CANZ Conference 2022

CANZ Conference 2022

We are pleased to announce that the CANZ Conference will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 October. Our conference venue is the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials at the University of Auckland Newmarket campus. We are grateful to the University of Auckland for hosting the conference.

Members of CANZ are invited to attend at no charge. The programme is as follows:

Day 1 – Monday 17th October 2022

08.00 – 08.30Welcome & President’s address
08.30 – 09.00MAST Academy presentation
Joe Daw, MAST Academy Training Manager
09.00 – 09.30Sustainable Composites and Manufacturing – Solutions to reduce environmental impacts
Chris Moors & Tony Stanton, Gurit (Asia Pacific) Limited
09.30 – 09.45New Product Marketing Session – Synthepol Putties
HS Composites – Richard Kestle
09.45 – 10.00Morning Break
10.00 – 10.30CANZ Annual Plan: Prospective Projects for next year
Vineeth Babu
10.30 – 11.15Manufacturing of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
Dr Tom Allen, University of Auckland
11.15 – 12.30Annual General Meeting
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 14.00Feasibility of Mechanically Recycled GFRP
Tim McCafferty, University of Auckland
14.00 – 14.45Delegation from Composites Australia
Kerryn Caulfield, CEO, Composites Australia
14.45 – 15.15Afternoon Tea
15.15 – 15.45Project Progress Update: Styrene Exposure Monitoring
Dr Samuel Keer, Massey University
15.45 – 16.15Composites Sector Decarbonization Program
Insa Errey, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
16.15 – 16.45Additive Manufacturing demonstration – Markforged/Konica Minolta

Day 2 – Tuesday 18th October 2022

08.30 – 08.30Welcome by President
08.30 – 09.00Address by Leona Reif, President, Composites Australia
09.00 – 09.30Technical Presentation
CANZ Design for the Environment Project with Guest Jim Goddin, Head of Circular Economy, ThinkStep ANZ
09.30 – 10.00Morning Tea
10.00 – 11.30Sustainability Group Progress & Workshop
11.30Conference Close


12.00 – 1.00   CANZ Executive Meeting with Composites Australia

For more details please contact Caroline Gibson – caroline@composites.org.nz.