Chemicals & Plastics Conferences & Events in the US — 2026
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This 2026 US calendar covers conferences, symposia, summits, and industry-focused gatherings across chemicals, plastics, energy-related materials, and process technology. Typical participants include chemical engineers, operators, materials scientists, laboratory and manufacturing professionals, technology developers, and representatives of industry organizations and national laboratories. Recurring themes include process innovation, carbon capture and storage, critical minerals, electronic specialty gases, and pipeline integrity.
The sample events span regional and national forums in Houston, Kennewick, Boston, New Orleans, Phoenix, and Myrtle Beach. Their subjects connect chemical and materials science with operating practices, semiconductor supply chains, environmental, social, and governance topics, industrial innovation, and protection of energy infrastructure. Organizers include professional associations, a research laboratory, a market intelligence firm, an industry membership organization, a technology-focused nonprofit, and a semiconductor industry group.
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OCT
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Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) · Myrtle Beach, SC
Chemicals & Plastics · Oil & Gas · Pipelines & MidstreamThe technical program includes Asset Integrity and AC Interference & Reconductoring tracks, along with Cathodic Protection Systems and Emerging Technologies & Regulatory Issues tracks. Sessions address integrity installation; stored assets at risk of corrosion deterioration; AC interference mitigation and risk screening; ECDA and SCCDA for aged pipelines; AC/DC interference; cathodic protection sensor assemblies; reconductoring challenges for buried structures; audit-ready cathodic protection programs; PHMSA's new gathering line rule; PHMSA updates; inorganic systems with 50-year corrosion resistance; close-interval surveys; wastewater pretreatment coatings in manufacturing and chemical processing facilities; soil resistivity; coupons; and high-frequency data logging with edge computing for cathodic protection. The program also includes a fireside chat and an asset owner panel. Speakers include Alan Thomas, AMPP CEO; Billy Rado, Electrical and Instrumentation Unlimited; Ben Jacobs, Dairyland; Perry Ross, Lake Superior Consulting; Mohammed Alotaibi, Saudi Aramco; Ryan Buchs, Entrust; Thomas Theissen, BORIN; Aaron Raath, Cathtect; Christiane Lederer, Corrosion & Integrity Consulting Services; Kyle Flanagan, Grey Lock Energy; Kevin Garrity; Tom Correll, PHMSA Associate Administrator; Russ Hansen, Carboline; Cal Chapman, Chapman Engineering; Matthew Sandlin, The Sherwin-Williams Company; Tom Taylor, Tom Taylor Corrosion Consulting; Gerald Haynes, CTC Consultants; Damaris Martinez, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia; and Ivano Magnifico, Automa.
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NOV
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) · Richland (Kennewick), WA
Chemicals & Plastics · Mining & Metals · Waste & RecyclingHosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the AVS Science & Technology Society. The summit focuses on secure, sustainable critical mineral supply chains and the research-to-deployment continuum connecting foundational science, applied research, pilot-scale studies, and deployable solutions. Key themes include global-to-local supply chain modeling; challenges, gaps, and opportunities for U.S. leadership; M²US AI-enabled modeling; and data-to-decision pipelines for supply chain forecasting from government, laboratory, and industry perspectives. Extraction and separation topics include interfacial chemistry and transport phenomena, field- and flow-based separation, bio-based and biomimetic approaches, atomic-scale to field-scale separations, recovery from terrestrial, marine, and coastal systems, and recovery from tailings, slags, brines, e-waste, and other unconventional feedstocks. The cross-cutting AI and autonomous science track covers AI for scientific discovery, in situ sensing, autonomous experimentation, and development of an AI-ready critical minerals and materials research ecosystem. Plenary topics include automation-accelerated discovery and process optimization for critical materials research, autonomous molecular discovery for f-elements, critical mineral market modeling, and domestic critical mineral supply estimation.
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11
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American Petroleum Institute (API) · New Orleans, LA · Hybrid
Chemicals & Plastics · Oil & GasJointly sponsored by API and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the symposium features technical presentations highlighting lessons learned from facility incidents or near misses and discussions on accident avoidance in refineries and petrochemical plants. The event provides a forum for exchanging information on safe operating practices, procedures, and best practices within refineries and petrochemical plants. It is held twice a year and is open only to refining and petrochemical operating companies, drawing refinery vice presidents, refinery and operations managers, and PSM/safety experts.
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