Calendar.

RUBBER DIVISION

Future Meetings

         2003

Cleveland   October 14-17

         2004

Grand Rapids    May 17-19
Columbus      October 5-8

Society of Automotive Engineers and Entela, Accelerated Stress Testing Engineering Clinic, SAE Automotive Education Center, Troy, MI, Entela [phone]--June 3-4.

American Society for Testing and Materials, training course on "Major testing techniques for plastics," Denver, CO, Eileen Firm [phone]--June 3-5.

Connecticut Rubber Group, symposium on "Mixing, extrusion and continuous vulcanization of elastomeric compounds," The Courtyard by Marriott, Buckingham Square, Waterbury, CT, Ray Cash [phone]--June 3-5.

Robotic Industries Association and the Automated Imaging Association, International Robots & Vision Show, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosement (Chicago), IL, Robots & Vision Show [phone]--June 3-5.

Southern Rubber Group, technical meeting and golf outing, Bean Rivage, Biloxi, MS, Robert Gaines [phone]--June 8-11.

Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group, golf outing, Maxwelton Golf Course and South Shore Golf Course, Syracuse, IN, Karol Johnston [phone]--June 12.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems meeting, Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, Dan Smith [phone]--June 15-18.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing meeting, Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, George Luciw [phone]--June 15-19.

ABTB Brazilian Association for Rubber Technology, First Brazilian Seminar on Thermoplastic Rubber and TPO, Novotel Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ABTB, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--June 16.

Vincentz Verlag KG, European Coatings Conference, Hotel Holiday Inn, Berlin--Esplanade, Germany, Amanda Beyer, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--June 16-17.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D24 on Carbon Black meeting, Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, Tim Brooke [phone]--June 16-18.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D11 on Rubber meeting, Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, Tim Brooke [phone]--June 16-19.

Instron, advanced material hardness testing seminar, Joe Gibbs Racing, West Huntersville, NC, Sandra Linehan [phone]--June 17.

Intertech, seminar on "Fundamental principles and latest trends for functional fillers in polymer applications," Le Meridien Palace Hotel, Manchester, U.K., Scott Stephenson [phone]--June 18-19.

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Practical Course for Laboratory Viscometer Operators, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Middleboro, MA, Customer Training Department [phone]--June 19.

Instron, advanced material hardness testing seminar, Courtyard Marriott, Norcross, GA, Sandra Linehan [phone]--June 19.

Intertech, seminar on "Using coupling agents and surface modifiers to improve the properties of particulate filled composites" Le Meridien Palace Hotel, Manchester, U.K., Scott Stephenson [phone]--June 19-20.

Yokogawa Corporation of America, Fourth Annual Industrial Augomation Users Group Conference, The Rio, Las Vegas, NV, Wanda Coggin [phone], ext. 4278--June 22-25.

Fractal Systems, Tenth International Seminar on the Technology of Inherently Conductive Polymers, Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, Matt Aldissi [phone]--June 23-25.

Cryoco, 22nd Annual Cryogenic Engineering Short Course, Ramada Inn, Boulder, CO, Thomas Flynn [phone]--June 23-26.

Society of the Plastics Industry, NPE 2003 Plastics Exposition and Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, SPI [phone]--June 23-27.

Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft e.V., IRC '03 International Rubber Conference, Congress and Exhibition Center, Nuremberg, Germany, DKG, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--June 30--July 3.

JULY

Akron Rubber Group, summer golf outing, Silver Lake Country Club, Silver Lake, OH, Greg Sibley [phone]--July 21.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RevTech--Cleaning Up Contaminated Properties for Reuse and Revitalization: Effective Technical Approaches and Tools, Marriott City Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Ann Eleanor [phone]--July 22-24.

AUGUST

Twin Cities Rubber Group, golf outing, Mississippi Dunes, Cottage Grove, MN, Jane Kober [phone]--August 5.

New York Rubber Group, 76th Annual Golf Outing, Black Bear Golf Course, NJ, Gary Michalski [phone]--August 7.

Western New York Rubber & Plastics Group, golf outing, Glen Oak Golf Course, NY, Jerry Fasolino [phone]--August 19.