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Meetings & Events
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GGSCT Events 

 

Please RSVP to ggsct@earthlink.net or (925) 698-1514

[Tentative] Monday, March 11, 2024 - GGSCT Northern Nevada Dinner Meeting, 5:30 - Technical Talk - Topic and Location TBA

Thursday, April 18 - GGSCT Bowling Night, 5:30 p.m., Castro Valley Bowl, 3501 Village Dr, Castro Valley, CA 94546

April 29 - May 2, 2024 - American Coatings Show, Indianapolis, IN

Friday, August 23, 2024 - GGSCT Old Timers Lunch, Scotts Restaurant, Jack London Square

September 11 - 13, 2024 - PNWSCT Coatings Fest - Northwest CoatingsFest - Pacific Northwest Society for Coatings Technology (pnwsct.org) Early Bird Registration ends July 15.  

[Tentative] Monday, September 16, 2024 - GGSCT Northern Nevada Dinner Meeting, 5:30 - Technical Talk - Topic and Location TBA

Friday, December 6, 2024 - GGSCT Christmas Lunch

Please RSVP to ggsct@earthlink.net or (925) 698-1514

Western Coatings Symposium

Mark your long term calendars for future WCS shows. 

 

Information on the show can be found at www.westerncoatings.org 

Check it out for information on attending, exhibiting, speaking, listening, and all manner of general information.

October 19 - 22, 2025 - Paris, LV

GGSCT Northern Nevada Dinner September 2023

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GGSCT Old Timers Lunch 2023

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GGSCT Crab Feed 2023!

GGSCT Christmas Lunch 2022

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GGSCT Night at the Ballgame 2021!

Past Events
January 2020 - Past Event - Presentations from the Half Day Seminar

November 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Emmanuel Durant of Tolsa on Rheological Clays

January 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Natália Lopes of the Ashland Specialty Ingredients Group on Thickeners - a Thickeners 101 Talk

January 2019 - Past Event - The presentation was from Greg Monaghen of Specialty Polymers on Metal Adhesion and Corrosion Resistance of Coatings

October 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Vinvil on vinyl versatate copolymer emulsions

October 2018 - Past Event - Please review the presentation from Bishop Hammack of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and first recipient of the recently renamed Marnie Hartman Scholarship.  The GGSCT generously sponsored this research through our scholarship program.

September 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Rusil on Waterproofing Concrete

March 2018 - Past Event - The presentation was from Thom Debroski of Specialty Minerals on the various minerals used in paints. 

November 2017 - Past Event - The presentation was from John Dockery of Trinseo on Elastomeric Roof Coatings using Styrene Butadiene as a water proofing Primer and Styrene Acrylic as a  Reflective Top coat

April 2017 - Past Event - The presentation was from Mark Diaz of Hexion on the Evolution of Waterborne Epoxy Resins with respect to performance and VOC compliance

March 2017 – Past Event - The presentation was from Stuart Lipskin of BYK on the right order of evaluation for the optimization of coatings.  His presentation can be found here.  

October 2016 - Past Event - The presentation from the California Paint Council can be found here

The GGSCT Tony Rumfola Memorial Lunch 2021

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GGSCT Trivia Night Winners March 2021

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GGSCT Bowling Night February 2020

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The GGSCT Tony Rumfola Old Timers Lunch 2019

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Photos from the GGSCT Night at the Ballgame (June 2017):
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