October 11-12, 2023
Cleveland, Ohio
The Pigment and Colour Science Forum will be making it's way to Cleveland, Ohio this October 11-12, 2023! The industry is clearly excited to come together and find out about the latest innovations and how to move the industry forward.
Combining more than 25 years of experience in working with the industrial pigments and colorants sectors and titanium dioxide supply chain, Smithers' co-located Pigment and Color Science Forum & TiO2 World Summit regularly unites key players from across the entire value chain for 2-days of the latest market insights, imformative presentations, collaborative discussions, and valuable networking opportunities, building on the inherent synergies between the pigments and TiO2 industries.
This is the only event specifically on pigments and will address key topics like radical innovations, sustainability, supply chain and market outlook. Pigment & Colour Science Forum has included attendees from Akzo Nobel, IKEA, Renault, Sensient, Jaguar Land Rover, Sun Chemical, Schlenk, Ecolean, TU Delft, and many more.
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Lisa Clapp is the Vice President of Colors Technology at Sun Chemical Corporation with responsibility for research and development of pigments and pigment preparations.
Lisa did her undergraduate work in chemistry at Ball State University and received her Master’s of Science degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
Lisa has worked for Sun Chemical for 23 years, where she has held numerous positions, including physical chemist, group leader, Six Sigma Black Belt, Design for Six Sigma Leader, and project manager covering a wide range of Sun Chemical pigment and preparation products.
Dr. Andrew E. Smith received a BSc in Applied Science from University of Wisconsin-Stout in 2006. In 2010 he earned a Ph.D in Materials Chemistry from Oregon State University. Continuing his educational pursuits, Dr. Smith earned an MBA in Innovation, Change & Entrepreneurship from Xavier University in 2018.
After receiving a doctorate in Materials Chemistry in 2010, Dr. Andrew E. Smith joined the Shepherd Color Company as an R&D Chemist investigating disruptive pigment chemistries. In 2015 he assumed responsibility of the analytical laboratory and led a specialized business division in pigment surface functionalization.
In 2017, Dr. Smith joined the Uniform Color Company as the Product Engineering Manager where he was responsible for the product development and improvement of color masterbatch for North America.
In 2019, Dr. Smith joined the color revolution at Chroma Color Corporation as Technical Director where his responsibilities include Technical Service, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory for multiple sites.
Dr. Smith’s work has been published in 13 journal articles with 3 associated patents in pigment technologies granted. His work on the synthesis, crystal structure, and physical properties of transition metal oxides has been published on the cover of two journals and has been featured in the New York Times, Bloomberg News, C&EN, and National Geographic. Dr. Smith’s favorite color is blue.
Trevor obtained his Bachelor of Science and PhD degrees in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia & Cambridge in the U.K. He then carried out a 2 year Post Doctoral Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Georgia Tech. in Atlanta in the School of Chemistry.
He joined I.C.I. as a synthetic organic chemist, developing novel dyes and pigments; then became New Business Development Manager, spearheading the development of a range of new speciality chemicals. Trevor then joined I.C.I. Paints to head up the Colour & Pigment Technology Group.
As a Senior Research Chemist, Trevor had a strategic role developing new pigment dispersant technology relevant to the Decorative and Automotive Business Sectors. When I.C.I. Autocolor was purchased by PPG Industries in 1999, the team’s various achievements were recognised by becoming the Centre of Excellence for Dispersion Science for the global Refinish Coatings Business.
In 2008, Trevor started his own business called Expertas Ltd, which expanded to Expertas Global in 2016. He now consults on colour and pigment dispersion technology with global corporate companies.
Dr. Seubert received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and his M.S./Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, all in Materials Science and Engineering. He is a Research Engineer working in the Paint Research Group at Ford’s Research and Innovation Center. He has worked at Ford for the last 17 years and has explored a range of topics including UV/EB cure, scratch and mar, weathering and durability, and most recently, the measurement and modeling of paint colors.
Bill Eibon has been a leader in technology, industrial design and manufacturing of polymeric and coatings systems for over 35 years. He held a wide range of senior leadership and change agent roles during his three-decade career at PPG Industries. His commercial and operational experiences include Global Technical Director of waterborne coatings, color science, process engineering. He has been a thought leader for industrial color design, digital color assets and coatings technology for the global Automotive OEM industry. He has been actively scouting and developing disruptive technologies for the past 5 years.
Bill retired from PPG in February 2019. He is currently Founder and Chief Scientist at Adawe Material Science LTD where he focuses on collaborative technology and business development initiatives between start up and established entities. He serves as technical and executive advisor for several material science companies
He joined HygraTek LLC. as Vice President of Commercialization in Q1 2019. HygraTek is a specialty coatings company specializing in reactive surfaces.
