
CAD RETEC® 2026 Speakers
Monday, September 14 – Tuesday, September 15
Patrick Krieger
PLASTICS

Patrick Krieger Bio RETEC 2026
Keynote: Appearances Aren’t Deceiving: PLASTICS and SPE Look Good
Doreen Becker
Ampacet
Regulatory & Sustainability Updates for Colors, Effects and Plastics
Edward Gay
Jack Ladson
Jack Ladson Abstract RETEC 2026
Why D65 Spectral Fidelity Matters in Industrial Spectrophotometry
Frank Neuber
Clariant
Maintaining clarity, smoothness, printing, labelling and hot-sealing properties while using an FDA-approved, PFAS-free PPA to eliminate sharkskin in LLDPE films
John Seymour
Robby Helminiak
CPMA
Keynote: Color at the Crossroads: Navigating the Policy Landscape of the Color Value Chain
Breeze Briggs
Sun Chemical

Breeze Briggs Abstract RETEC 2026
Expanding Rolf of Heat-Management Pigments in High-Performance Technologies
John Howard
Tronox
Green today, Red tomorrow? A traffic-light framework for regulatory-resilient substitution
Mercedes Landazuri
Ampacet

Mercedes Landazuri Bio RETEC 2026
Mercedes Landazuri Abstract RETEC 2026
Color, Material, and Finish Directions for 2028
Bonnie Piro
Sudarshan North America

Bonnie Piro Abstract RETEC 2026
Solvent Dyes in Plastics: Performance, Processing, and Regulatory Considerations
Anne Seltzer
LANXESS Corporation

High-Tech Dyes for Plastics and New Mobility
Kelsey Anlicker
Keller & Heckman

Updates on the Regulation of Chemicals in Food Packaging
Dean Elliott/Philip Brunner
Entek/BioRegion Technology


Dean Elliott Philip Brunner Bio RETEC 2026
Dean Elliott Philip Brunner Abstract RETEC 2026
Innovative Color Compounding applied to a renewable pigment. A Collaborative Approach to Circular Plastics
Doug Koerner
Paramount Colors

Douglas Koerner Bio RETEC 2026
Douglas Koerner Abstract RETEC 2026
The Influence of Carbon Black on Dye Photodegradation in Polymer Coloration Systems
Kevin Lucero
Susonity
Additives for durable, fast and accurate laser marking silicones
Mark Ryan
The Shepherd Color Company
Something old, something new, something borrowed, and two things Blue: Updates on recent inorganic pigment advances
Panel Discussion: TBD
Monday, September 14

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