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May 2026 Back to Top

2026 FDCPMC: Spring Food Packaging Summit  
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Wednesday, June 3, 2026 12:30 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Hilton Arlington National Landing, 2399 Richmond Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202

Hosted by

June 2026 Back to Top

SPE WORKSHOP: Polypropylene 101  
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Friday, June 5, 2026 1:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Online
SPE COURSE: Crystal Nucleating Agents: Faster PP Cycles with Improved Dimensional Stability  
Monday, June 8, 2026 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Online
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 WORKSHOP: Design for Recycling: How Producers Design Packaging for Recyclers  
Monday, June 15, 2026 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) - Wednesday, June 17, 2026 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Online
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 COURSE: Viscoelasticity: Implications for Plastics  
Thursday, June 18, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Online
SPE Chicago Section Golf Outing  
Monday, June 22, 2026 8:00 AM Central Time (CT) - 5:00 PM Central Time (CT)
Seven Bridges Golf Club, 1 Mulligan Drive, Woodridge, IL 60517

Hosted by the SPE Chicago Section

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

From Faster Development to More Consistent Production: Resonant Mixing for AM Materials  
Thursday, June 25, 2026 10:00 AM Central European Time (CET) - 11:00 AM Central European Time (CET)
Online

Hosted by

July 2026 Back to Top

Plastics Sustainability Executive Forum: Addressing a Growing Concern of Microplastics and Material Stewardship  
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Wednesday, July 15, 2026 4:10 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Husky Facility at 500 Queen St S, Bolton, ON L7E 5S5, Canada

Hosted by  & 

SPE Quebec Section 2026 Golf Tournament  
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - All Day
Waterloo Golf Club, 360 Leclerc Rd., Shefford, QC J2M 1E9, Canada

Hosted by the SPE Quebec Section

Sponsor Information: Yaritza Castillo; +1 514.589.6447
General Information: Info@spesection.quebec

September 2026 Back to Top

SPE COURSE: Beta Nucleation for PP (Cheaper, Lighter and Recyclable)  
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 - All Day
Online
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

National Plastics Conference  
Monday, September 14, 2026 8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Thursday, September 17, 2026 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Houston, TX

Hosted by

SPE COURSE: Ductile-to-Brittle Transitions in Plastics  
Monday, September 14, 2026 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Online
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.

OCS CON 26 — Operation Clean Sweep  
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Thursday, October 15, 2026 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET)
Houston, TX

Hosted by | a division of

Chemical Safety in Plastics: PFAS and Beyond  
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, 110 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Microplastics Forum  
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, 110 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
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

Plastics Sustainability Executive Forum: Economics of Advanced Recycling  
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 6:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) - Thursday, November 12, 2026 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Atlanta, GA

Hosted by  & 

December 2026 Back to Top

Vinyl Week 2026  
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Friday, December 11, 2026 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Charlotte, NC

Hosted by

May 2027 Back to Top

NPE 2027: The PLASTICS Show  
Monday, May 3, 2027 8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) - Friday, May 7, 2027 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
Orlando, FL

Produced by

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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