He holds a BSc. Chemistry degree from Baldwin Wallace University, and has a passion for collaborative development & commercialization of leading-edge technologies.
Based in Southfield MI, Diane leads BASF Coatings Division’s Automotive OEM Technology Americas group located in USA, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and India. After completing her doctoral research in Polymer and Physical Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz Germany, Diane began her career at BASF as a Global Research Laboratory Leader for Polyurethanes Specialty Systems at BASF Polyurethanes GmbH in Lemförde Germany. With her desire to get closer to the customer, she led a European Development team for Automotive and CASE (Coatings Adhesives Sealants Elastomers) Polyurethanes specialty applications. Diane transferred to Wyandotte MI to NA Research & Development department of Polyurethanes division acting as a liaison between European and North American sites. She coordinated regional and global projects for all industry segments after being promoted to Technical Manager.
Lotta has a rich IKEA experience in range, home furnishing solutions and interior design, and most recently her assignment was as Better Homes Leader where she has been responsible for all CMF (colour materials and finishes) for BA Livingroom IKEA of Sweden. Lotta has proven strengths in leading and securing IKEA identity through home furnishing solutions and range development and is always curious and and passionate about creativity, customers, and their life at home needs. IKEA’s point of view on better homes is to create the dream for the many people - a home that is functional, beautiful, healthy, safe, smart, comfortable, personal, warm, family-friendly, and possible for everyone to achieve.
In her new role as a Range & Product Design Leader starting in mid-Agust 2022, Lotta will take lead of the creation of better homes throughout the range and product development process and will enable world class home furnishing solutions to enable the homes IKEA wants to be known for. Lotta brings with her many years of home furnishing experience; educated in interior design she has worked in advertising, styling, and film production before joining IKEA.
After holding positions in graphic design for Landor associates and product planning in the Office furniture industry for Haworth, FRANCOIS FARION joined his long-time industry of choice, automotive, in year 2000 for PSA-Peugeot Citroën, then joined Nissan North America in 2005 for 13 years, including responsibility for Bodycolors for the Nissan group in Atsugi, Japan from 2015 to 2018.
He has been Director of CMF (Color Material & Finishes) for Groupe Renault since 2018, based in Technocenter near Paris.
He’s married to Nathalie, with whom he had a daughter Anaïs, 22, a bachelor in Neurology, Physiology & Behavior of UC Davis, who now studies Cosmetics formulation in Italy.
Their son Mahé just started engineering at McGill in Montreal.
He’s an avid photographer, cyclist and skier. Among other Italian cars, he has owned and enjoyed a Bianco Fuji 2005 Maserati GranSport.
Paola Andrea Sanchez Cely is Sensient’s Beauty Color Innovation Manager based in Paris.
Following an extensive on boarding in which she worked through all departments including sales and marketing to acquire a complete overview of the cosmetic market and consumer needs, her research has been focused the last 5 years on innovative pigments, dyes and mineral filters for cosmetic formulations.
She holds a Chemical Engineering MSc from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) Rouen and a Polymer Engineering and Cosmetic Formulation MSc from the National College of Chemical Engineering (ENSCMu).
Brian has a PhD in Genetics and over 25 years of experience in both industry and academia. In academia, Brian has worked in multiple disciplines and is the author of numerous publications. In industry, he has worked in the R&D department of a large biotech company and was routinely involved with the scaling up of research projects to large fermentations. His work has lead to several patents.
Elodie Carpentier is a biotechnology engineer with a passion for entrepreneurship and art history.
EDUCATION:
2004- 2008 University of Applied Science, Esslingen – Chemical Engineering Colours & Paints
2000- 2002 Technical College of Design, Master Craftsman’s Diploma and
State- certified designer 2002
1998- 1999 Collage of further training design, entrance qualification for a collage 1999
WORK HISTORY:
2021 – today: SUN Chemical, Color Materials
Development Inorganic Pigments for Coatings and Plastics
2018 – 2021: BASF Colors & Effects
Development Inorganic Pigments for Coatings and Plastics
2016 - 2018: BASF Colors & Effects
Technical Industry Management for Architectural Coatings
2011 – 2016: BASF SE
Technical Industry Management for Architectural Coatings
2008 – 2010: BASF SE
Pigment Development Group: Member of laboratory team, after one year with project responsibility
2008 – 2008: Diploma theses in BASF SE from March – July: “Ausarbeitung neuartiger Farbtöne mit borosilikatbasierenden Effektpigmenten”
2002 - 2004: Paint master and colour designer, Wolff, Tübingen
Working in the high-quality sector with private customers, making colour- and
design suggestions for interiors, customer advisory service and look after the trainee
1999- 2000 Paint journeyman, Wolff, Tübingen
