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SUMMARY:Register Now for 2026 AMPP Annual Conference + Expo March 15 – March 19, 2026 in Houston, TX
DESCRIPTION:This event reminder is sponsored by: US Rubber, leaders in rubber tank lining & rubber lining repairs\n\nGet ready! AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2026 is coming to Houston, TX\nShow hours\nMon, March 16\n5 – 7:30 p.m.\nTue, March 17\n9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nWed, March 18\n9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nJoin thousands of materials protection experts, industry leaders, and innovators for an exceptional week of learning, networking, and cutting-edge solutions. With 600+ hours of technical content, groundbreaking research, and a dynamic exhibit hall, the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2026 (Formerly NACE Annual Conference) is an event you won’t want to miss.\nAs the world’s leading authority in materials protection and performance, AMPP (Association for Materials Protection and Performance) unites more than 37,000 members across 140 countries. Our mission is to advance the materials protection industry through education, certification, standards, and advocacy, ensuring safer, more reliable infrastructure worldwide.\nThis annual conference is the largest global gathering of corrosion and coatings professionals, offering unmatched opportunities to connect with peers, explore innovative technologies, and gain insights that shape the future of the industry.\nMark your calendars. We can’t wait to welcome you to Houston!\nGeneral conference information\nConference proceedings\nAccess, search, and download all conference proceedings online. If you purchased a Full Conference Registration or Student Registration, your complimentary online access to papers will be available by March 9, 2026. You will be notified via email with a link to access the papers. For those who did not purchase an Advance Full Conference Registration pass, you may purchase the online proceedings at the member rate of USD$349 and non-member rate of USD$449.\nDress code\nThe dress code for all official conference activities is business casual.\nMobile app \nExperience the full potential of the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo with our official app, designed to enhance your participation in the industry’s largest professional gathering. This user-friendly tool integrates seamlessly into your conference experience, allowing you to effortlessly synchronize sessions with your calendar, navigate the venue with maps, and receive real-time updates. Personalize your journey by scheduling one-on-one meetings with fellow attendees, maximizing networking opportunities. Most importantly, the app will be your essential guide for the Final Program, ensuring you have all the information you need right at your fingertips. Embrace this digital convenience and make the most of every moment at the conference!\nConvention center accessibility\nThe George R. Brown Convention Center is committed to accommodating the needs of individuals with disabilities. It complies with all federal ADA laws. If you have any special requirements, email a description of your needs to customersupport@ampp.org and an AMPP staff member will contact you.\nGuest Program\nThe Guest Program is a social program designed for the enjoyment of the guests of conference registrants. Guest program registration does not give attendees access to any technical symposia or standards committee meetings.\nTopics Include:\n\nBusiness of Coatings and Corrosion (9)\nCivil Infrastructure (43)\nCivil Infrastructure: Coatings & Surface Preparation (40)\nCivil Infrastructure: Transportation (11)\nEnergy: Electrical Transition (2)\nEnergy: Emerging Topics (10)\nEnergy: Oil & Gas (201)\nGeneral: Coatings & Surface Preparation (53)\nGeneral: Corrosion Mechanisms & Mitigation Methods (103)\nGeneral: Emerging Topics (77)\nGeneral: Health & Safety (8)\nGeneral: Oil & Gas (9)\nMaritime & Defense (9)\nMaritime & Defense: Defense & Aerospace (22)\nMaritime & Defense: Maritime (5)\nStrategic Geographies & Emerging Industries: Emerging Topics (91)\nStrategic Geographies and Emerging Industries: Oil & Gas (6)\n\n\nAre you wondering what the 2026 AMPP Schedule is?