Tuesday, 01/12/2026

  • 11:30–12:15
    Welcome Reception & Snack lunch
    Breakout Gallery
  • 12:15–13:00
    Opening & Keynote
    Anouk Van Looveren, DOW, NL
    Keynote Meeting Room 1-3
  • 13:00–13:30
    Building an AI foundation across coatings R&D, quality, and development
    Tea Pavlek, Uncountable, USA
    Sponsored Talk Meeting Room 1-3
  • 13:30–14:00
    Future coatings information: digital product passport paint Demo
    Dr. Nicole Borho, DAW, SE
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 14:00–14:45
    Development of a target picture DPP for paint 2032
    Nicole Borho, DAW, DE
    Hands-On Preview Meeting Room 1-3
  • 14:45–15:15
    Refresh & Connect
    Breakout Gallery
  • 15:15–15:45
    A Privacy-Preserving AI Framework for Secure Querying of Manufacturing Databases in the Coatings Industry
    Semih Iyigullu, Akiş Boya / Akiş Paint and Chemical Co, TR
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 16:00–16:30
    Real-World formulation R&D: data, models, and AI agents
    Ori Yudilevich, MaterialsZone, NL
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 16:30–17:00
    From data Silos to material intelligence in coatings R&D
    Charles Jouanique, LabV Intelligent Solutions GmbH, DE
    Sponsored Talk Meeting Room 1-3
  • 18:00–22:00
    Evening Programme

Wednesday, 02/12/2026

  • 09:00–09:30
    Warm-Up
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 09:30–10:00
    Predicting properties: Can we build a model to fasten formulation development?
    Jan Schmitter, IMCD, DE
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 10:00–10:30
    Accelerating coating R&D with science–based formulation webapp
    Sander van Loon, VLCI, NL
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 10:30–10:50
    From hype to how: which AI, when?
    Sasha Novakovich, Alchemy Cloud Inc., US
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 11:00–11:30
    Compete in a “Paint-Off” - A hands-on AI formulation hackathon
    Mili Pamucina,, Alchemy Cloud Inc., US
    Sponsored Talk Meeting Room 1-3
  • 11:30–12:30
    Lunch Break
    Restaurant
  • 12:30–13:00
    Connected color management: automated reformulation cuts waste
    Rik Mertens, Datacolor, BE
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 13:00–13:30
    Getting Employees to Embrace AI: What Works and What Doesn't
    Dominik Zahs, Heinrich Heine Universität, DE
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 13:30–14:00
    From Product Goal to AI-Guided Formulation in Minutes: An Interactive Demonstration for Coatings R&D
    Matthias Hermann, Citrine , DE
    Demo Session Meeting Room 1-3
  • 14:00–15:00
    Refresh & Connect
    Breakout Gallery
  • 15:00–15:30
    From Data Collection to Knowledge Extraction
    Dr. Jochen Dreyer, DTU, DK
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 15:30–16:00
    Next-day volume solids without destroying the panel: faster test data for the digital lab
    Simon Lange, Applied Material Intelligence, DK
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 16:00–16:30
    Sponsored Workshop
  • 18:00–22:00
    Networking Dinner
    Capital Kitchen, Weesperplein 4A, 1018 XA Amsterdam

Thursday, 03/12/2026

  • 09:30–09:45
    Warm-Up
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 09:45–10:15
    Don't Automate the Lab. Automate the Workflow.
    Zane Brough, Labman, UK
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 10:15–10:45
    Apply predictive sciences HSP and HLD to accelerate coating (re-)formulation
    Francesco Staps and Aldo Kranenbarg, BigChem, NL
    Demo Session Meeting Room 1-3
  • 10:45–11:15
    Refresh and Connect
    Breakout Gallery
  • 11:15–11:45
    Agent supported R&D in paints & coatings
    Carine Marcos, Chemspeed, CH
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 11:45–12:15
    From Selection to Solution – How Product Tools Are Accelerating Development
    Dr Andrew Shooter, Lubrizol, UK
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 12:15–12:45
    From Trial-and-Error to Autonomous Decisions: Is This the Future of Coatings R&D?
    Dr. Priya Anand, BASF, DE
    Meeting Room 1-3
  • 12:45–14:00
    Farewell Lunch
    Breakout Gallery