Colors, Materials & Finishes

Eco-responsible Colors, Materials & Finishes

SIA – Société des Ingénieurs de l’Automobile – and SFIP – Société Française des Ingénieurs des Plastiques – organise the Congress eco-responsible Colors Materials and Finishes 2025, in Troyes, on 19 & 20 March 2025.

Two days of exchanges, meetings, networking and conferences. A unique and unprecedented opportunity to meet colleagues, discuss common issues around new decors, new materials, new products & eco-responsibility.

A multi-material congress (films, textiles, polymers, wood, aluminium, carbon, stone, etc.) in the fields of mobility, cosmetics, luxury products, packaging, housing, sports and leisure, electric and electronics, etc.

You want to be part of the congress? Send us your best abstract!

The call for papers is open until Octobre 22, 2024, on the following themes:

| INNOVATIVE & FUNCTIONNAL DESIGN

Smart surfaces & user experience, plastronic, backlighting

| NEEDS, TRENDS AND EXPECTATIONS

Socio-cultural trends for next years Marketing strategy of brands of various fields (mobility, cosmetics, luxury goods, packaging, housing, electric & electronics …)

| NEW PRODUCTS – NEW FEATURES

Orientation and evolution of products according to markets and trends

Product innovation

| CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Carbon footprint, recyclability, sustainable solutions

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Important information & Deadlines

Speakers will be allocated 25 minutes each (20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions).

All necessary instructions for the preparation of the paper will be sent to the authors after selection.

The lead author (one per paper) will benefit a free access to the conference and meals, 2 co-authors max will benefit from a discount.

Max two speakers will be allow on stage.

• Conference language: ENGLISH
• An online rehearsal meeting will be organize with the scientific committee on Friday, February 7
• Presentation must be sent to SFIP on Wednesday, March 12

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS

• Gildas Bureau – STELLANTIS
• Maxime CHANTEGRAILLE, Addiplast Group
• Amaury Cornilleau & Moez BEN AHMED – GPA
• Laurence Dufrancatel – MATERI’ACT-FORVIA
• Gérard Liraut – Renault Group
• Dominique Manceau – Plastivaloire
• Emmanuelle Marie – GFP
• Thomas Prenant – Stellantis
• Stéphane Ravassard – Stellantis
• David Valleré – Kurz