A Message from ISCST President
Welcome to the web site of the International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST). The ISCST is a technical society formed by an international group of academic and industrial scientists and engineers that fosters sharing fundamental understanding of liquid coating processes. The ISCST serves as an interface between scholarly research and industrial practice: both are welcome, but it is the interplay between the two that makes the ISCST unique. Approximately two-thirds of current ISCST members are from industry, with the remainder coming from other places such as academia and national laboratories.
For over forty years, the biennial meetings sponsored by ISCST have been the world’s premier forum for presenting advances in the mechanisms and process technology needed for applying wet coated layers. Short courses offered before the Symposium have focused on specific aspects of coating technology, although we have also tried a tutorial to help people understand what they will hear at the symposium. The ISCST collaborates with the coating communities in Europe and Asia and co-sponsors the European Coating Symposium and the Asian Coating Workshop. Currently, the ISCST board is developing new directions to add programming in 2025. Keep watching this website or join the ISCST LinkedIn group to see what that looks like. Please contact me if you have any thoughts on how the ISCST can better serve the coating community.
Ted Lightfoot
President, ISCST
The Purpose and Goals of ISCST
The International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST) is a technical society that was formed in December of 1996 by an international group of academic and industrial engineers who believed that the global coating technical community would benefit by having its own society. The specific purposes of ISCST are to:
- Provide forums for presenting advances in the mechanisms and technologies used in the preparation, application, solidification, and micro-structure of coated films.
- Encourage technology transfer, professional development, and networking of scientists engaged in the coating process sciences.
- Provide continuing educational programs in coating process science and technology.
- Provide opportunities to leverage technologies among diverse coating industries.