2025 SPE International Polyolefins Conference

The SPE South Texas Section in collaboration with the SPE Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division, the Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division, the Engineering Properties and Structures Division, the Building and Infrastructure Division, the Applied Rheology Division, and the Flexible Packaging Division are organizing sessions in the following emerging areas of interest:

• A special 50^th Anniversary session covering the history of advancements in the Polyolefins Industry
• Impact of modeling, machine learning, and AI on process optimization and product design
• Novel Waste Collection, Sorting, and Pre-Processing Technologies
• Advanced Mechanical Recycling – Deodorization and Filtering
• Advanced Chemical and Solvation Recycling
• Alternative and Biological Feedstocks for Polyolefins
• Polyolefins in Building & Infrastructure (includes recycled plastics upcycling and PE Pipe)
• Polyolefins in extreme applications – aerospace, defense, energy
• Biotechnology Applications (includes single use, clean reactor liners)
• Flexible and Rigid packaging advances
• Regulatory Drivers (includes recycling, International Plastics Treaty)
• Safer materials – applications and challenges (includes microplastics)
• Design for Circularity and Use of LCA’s

Traditional topics of focus for our sector continue to be of interest:

• Modeling and experimental advances in applied rheology
• Polyolefin processing fundamentals
• Catalysts and Catalysis (includes to enable recycling)
• New converter driven technologies and applications
• Polyolefin Elastomers
• Polyolefin Composites
• Polyolefin Additives and Modifiers (includes enabling recycling/recycled content)
• Advanced Characterization
• Polyolefin Foams and Light weighting
• Automotive applications- impact modifiers, EVs, and light weighting

Speakers should submit abstracts here, beginning by entering an email address at the bottom of the page and then choosing “NEXT”. All accepted speakers will be notified in November, at which point they will be asked to prepare and share a PowerPoint slide deck, or .pdf, of the presentation ahead of the conference in February. Speakers should plan for a talk that lasts 30 minutes, with a portion of this Q&A.

 All speakers receive free registration for the conference. 

The 2025 International Polyolefins Conference will be an in-person event with a virtual access to recorded presentations and slides made available on demand.  With over 900 attendees at last year’s conference, the technical program will allow for engagement on a broad range of topics reaching professionals in every corner of the Polyolefins industry.

• November 15, 2024: Abstract submission deadline
• November 29, 2024: Speakers notified of submission status (accepted or rejected)
• January 24, 2025: Deadline for presentation submission