Thank You for Attending Our 25th Anniversary Conference - Virtual On Demand Coming Soon

Conference Committee Members

Conference Chairs

Neil Fuenmayor
LyondellBasell (Retired)
SPE Detroit Section President
nfuenmayor (at) auto-tpo.com

Rob Philp
Sirmax
rphilp (at) sirmax.com

Michael Balow
Auxin Consulting
mbalow (at) auto-tpo.com 

Technical Program Chairs

Dr. Norm Kakarala
SPE Fellow
nkakarala (at) auto-tpo.com

Michael Balow
Auxin Consulting
mbalow (at) auto-tpo.com

David Helmer
General Motors
dhelmer (at) auto-tpo.com

Sponsorship/Exhibit Chairs

Dr. Sassan Tarahomi
Alterra Holdings
starahomi (at) auto-tpo.com

Martin Popella
(MP)squared LLC
mpopella(at) auto-tpo.com

SPE Detroit Section / Conference Coordinator

Karen Rhodes-Parker
SPE Detroit Section

Phone: +1.248.244.8993 ext. 3
karen (at) auto-tpo.com 

Operations, A/V, and Website Lead

Rob Philp
Sirmax
rphilp (at) sirmax.com

House / Venue Management

Bill Windschief
Advanced Innovation Solutions
bwindscheif (at) auto-tpo.com

 

2023 Technical Program Sessions & Co-Chairs

Materials Development Session

  • Catherine Wilson, Ford Motor Company
  • Bin Sun, SABIC
  • Quentin Boll, LyondellBasell

Innovations in Interiors Session

  • Pravin Sitaram, Haartz Corporation
  • Austin Wagenhals, Ford Motor Company
  • Hoa Pham, Sonoco

Process Enabling Technologies

  • Suresh Shah, SPE Fellow
  • Matt Sprouse, Washington Penn Plastic Company

Sustainable Materials and Parts

  • Mark Allen, Dow
  • Murali Reddy, CPK IP
  • Petya Yaneva, SABIC

Polyolefin Elastomers and Vulcanizates

  • Bhavesh Shah, Lion Elastomers
  • Dave Patel, GuruTech Systems, Inc.
  • Nadeem Bokhari, Sumitomo Chemical Group

Performance Additives and Colorants

  • John Mara, Amfine
  • Heejung Kwon, Songwon
  • Jungdu Kim, Songwon

Exterior Trim and Structural Applications

  • Charlie Yang, LyondellBasell
  • Mark Pilette, Magna Exteriors
  • Kevin Degrood, Borealis

Sheet and Thermoforming Applications

  • Paula Balhorn, Highland Plastics
  • James Hansil, Spartan Polymers

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