Polymers & Composites for Lightweight Applications

MARCH 23-25, 2027 | BOSTON, MA
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Polymers & Composites
for Lightweight Applications

Polymers & Composites for Lightweight Applications brings together industry and academia to explore the materials, technologies and market drivers shaping the future of lightweighting. The symposium covers different pathways to lower weight from advanced materials to innovative structural design and processing technologies. It connects emerging technologies with industrial solutions already delivering performance, sustainability and business value across applications.

Session Topics

Market & Sustainability Drivers for Lightweighting
Next-Generation Materials & Technologies for Lightweighting
Industrialized Lightweighting: Solutions in Action

Posters Due: January 15

Please first review the information for authors — abstract submission guidelines.

Topics & Application Areas

Market & Sustainability Drivers for Lightweighting
Next-Generation Materials & Technologies for Lightweighting
Industrialized Lightweighting: Solutions in Action
Other

Symposium Co-Chairs

Maksim Shivokhin

Polymer Innovation & Lightweighting strategist

ExxonMobil

Pat Brant

Chief Polymer Science Advisor (retired)

ExxonMobil

Key Speakers

Ru Xie

Global Market Developer

ExxonMobil

Scaling Composite Lightweighting for Mass Market Automotive Structures

Srikanth Pilla

Professor and Associate Dean for Research,

University of Delaware

Beyond Lightweighting: Engineering High-Performance Polymers & Composites

Abolfazi Mohebbi

CTO,

Moxietec

Lexington Peterson

Business Development Manager

Engel

Jochen Pflug

CEO

ThermHex Waben GmbH, Germany

Skin, Core and Bond in One Polymer: All-PP Sandwich Panels from Extruded Foam to Thermoformed Parts

David Pospíšil

Department Head,

Spur, Czech Republic

Back to Top ↑ 2026 Symposium Sessions
	Wednesday March 11
9:00	Next-gen polymers: Lightweight and Advanced Engineering

2026 Symposium Program
	Wednesday March 11

9:00	Next-gen polymers: Lightweight and Advanced Engineering	Marriott University B
	Session chair: Maksim Shivokhin, ExxonMobile, & Steve Sopher, JSP
	From Premium to Progress: How Lightweight Polymers and Cross-Value Chain collaboration are critical to Chemical Industry Sustainability Goals B. McGinley, Deloitte Consulting LLP, US
	EPLA – evolution of a plantbased bead foam J.-C. Albrecht, C. Mack, Fraunhofer ICT, DE
	Low Melting Propylene-Based Polymer for Low Pressure Foam Molding C. Cuddington, ExxonMobil, US
	Design Optimization and Dimensional Tolerance Improvement of Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) for Enhanced Automotive System Integration S. Sopher, J. Parker, JSP, US
	Process Control in Foam Extrusion D. Molloy, J. Dixon, Promix-Solutions, US
	Advanced Polypropylene Foam Extrusion Technology and Its Potential Applications G.R. Wilkes, D. You, J. Kim, A. Kim, C. Park, Amylum Systems, US
	Glassy gel - next generation lightweight materials B.H. Chen, M.X. Wang, M.D. Dickey, North Carolina State University, US