\nThe 2026 AMPP Conference Location & Schedule is:\nMarch 15–19, 2026 | Houston, Texas\nGeorge R. Brown Convention Center\nSunday, March 15, 2026\n7:30 AM – 5:00 PM\nCorporate Lounge\nRoom 332\n9:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nArea & Chapter Engagement Committee\nRoom 350 C\n9:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nData Challenges in Corrosion (Part I of II)\nRoom 362 DE\nChair: Corey Mitchell (Entrust Solutions Group) | Vice Chair: Hui (Jack) Wang\n\n9:30 – 10:00 AM: Cloud Based Approach to the Corrosion Control Industry – Amanda Vanderpool, BlastOne International\n10:00 – 10:30 AM: Development/Implementation of Effective Corrosion Management Strategy – Junaid Rafey\n11:00 – 11:30 AM: Passive RFID Corrosion Sensing – Mandy Mock, AmbientSense Technologies\n11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Applying Machine Learning to Detect and Manage Corrosion Under Insulation – Freddie Talbot\n\n9:00 AM – 4:00 PM\nNACE MR0175/ISO 15156 Maintenance Panel + TG299 + IOGP 15156\nRoom 381 AB\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PM\nElectrochemical Techniques for Measuring Corrosion – Technical Forum\nRoom 342 DE\n9:30 AM – 12:00 PM\nMaterials Sustainability and Materials Stewardship Practices\nRoom 361 DE\nChair: Raed El Sarraf | Vice Chair: Florent Bocher\n\nSustainable Oil Field Chemistries\nCircular Economy Materials\nPerformance/Sustainability Integration\n\n10:30 AM – 3:30 PM\nStandards Program Committee\nRoom 362 F\n1:00 – 4:00 PM\nData Challenges in Corrosion (Part II of II)\nRoom 362 DE\nChair: Corey Mitchell | Vice Chair: Hui (Jack) Wang\n\nExternal Corrosion Analytics\nMachine Learning Prediction\nDepth Probability Charts\nML-Powered Databases\n\n4:00 – 4:30 PM\nAnnual Member Meeting\nRoom 372 A\n5:30 – 7:00 PM\nOpening Reception\nHouston Ballroom – Marriott Marquis\nMonday, March 16, 2026\nMorning Committee Meetings (8:00 – 9:30 AM)\nTC 01 TCI – Surface Preparation\nRoom 351 DE\nCanada Area Task Force\nRoom 350 C\nUS Central Area Task Force\nRoom 310 C\nCoffee with Congressman Wesley Hunt\nGeneral Assembly Theater ABC\nMorning Symposia (8:00 – 11:00 AM)\nCorrosion in the Biofuel and Biomass Industry\nRoom 371 AB\nChair: Sandra Le Manchet | Vice Chair: Jean Kittel\nSix presentations on material corrosion in biofuel environments\nMarine Corrosion and Performance Issues\nRoom 361 DE\nChair: Moavin Islam | Vice Chair: Abdul Hameed Alhashem\n\nCoating Performance in Marine Environments\nMarine Pipeline Integrity\nHoliday Testing Methods\n\nPipeline Integrity\nRoom 362 DE\nChair: Matt Ellinger | Vice Chair: Jared Hebert\nSeven presentations covering pipeline corrosion assessment, CP systems, and risk management\n8:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nAdvanced Protective Coating Symposium\nRoom 350 DEF\nChair: Benjamin Chang | Vice Chair: Tom Weber\n\nPattern Recognition Integration\nBlister Formation\nBio-based Coatings\nOffshore Conditions\n\nOil & Gas Materials Symposium\nRoom 372 EF\nChair: Karthik Krishnan | Vice Chair: Julia Botinha\n\nNACE MR0175/ISO15156 Updates\nH₂S Testing Verification\nHigh-Performance Alloys\nSuperduplex Piping\n\nNuclear Systems Symposium\nRoom 371 DE\nChair: Ming Fang | Vice Chair: Roderick Fuentes\nEight presentations on material integrity, furnace materials, tank storage, alkaline SCC\nDoD Case Studies (8:00 – 11:30 AM)\nRoom 360 DE\nSeven presentations on military infrastructure, coating quality, surface prep, pretreatment alternatives\nRIP: Environmentally Assisted Cracking & Hydrogen Embrittlement (Part I)\nRoom 370 AB\nChair: Brendy Rincon Troconis | Vice Chairs: Ramgopal Thodla, Elizabeth Trillo\nSeven presentations on hydrogen-affected fracture, pipeline steels, hardened stainless steels\nRIP: Predictive Modeling & Corrosion Processes (Part I)\nRoom 372 BC\nChair: Homero Castaneda Lopez | Vice Chairs: Omar Rosas, Christopher Alexander, Ryan Katona\nNine presentations on PDM, neural networks, passive films, CO₂ corrosion\nRIP: Next Generation Metallic Materials\nRoom 370 EF\nChair: Vilupanur Ravi | Vice Chairs: Sanjay Choudhary, Danyil Kovalov\nEleven presentations on high-entropy alloys, additive manufacturing, biomaterials\nSC 12 Concrete Infrastructure (Part I)\nRoom 360 AB\nSC 16 Oil & Gas – Downstream\nRoom 351 AB\nTC 05 Corrosion Management\nRoom 382 AB\n8:00 AM – 12:30 PM\nMicrobiologically Influenced Corrosion\nRoom 361 AB\nChair: Jodi Wrangham | Vice Chair: Jason Lee\nNine presentations on molecular microbiological methods, bacteria detection, inhibition strategies, biomarkers\nMid-Morning Sessions (9:00 – 11:30 AM)\nTC 01 TCI – Linings, Immersion, Buried Service Coatings (9:00 – 11:00 AM)\nRoom 351 DE\nAwards Program Committee (9:00 – 11:00 AM)\nRoom 361 F\nDOT Bridge Forum (9:00 – 11:00 AM)\nRoom 342 