Get ready! AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2026 is coming to Houston, TX

Show hours
Mon, March 16
5 – 7:30 p.m.

Tue, March 17
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Wed, March 18
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Join 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.

As 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.

This 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.

Mark your calendars. We can’t wait to welcome you to Houston!

General conference information

Conference proceedings
Access, 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.

Dress code
The dress code for all official conference activities is business casual.

Mobile app
Experience 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!

Convention center accessibility
The 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.

Guest Program
The 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.

Topics Include:

2026 AMPP Annual Conference and Expo

March 15–19, 2026 | Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Convention Center

Sunday, March 15, 2026

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Corporate Lounge
Room 332

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Area & Chapter Engagement Committee
Room 350 C

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Data Challenges in Corrosion (Part I of II)
Room 362 DE
Chair: Corey Mitchell (Entrust Solutions Group) | Vice Chair: Hui (Jack) Wang

• 9:30 – 10:00 AM: Cloud Based Approach to the Corrosion Control Industry – Amanda Vanderpool, BlastOne International
• 10:00 – 10:30 AM: Development/Implementation of Effective Corrosion Management Strategy – Junaid Rafey
• 11:00 – 11:30 AM: Passive RFID Corrosion Sensing – Mandy Mock, AmbientSense Technologies
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Applying Machine Learning to Detect and Manage Corrosion Under Insulation – Freddie Talbot

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 Maintenance Panel + TG299 + IOGP 15156
Room 381 AB

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Electrochemical Techniques for Measuring Corrosion – Technical Forum
Room 342 DE

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Materials Sustainability and Materials Stewardship Practices
Room 361 DE
Chair: Raed El Sarraf | Vice Chair: Florent Bocher

• Sustainable Oil Field Chemistries
• Circular Economy Materials
• Performance/Sustainability Integration

10:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Standards Program Committee
Room 362 F

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Data Challenges in Corrosion (Part II of II)
Room 362 DE
Chair: Corey Mitchell | Vice Chair: Hui (Jack) Wang

• External Corrosion Analytics
• Machine Learning Prediction
• Depth Probability Charts
• ML-Powered Databases

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Annual Member Meeting
Room 372 A

5:30 – 7:00 PM

Opening Reception
Houston Ballroom – Marriott Marquis

Monday, March 16, 2026

Morning Committee Meetings (8:00 – 9:30 AM)

TC 01 TCI – Surface Preparation
Room 351 DE

Canada Area Task Force
Room 350 C

US Central Area Task Force
Room 310 C

Coffee with Congressman Wesley Hunt
General Assembly Theater ABC

Morning Symposia (8:00 – 11:00 AM)

Corrosion in the Biofuel and Biomass Industry
Room 371 AB
Chair: Sandra Le Manchet | Vice Chair: Jean Kittel
Six presentations on material corrosion in biofuel environments

Marine Corrosion and Performance Issues
Room 361 DE
Chair: Moavin Islam | Vice Chair: Abdul Hameed Alhashem

• Coating Performance in Marine Environments
• Marine Pipeline Integrity
• Holiday Testing Methods

Pipeline Integrity
Room 362 DE
Chair: Matt Ellinger | Vice Chair: Jared Hebert
Seven presentations covering pipeline corrosion assessment, CP systems, and risk management

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Advanced Protective Coating Symposium
Room 350 DEF
Chair: Benjamin Chang | Vice Chair: Tom Weber

• Pattern Recognition Integration
• Blister Formation
• Bio-based Coatings
• Offshore Conditions

Oil & Gas Materials Symposium
Room 372 EF
Chair: Karthik Krishnan | Vice Chair: Julia Botinha

• NACE MR0175/ISO15156 Updates
• H₂S Testing Verification
• High-Performance Alloys
• Superduplex Piping

Nuclear Systems Symposium
Room 371 DE
Chair: Ming Fang | Vice Chair: Roderick Fuentes
Eight presentations on material integrity, furnace materials, tank storage, alkaline SCC

DoD Case Studies (8:00 – 11:30 AM)
Room 360 DE
Seven presentations on military infrastructure, coating quality, surface prep, pretreatment alternatives

RIP: Environmentally Assisted Cracking & Hydrogen Embrittlement (Part I)
Room 370 AB
Chair: Brendy Rincon Troconis | Vice Chairs: Ramgopal Thodla, Elizabeth Trillo
Seven presentations on hydrogen-affected fracture, pipeline steels, hardened stainless steels

RIP: Predictive Modeling & Corrosion Processes (Part I)
Room 372 BC
Chair: Homero Castaneda Lopez | Vice Chairs: Omar Rosas, Christopher Alexander, Ryan Katona
Nine presentations on PDM, neural networks, passive films, CO₂ corrosion

RIP: Next Generation Metallic Materials
Room 370 EF
Chair: Vilupanur Ravi | Vice Chairs: Sanjay Choudhary, Danyil Kovalov
Eleven presentations on high-entropy alloys, additive manufacturing, biomaterials

SC 12 Concrete Infrastructure (Part I)
Room 360 AB

SC 16 Oil & Gas – Downstream
Room 351 AB

TC 05 Corrosion Management
Room 382 AB

8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
Room 361 AB
Chair: Jodi Wrangham | Vice Chair: Jason Lee
Nine presentations on molecular microbiological methods, bacteria detection, inhibition strategies, biomarkers

