SPE sets dates for the first ANTEC? Dubai 2014

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has set the dates for the first Middle East plastics conference to be modeled on the renowned SPE ANTEC? presented annually in the U.S.A., and it has issued a call for abstracts and papers.

ANTEC ? Dubai 2014 will take place January 21-22, 2014 at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The original, peer-reviewed presentations will focus on technical and business topics relating to advances in plastics materials, equipment, processes, materials analysis, and engineering. Presenters will explore the latest developments in the global plastics industry as well as the Middle East. All presentations will be in English. Topic areas for which SPE is soliciting speakers are detailed at www.antecdubai.org.

The deadline for submitting 100-word abstracts is October 12, 2013. Following acceptance of their abstracts, speakers wishing to have their papers published in the proceedings collection and in the Society’s online technical library will be contacted by the program team with instructions for submitting a paper.

More information is available from Dr. Raed Al-Zu’bi, conference chair, at 4speme@gmail.com or +97-150-750-1765 in Dubai; and from Barbara Spain, event program manager for SPE, at bspain@4spe.org or +1-203-740-5418 in the U.S.A.