F\nEMERG Outreach Committee (9:00 – 11:00 AM)\nRoom 362 A\nTC 02 TCI – CP Monitoring (9:00 – 11:00 AM)\nRoom 370 C\nAdditively Manufactured Materials (9:00 – 11:30 AM)\nRoom 342 C\nChair: Zineb Belarbi | Vice Chair: Jon Kvarekvål\nFive presentations on surface roughness, hydrogen uptake, heat treatment effects, temperature effects\nTC 01 TCI – Atmospheric Coatings (10:00 – 11:30 AM)\nRoom 351 DE\nChina Area Task Force (10:00 – 11:30 AM)\nRoom 350 C\nUS Western Area Task Force (10:00 – 11:30 AM)\nRoom 310 C\nGeothermal Power (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)\nRoom 371 AB\nChair: Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper | Vice Chair: Sigrún Karlsdóttir\n\nFluidic Flow Cells\nWell Casing Materials at Elevated Temperatures\n\nAfternoon Sessions (1:00 – 3:00 PM)\nAdvanced Protective Coating (Part II)\nRoom 350 DEF\n\nSelf-healing Metallic Coatings\nDeepwater Offshore Platforms\nCoating Selection for Aggressive Environments\n\nVolatile/Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors\nRoom 371 DE\nChair: Jonathon Brekan | Vice Chair: Rebecca Guza\nFour presentations on VCI dispersion, enhancement methods, quantification, vapor transport\nImpact of Corrosion on Renewables\nRoom 342 DE\nChair: Angel Kowalski\n\nWind Towers\nSolar Trackers\nTube Cleaning\nSteel Piles\n\nMarine Coating Performance\nRoom 361 DE\nChair: Mark Schultz | Vice Chair: John Mangano\nFour presentations on robotic cleaning, military applications, maintenance tools\nNonmetallic Materials in Oil & Gas\nRoom 362 DE\nChair: Michael Stevens | Vice Chair: Vishakha Gaidhani\n\nDegradation Testing\nDissolvable Rubber\nSupercritical CO₂\n\nOSHA Confined Space Workshop\nRoom 360 DE\nPresenter: Charlie Brown (GPI)\nPipeline Safety & Asset Integrity\nRoom 362 BC\nChair: David Bastidas | Vice Chair: Gary Krichau\n\nAI Adoption\nGas Inhibition\nDigital Twins\nInternal Corrosion\n\nRIP: Environmentally Assisted Cracking (Part II) (1:00 – 2:45 PM)\nRoom 370 AB\nFour presentations on microbiologically induced SCC, chloride SCC atlas, galvanic corrosion, SCC susceptibility\nRIP: Predictive Modeling (Part II) (1:00 – 2:45 PM)\nRoom 372 BC\nFour presentations on polarization resistance modeling, physics-based atmospheric corrosion, ML weight loss prediction, CFD simulation\nAfternoon Committee Meetings (1:00 – 3:00 PM)\nAccreditation Program Committee (APC)\nRoom 362 F\nWater Treatment & Desalination\nRoom 372 EF\nSC 05 Surface Preparation\nRoom 342 AB\nSC 12 Concrete Infrastructure (Part II)\nRoom 360 AB\nSC 13 Corrosion Monitoring & Measurement\nRoom 382 C\nSC 22 Biodeterioration\nRoom 261 AB\nTC 03 Carbon Capture & Storage\nRoom 370 EF\nTC 03 Oil & Gas Corrosion & Scale Inhibition\nRoom 371 AB\nTC 10 Pipelines & Tanks\nRoom 351 DE\nTC 11 Additive Manufacturing\nRoom 342 C\nSC 21 Mining & Mineral Processing (2:00 – 3:00 PM)\nRoom 382 AB\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\nKeynote Address: John “Gucci” Foley\nGeneral Assembly Theater ABC\n5:00 – 7:30 PM\nExhibit Hall Grand Opening\nExhibit Hall\nTuesday, March 17, 2026\n7:00 – 8:30 AM\nFellows Breakfast\nRoom 382 AB\n7:30 AM – 5:30 PM\nCorporate Lounge\nRoom 332\n8:00 – 9:30 AM\nWomen of AMPP Breakfast\nGeneral Assembly Theater ABC\nEast Asia Pacific Area Task Force\nRoom 350 C\nRTS: Carbon Capture, Transportation, and Utilization/Storage (Part I)\nRoom 371 DE\nChair: David Bastidas | Vice Chairs: Michael Cloward, Kushal Singla\n\nAsset Mechanical Integrity\nCorrosion Risk Management in CO₂ Transport\n\nThermal and Cold Spray Processes\nRoom 372 BC\nChair: Shiladitya Paul (TWI Ltd) | Vice Chair: Jim Weber\n8:00 – 10:00 AM\nAtmospheric Corrosion & Environmentally Assisted Cracking\nRoom 362 BC\nChair: Carly Cocke | Vice Chair: Patrick Cassidy\n\nMicrostructure Effects\nAnodizability\nCombined Effects Testing\n\nWednesday, March 18, 2026\nAdditional technical sessions, committee meetings, and symposia continue throughout the day.\nThursday, March 19, 2026\nConcluding sessions and final committee meetings.\nConference Information\nProfessional Development Hours (PDH)\nMost presentations offer 0.5 PDH credit.\nSession Types\n\nRIP – Research in Progress: Technical research presentations\nRTS – Round Table Sessions: Interactive discussions\nSC/TC – Standards and Technical Committee meetings\nSymposia – Curated topic-focused sessions\nWorkshops – Hands-on training\n\nHospitality Suites\nAccreditation & Certification: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily\n\n
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