Mid-Morning Sessions (9:00 – 11:30 AM)

TC 01 TCI – Linings, Immersion, Buried Service Coatings (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Room 351 DE

Awards Program Committee (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Room 361 F

DOT Bridge Forum (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Room 342 F

EMERG Outreach Committee (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Room 362 A

TC 02 TCI – CP Monitoring (9:00 – 11:00 AM)
Room 370 C

Additively Manufactured Materials (9:00 – 11:30 AM)
Room 342 C
Chair: Zineb Belarbi | Vice Chair: Jon Kvarekvål
Five presentations on surface roughness, hydrogen uptake, heat treatment effects, temperature effects

TC 01 TCI – Atmospheric Coatings (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
Room 351 DE

China Area Task Force (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
Room 350 C

US Western Area Task Force (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
Room 310 C

Geothermal Power (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Room 371 AB
Chair: Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper | Vice Chair: Sigrún Karlsdóttir

• Fluidic Flow Cells
• Well Casing Materials at Elevated Temperatures

Afternoon Sessions (1:00 – 3:00 PM)

Advanced Protective Coating (Part II)
Room 350 DEF

• Self-healing Metallic Coatings
• Deepwater Offshore Platforms
• Coating Selection for Aggressive Environments

Volatile/Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors
Room 371 DE
Chair: Jonathon Brekan | Vice Chair: Rebecca Guza
Four presentations on VCI dispersion, enhancement methods, quantification, vapor transport

Impact of Corrosion on Renewables
Room 342 DE
Chair: Angel Kowalski

• Wind Towers
• Solar Trackers
• Tube Cleaning
• Steel Piles

Marine Coating Performance
Room 361 DE
Chair: Mark Schultz | Vice Chair: John Mangano
Four presentations on robotic cleaning, military applications, maintenance tools

Nonmetallic Materials in Oil & Gas
Room 362 DE
Chair: Michael Stevens | Vice Chair: Vishakha Gaidhani

• Degradation Testing
• Dissolvable Rubber
• Supercritical CO₂

OSHA Confined Space Workshop
Room 360 DE
Presenter: Charlie Brown (GPI)

Pipeline Safety & Asset Integrity
Room 362 BC
Chair: David Bastidas | Vice Chair: Gary Krichau

• AI Adoption
• Gas Inhibition
• Digital Twins
• Internal Corrosion

RIP: Environmentally Assisted Cracking (Part II) (1:00 – 2:45 PM)
Room 370 AB
Four presentations on microbiologically induced SCC, chloride SCC atlas, galvanic corrosion, SCC susceptibility

RIP: Predictive Modeling (Part II) (1:00 – 2:45 PM)
Room 372 BC
Four presentations on polarization resistance modeling, physics-based atmospheric corrosion, ML weight loss prediction, CFD simulation

Afternoon Committee Meetings (1:00 – 3:00 PM)

Accreditation Program Committee (APC)
Room 362 F

Water Treatment & Desalination
Room 372 EF

SC 05 Surface Preparation
Room 342 AB

SC 12 Concrete Infrastructure (Part II)
Room 360 AB

SC 13 Corrosion Monitoring & Measurement
Room 382 C

SC 22 Biodeterioration
Room 261 AB

TC 03 Carbon Capture & Storage
Room 370 EF

TC 03 Oil & Gas Corrosion & Scale Inhibition
Room 371 AB

TC 10 Pipelines & Tanks
Room 351 DE

TC 11 Additive Manufacturing
Room 342 C

SC 21 Mining & Mineral Processing (2:00 – 3:00 PM)
Room 382 AB

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Keynote Address: John “Gucci” Foley
General Assembly Theater ABC

5:00 – 7:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

7:00 – 8:30 AM

Fellows Breakfast
Room 382 AB

7:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Corporate Lounge
Room 332

8:00 – 9:30 AM

Women of AMPP Breakfast
General Assembly Theater ABC

East Asia Pacific Area Task Force
Room 350 C

RTS: Carbon Capture, Transportation, and Utilization/Storage (Part I)
Room 371 DE
Chair: David Bastidas | Vice Chairs: Michael Cloward, Kushal Singla

• Asset Mechanical Integrity
• Corrosion Risk Management in CO₂ Transport

Thermal and Cold Spray Processes
Room 372 BC
Chair: Shiladitya Paul (TWI Ltd) | Vice Chair: Jim Weber

8:00 – 10:00 AM

Atmospheric Corrosion & Environmentally Assisted Cracking
Room 362 BC
Chair: Carly Cocke | Vice Chair: Patrick Cassidy

• Microstructure Effects
• Anodizability
• Combined Effects Testing

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Additional technical sessions, committee meetings, and symposia continue throughout the day.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Concluding sessions and final committee meetings.

Conference Information

Professional Development Hours (PDH)

Most presentations offer 0.5 PDH credit.

Session Types

• RIP – Research in Progress: Technical research presentations
• RTS – Round Table Sessions: Interactive discussions
• SC/TC – Standards and Technical Committee meetings
• Symposia – Curated topic-focused sessions
• Workshops – Hands-on training

Hospitality Suites

Accreditation & Certification: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily