its exceptional insulating properties—but with the right material technologies\, it can also become an excellent conductor. This presentation will explore how the electrical characteristics of silicone elastomers can be fundamentally altered using conductive fillers\, enabling new solutions for industries requiring conductivity ranges from static-dissipative up to and including electrostatic dissipation (ESD)\, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. This session will provide practical knowledge for engineers and designers looking to leverage conductive silicone technologies for enhanced product performance and market differentiation.
URL:https://www.acessinc.org/event/org-fall-technical-meeting-2025/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg\, 8971 Wilcox Dr.\, Twinsburg\, OH\, 44078\, United States
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SUMMARY:ACS - Joint Meeting with the Cleveland Section
DESCRIPTION:Data and AI-Driven Material Development\nin the Tire & Rubber Industry\nSchedule:\n5:30pm: Social time\n6:00pm: Dinner\n7:00pm: Talk \nMenu: TBD \nRegistration: Buy tickets at the links below. $25 for members and guests; $10 for retirees and unemployed. Undergrad and grad students and award winners are free but please RSVP at the link below. \nAbstract\n      There are over 300 million new tires produced each per year in the United States.  Tires are a complex blend of materials\, engineering\, and design.  The typical tire is made up of approximately 80-85% rubber compound by weight.  These compounds require constant improvement to meet the changing demands of customers (e.g.\, longer lifetimes\, better grip in snow/ice) and to keep up with broader changes in society (e.g.\, environmental sustainability\, transition to battery electric vehicles). For the past century\, the tire industry has accumulated vast amounts of data and expertise on rubber compounds\, their compositions/properties\, and how these relate to tire performance.\nIn the last decade\, the chemical industry\, including tire and rubber\, have started employing data driven approaches such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for material\ndevelopment.   A typical problem involves developing ML/AI models to predict compound properties using information about the raw materials in the compound formula\, process parameters\, and other relevant factors.  The benefits of using ML/AI tools include accelerating the pace of product development by reducing the volume of experimental testing needed and using the tools in an inverse fashion to suggest compound formulas likely to achieve certain targets. However\, the relationships between the rubber compound formulae and performance are complex. Nonlinearities\, missing/incomplete data\, noisy data\, sparseness of the data\, and high-dimensional feature spaces pose technical challenges requiring expertise at the intersection of material science and data science.\nThis presentation will discuss some of the unique opportunities and challenges faced by scientists and engineers in the tire and rubber industry responsible for data driven material\ndevelopment. \nBIOS \nRon Shaffer is Senior Manager\, West Material Digitization (DX) and Approvals at the Bridgestone Americas Technology Center in Akron\, Ohio. The West Material DX team develops AI-driven digital tools to accelerate material innovation and optimize rubber compound formulations. Before joining Bridgestone in 2018\, Dr. Shaffer held scientific and leadership roles at the Naval Research Laboratory\, General Electric Global Research Center\, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ohio University in 1996 and is the author or co-author of over 90 peer-reviewed publications (H-index = 49\, 8000+ citations) and 7 US patents. \nRocco Panella is a Lead Data Tools Developer in the West Materials Digitization Team at the Bridgestone Americas Technology Center in Akron\, Ohio. He leads development on virtual materials discovery as well as other data science efforts in materials for Bridgestone. His prior experience includes deploying manufacturing-focused machine learning systems at Intel Corp and Nestle. Rocco also developed data visualization and analytics software for NAVAIR as a principal engineer at BGI\, and was the principal investigator on several Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants through the Department of Defense. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013. \n 
URL:https://www.acessinc.org/event/acs-joint-meeting-with-the-cleveland-section/
LOCATION:D’Angelos Italian Ristorante\, 7995 Darrow Rd\, Twinsburg\, OH\, 44087\, United States
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