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Industry Events 2016-2017
MARCH 2016
1-2, SAMPE Seminar, "Composites Technologies & Applications Overview: Plus Special Automotive Technology Focus",
Hyatt Place Charleston, N. Charleston, SC Email: Priscilla@
sampe.oeg; Web Site: www.nasampe.org
7, SAMPE Europe Summit 16 Paris, Hotel Pullman, Paris
Eiffel Tower, France. Email: conference@sampe-europe.org;
Web Site: www.sampe-europe.org
APRIL 2016
10-16, ASTM 2016 Committee Meeting Week, Grand Hyatt
San Antonio, TX. Includes ASTM D30 Composite Materials
from 12-14 April. Email: krobbins@astm.org; Web Site: www.
astm.org/meetings
12-14, Advanced Composites Innovation Conference 2016,
Composites Australia and SAMPE, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. Web Site: http://www.compositesconference.com.
au/2016-composites-conference/
26-27, PINFA-NA 4th Annual Workshop Meeting on Fire
Safety Requirements in Surface Transportation, Intercontinental Montreal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Email:
Timothy.Reilly@clariant.com; Web Site: www.pinfa-na.org
MAY 2016
11-13, SAMPE China, Shanghai Everbright Convention &
Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China. Email: jason.cui@sampe.
org.cn; Web Site: www.sampechina.org

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23-26, SAMPE Long Beach 2016, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA. Email: Priscilla@sampe.org; Web Site:
www.nasampe.org
JULY 2016
14-15, JISTES 2016, Japan International SAMPE Technical Symposium, Doshisya University, Kyoto, Japan. Web Site:
http://www.sampejapan.gr.jp/
SEPTEMBER 2016
13-15, SAMPE Europe Conference 16-Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Email: conference@sampe-europe.org; Web Site: www.sampeeurope.org
26-29, CAMX 2016, The Composites and Advanced Materials
Expo, Produced by ACMA and SAMPE, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. Email: Priscilla@sampe.org; Web
Site: www.thecamx.org
NOVEMBER 2016
8-10, SAMPE Brazil and FEIPLAR/FEIPUR Composites
Conferences, Expo Centre Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Web Site:
http://www.feiplar.com/ingles/index.html
MAY 2017
22-25, SAMPE Seattle 2017, Washington State Convention
Center, Seattle, WA. Email: Priscilla@sampe.org; Web Site:
www.nasampe.org

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