ASTM Technical Seminar addresses antifouling paint.
Press Release Summary:
Scheduled for June 23, 2009, Antifouling Paint Highlights: Regulatory, Technology, and Performance Testing will consist of 5 presentations on marine coatings. Regulatory update will cover biocide, coating registration, and environmental inputs, while separate presentation will address quantification of biocide release rate, with specific emphasis on harbor loading. Group of 3 talks will focus on antifouling coating performance assessment and recent developments in marine industry.
Original Press Release:
ASTM International Technical Seminar on Antifouling Paint
Highlights Regulatory, Technology and Performance Testing
W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., 6 February 2009-A Technical Seminar on Antifouling Paint Highlights: Regulatory, Technology, and Performance Testing, will be held June 23, 2009, at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Norfolk, Va. Sponsored by ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications, the seminar will be held in conjunction with the June 21-23 standards development meetings of the committee.
The technical seminar will consist of five presentations all focused on marine coatings. A regulatory update will cover biocide, coating registration and environmental inputs. A separate presentation will be on the quantification of biocide release rate, with a specific emphasis on harbor loading. In addition, a group of three talks will focus on antifouling coating performance assessment and recent developments in the marine industry, including perspective from the U.S. Navy. Attendees from ship owners, ship operators, science and technology, test and evaluation, shoreside maintenance, hull husbandry, ship hydrodynamics and local U.S. Navy regulatory communities are all welcome.
The following presentations will be made at the seminar:
o Mr. Jim Sell - "Antifouling Coatings - A Regulatory Update"
o Dr. Alistair Finnie - "Quantifying Biocide Release Rate from Antifouling Coatings"
o Dr. Eric Holm - "Antifouling Coatings Performance Evaluation at Diverse Exposure Sites"
o Dr. Geoff Swain - "Approaches to Evaluating Antifouling Coatings Efficacy"
o Mr. Mark W. Ingle "Antifouling Coatings - U.S. Navy Approaches and Recent Focus"
Online registration opens approximately eight weeks before the seminar and closes June 17. There is no fee to attend the seminar. For more information and to register, visit the ASTM Web site at http://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/COMMIT/d01symp0609.htm.
For further technical information, contact Elizabeth Haslbeck, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bethesda, Md. (phone: 301-227-4784; elizabeth.haslbeck@navy.mil).
Committee D01 is one of 140 ASTM technical standards-writing committees. Established in 1898, ASTM International is one of the largest international standards development and delivery systems in the world. ASTM International meets the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles for the development of international standards: coherence, consensus, development dimension, effectiveness, impartiality, openness, relevance and transparency. ASTM standards are accepted and used in research and development, product testing, quality systems and commercial transactions around the globe.
Contact: Hannah Sparks
610-832-9677; hsparks@astm.org
