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2000 FEICA World Adhesives Conference & Expo
Hotel Arts, Barcelona, Spain
20-22 September 2000

The conference is over! 540 delegates from 32 countries, 46 booths in the Expo, 56 presentations given.

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Dear Colleagues,

Time flies. We have the feeling that the last World Adhesives Conference was only a few months ago, but it was in fact held in San Francisco in November 1996. Much has happened since then, and we will use the World Adhesives Conference 2000 to tell about this.
  We want you to start with a tour around the world in the opening session. You will hear Professor Pedro Nueno speaking about entrepreneurship, and Guido De Keersmaecker talking about his experiences as the leader of the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer. This will be followed by market updates from the different regions of the world with a main focus on USA, Europe, and Japan.
  The Conference tracks will offer topics which are both familiar, like the raw material suppliers’ never ending development of new and better products for the adhesives industry, or things we couldn’t dream of four years ago, like e-commerce. Learn more about it in the Suppliers Track.
  The wave of mergers & acquisitions that has been rolling over the world was surely anticipated, but it is only now that we are starting to see the results of this restructuring. We have devoted one session to hear different views on M&As. And how do you keep the corporate knowledge when you are "downsizing"? Also to be explained in the sessions of the Adhesives Industry Track.
  What are our customer markets expecting from the adhesives manufacturers? How do you add maximum value for your customers? These will be the main topics of the Markets Track.
  Last but not least do not forget the FEICA Expo 2000, the largest gathering of adhesives suppliers of the year. You will have no better possibility to meet and talk to your business contacts.
  We hope that the Conference programme will meet and exceed your expectations, and that your stay in Barcelona will remain a pleasant memory until the next time we meet.

Miguel García Martín
Conference Chairman

Mike Ozier
FEICA President

Ansgar van Halteren
FEICA Secretary General

Mats Hagwall
FEICA Permanent Secretary

Exhibitor's Prospectus  

List of registered exhibitors

Suppliers Sessions' Summaries - updated 28 August 2000
Adhesives Industry Sessions' Summaries - updated 28 August 2000
Markets Sessions' Summaries - updated 28 August 2000

Printed Preliminary Programme as pdf-files:
Title Page (248 kB)
Contents (32 kB)
Welcome (46 kB)
Opening session (124 kB)
Schedule (91 kB)
Expo information (57 kB)
Conference venue + details (89 kB)
Social Programme (476 kB)
Accommodation & registration info (62 kB)
Information on Barcelona (144 kB)
Back-page (79 kB)

 

Partnership in the Third Millennium

The World Adhesives Conference takes place every four years, with organisation rotating between the Adhesive Associations of USA, Japan and Europe. An important and integral part of the Conference is the Expo, your opportunity to give maximum attention to your products.

The FEICA 2000 World Adhesives Conference and Expo is a unique opportunity to reach the global adhesives industry – the only event organised for the industry, by the industry.

The audience will be the largest international gathering of the adhesives industry, with delegates from around the world, representing every aspect of the industry.

 

General Information on the Conference

Conference Tracks
The Conference will be held in three different tracks: Supplier Track, Adhesives Industry Track, and Market Track. They will focus on varying themes important for the entire chain from suppliers to the end users. Each track will be divided in four sessions, each consisting four to five papers. The sessions will be chaired by well-known industry personalities from around the World.

Expo
The Expo will be held on 21 September in the major hall of Hotel Arts, the Gran Saló Gaudí. Being the most important exhibition for the adhesives industry in 2000, this will become a splendid opportunity to meet you customers. Products presented in the Conference will be excellently supported by a stand in the Expo. Interested exhibitors shall require the exhibitor’s prospectus from FEICA or use the pdf-forms on this site.

Social Programme
The programme for the accompanying persons will contain a city walk, a visit to the Picasso museum, and trips into the Catalan country. For the delegates a sight-seeing tour of Barcelona will be offered. All participants will be invited to register for the Gala Dinner, the major social event of the Conference.

Post-conference Programme
All participants will enjoy the possibility of post-conference tours. Furthermore, a variety of entertainment such as opera, theatre, football etc. will be offered on site by the local organisation.

Schedule
A provisional schedule is given in the Preliminary Programme. In short, the Conference will start with a Key-note session on the afternoon on Wednesday 20 September 2000. The Conference will be finalised with a closing session on the afternoon on Friday 22 September 2000.

Registration
The final registration for the conference should be done directly to Grupo Pacifico in Barcelona by using the registration forms found in the printed Preliminary Programme or above as .pdf-files. If you want a printed Preliminary Programme please use the electronic form below.

Accommodation
Hotel rooms have already been reserved in Hotel Arts, Hotel Condes de Barcelona, Avenida Palace, Hotel Calderon and Hotel Expo for an extensive number of participants. The participants will be able to use these reservations by registering for the conference. Further information on all hotels is found in the Preliminary Programme.

Venue
The venue of the Conference and the Expo will be the Hotel Arts, situated directly at the waterfront in Barcelona. The hotel was inaugurated for the 1992 Olympics and stands 33 storeys above the Olympic Marina.

 

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