ANTEC 2005 Annual Technical Conference

Plastics Engineering, March, 2005

ABOUT ANTEC

Dear Fellow Plastics Professional:

I hope to see you at SPE's ANTEC this year. ANTEC is the one conference where you can find speakers addressing every area of plastics technology.

You have the confidence that the information has been reviewed by your peers for technical quality and excellence. And it's all laid out for you in "tracks" so you can attend the sessions that interest you the most. Here are a few more reasons why you should come to ANTEC 2005 in Boston this May:

* Listen to some of the 700 technical papers that will be presented

* Network at the Opening Reception and SPE Celebrates Awards Banquet

* Visit and exchange ideas with ANTEC exhibitors

Because there is such breadth in this technical information, ANTEC has become the one place where you know you'll meet the people you want to network with--whether it's the expert for a niche technology, a customer or supplier, or an old classmate or buddy. This is the place to be.

Boston is a great place to have ANTEC this year. It's an exciting city with lots to do and see. So attend ANTEC in Boston and be involved in the largest, most comprehensive global technical conference in the plastics industry. You'll be glad you did.

Karen Winkler

SPE President, 2004-2005

WHO ATTENDS ANTEC AND WHY

Tech Sales Support:       5%
Education:                3%
Sales/Marketing:         11%
Purchasing:               2%
Manufacturing:            5%
Engineering:             10%
R&D:                     34%
General Management:      12%
Quality Control:          1%
Students:                17%

This is Boston, where old-world charm meets contemporary style and sophistication. Where you can stroll along the cobblestone streets of Beacon Hill, and dance the night away at the city's hottest clubs. Where you browse among the fashionable boutiques of Newbury Street and linger at an Italian bistro in the North End.

Where you spend the day with the Boston Red Sox and the evening with the Boston Pops. Where you can immerse yourself in the academic world of Harvard and the out-of-this-world sights of Harvard Square. Where you'll find outstanding venues for music, art, theatre and more.

This is Boston. And here you will discover that history isn't the only thing that is revolutionary.

America's Walking City, where everything is at your feet.

ONE PLACE TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. THE LARGEST PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL CONFERENCE IN PLASTICS.

Over 700 papers will be presented in these areas:

Applied Rheology                    Mold Making & Mold Design
Automotive                          Plastics Piping Products
Blow Molding                        Plastics Educators
Color & appearance                  Plastics Environmental
Composites                          Polymer Analysis
Decorating & Assembly               Polymer Modifiers & Additives
Electrical & Electronic             Process Monitoring & Controls
Engineering Properties & Structure  Product Design & Development
Extrusion                           Rotational Molding
Failure Analysis & Prevention       Student Sessions
Flexible Packaging                  Thermoforming
Injection Molding                   Thermoplastics Elastomers
Joining of Plastics & Composites    Thermoplastics Materials & Foam
Marketing & Management              Thermosets
Medical Plastics                    Vinyl Plastics

PLENARY SPEAKER AND PANEL DISCUSSION

Monday, May 2 11 a.m.-12 Noon Hynes Convention Center

Combinatorial Chemistry Technology for Polymers

W. HenryWeinberg, PhD. Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Offices Symyx Technologies, Inc.

W. Henry Weinberg obtained a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971. After a postdoctoral year at the University of Cambridge, he joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology in 1972. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1974, and to Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Physics in 1977. He was the first Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering from 1981 to 1986. He was a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University in 1980, a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the University of Munich in 1982, a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh in 1987-88, and a Visiting Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford in 1991. He assumed the position of Professor of Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1989. He was appointed CTO of Symyx Technologies of Santa Clara, CA in 1996 and remains an Adjunct Professor at UCSB. Weinberg was a Principal Investigator in the US-USSR Exchange Program in Chemical Catalysis between 1974 and 1980. He has served on numerous review panels for industrial and academic organizations, and for various governmental agencies (particularly, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation). Currently, he is on the Advisory Editorial Board of Physical Chemistry Communications and Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry; and he is the General Editor of the prestigious review journal Surface Science Reports. In addition to having received numerous awards and patents, Weinberg is a named inventor on 11 U.S. and European patents. He has presented over 350 invited lectures or seminars at various academic, industrial, and governmental organizations around the world during the past 25 years. During that same period of time, he has presented over 200 invited or contributed talks at various national and international conferences. He has authored or co-authored over 550 scientific papers that have appeared in refereed journals, as well as the book Low-Energy Electron Diffraction: Experiment, Theory, and Surface Structural Determination (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1986, 608 pp.with M.A. van Hove and C.-M. Chan). All of these publications are related to various aspects of surface chemistry and physics, heterogeneous catalysis, or combinatorial materials science.