Events in 2026

This talk addresses the technical and analytical evaluation of compatibility among coating systems in industrial maintenance, emphasizing performance, durability, and reliability. Participants learn field and laboratory methodologies, relevant international standards, and cleaning requirements, and understand the technical, operational, and economic impacts of skipping compatibility tests to ensure coating integrity and optimize maintenance costs.

A symposium for process industries focusing on corrosion, material degradation, and protection of industrial assets. Tracks include failure analysis, non-metallics, materials for harsh environments, and emerging technologies. Case studies cover MIC, SCC, metal dusting, corrosion-resistant alloys, linings, coatings, and monitoring technologies to support better materials selection, inspection, and lifecycle management.

Certification training in corrosion basics, paint characteristics, application, inspection, failure analysis, and documentation to ensure durable protection of industrial assets.

The speech will explain how the speaker’s company uses copper chemically bonded into a polymer to create a highly reactive solid barrier that attracts and neutralizes corrosive gases before they reach metal surfaces. It will highlight measurable galvanic protection, a low activation threshold, and long-term resistance to sulfur and chlorine ingress, positioning the material as a sacrificial, anode-like layer that preserves asset integrity.

The speech presents the restoration study of the historic 1898 Iron Bridge in Luján de Cuyo, Argentina. Through detailed metallographic, chemical, and mechanical testing, the team characterized the properties of the wrought iron and assessed corrosion damage. Emphasis is placed on preservation strategies, including corrosion mitigation, repair methods, surface preparation, and protective coating applications to ensure long-term durability.

The conference brings together key stakeholders to exchange insights on manufacturing, research, and sustainability. Emphasis will be placed on topics such as surface engineering, treatments, and the performance of aluminum, with a focus on anodizing.

A specialist event for high-hazard industries focusing on process safety, inspections, aging assets, and asset integrity management. It brings together operators, regulators, and technology providers to share best practices and innovations.

Bridges academic research and industry on plating, thermal-spray, eco-friendly and smart coatings; includes industry symposium and abstract book.

This seminar explains how real-world environmental stress factors are translated into artificial weathering test cycles for automotive, textiles, coatings, and other applications. Participants learn common test methods, review practical examples, and receive guidance on which parameters to include or exclude when designing robust, meaningful weathering test methods.

This course introduces the fundamentals of corrosion as a complex, costly degradation process that affects safety and asset reliability. Participants learn how corrosion undermines infrastructure performance and why proactive corrosion management is essential to protect, optimize, and extend the service life of critical industrial assets.

This seminar explores eco-friendly organic alternatives to toxic hexavalent chromium corrosion inhibitors, along with rapid screening methods for predicting material lifespan. It offers key insights into sustainable corrosion protection and material performance evaluation, and welcomes active engagement from faculty, researchers, and students.

Exhibition, networking, workshops, and technical sessions on powder coating technologies, best practices, quality control, and recent innovations.

This advanced certification course provides in-depth training in coating inspection for steel and non-steel substrates. It covers specialized coatings, linings, inspection tools, and documentation of destructive and non-destructive inspections under senior supervision, supporting professional advancement in coating inspection.

Fundamentals of Corrosion for Engineers.

Prepares senior technicians to manage cathodic protection for buried and immersed steel structures. Covers electrical engineering, corrosion mechanisms, galvanic anode design, standards, and data interpretation for field operations and supervision.

An accredited certification program providing a comprehensive introduction to coating application and inspection. Topics include surface preparation, coating materials, inspection methods, testing, and documentation.

This program offers an intensive introduction to coating application and inspection, focusing on both technical principles and practical applications for structural steel projects. It is an accredited certification for coating inspection, mainly designed for trainees but also valuable for professionals in related fields. The course covers topics such as coating materials, inspection procedures, surface preparation, testing methods, and documentation.

Industrial anti-corrosion treatments as cost-effective alternatives to high-alloy metals. Mechanisms and practice for bluing, phosphating, anodizing, galvanizing, and zinc plating.

Event program featuring dedicated tracks on pipeline corrosion challenges, regulatory perspectives, green initiatives, and hydrogen pipeline construction. Relevant to materials and oil & gas pipeline corrosion and integrity.

The seminar explains how to achieve and control acceleration in weathering tests, covering technical solutions, factors for reliable and meaningful results, and methods for validating reciprocity. It also shows how acceleration models support realistic service-life predictions.

This course introduces corrosion and cathodic protection fundamentals and then trains participants in key CP survey techniques and AC/DC interference surveys to assess coating condition and protection effectiveness for pipelines and buried assets. It targets engineers, technicians, operators, surveyors, and managers who need a practical understanding of corrosion prevention.

An advanced online course for professionals in oil and gas focusing on integrity and reliability of static equipment. Includes inspection planning, deterioration monitoring, fitness-for-service and risk analysis, and corrosion prevention aligned with international standards.

This comprehensive seminar examines corrosion mechanisms in extreme environments, including electrochemical wet corrosion, dry oxidation, high-temperature attack, and hydrogen damage. Participants learn to assess material behavior, select appropriate materials and surfaces, and apply protective systems such as coatings, metallic deposits, thermal spray, diffusion layers, and cathodic protection, developing expertise in diagnosing and preventing corrosion failures in challenging industrial applications.

This course explains how corrosion threatens pipelines, tanks, treatment plants, and networks, and then builds fundamentals in electricity, chemistry, electrochemistry, cathodic protection, coatings, integrity surveys, inspection, and maintenance. Aimed at engineers, technicians, municipalities, and asset managers, it focuses on practical protection of critical water infrastructure.