Coatings TECH CONFERENCE/25.

The article provides an overview of the American Coatings Association's (ACA) 2025 CoatingsTech Conference, scheduled for April 28–30 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, focusing on "Coatings and Technologies for a Resilient Future." The event features pre-conference short courses, keynote addresses, and multiple technical sessions covering topics such as protective coatings, architectural coatings, functional coatings, biobased and renewable materials, durability, and coating application technology. Keynote speaker Andrea Watts, Building Science Manager at GAF, will address future-proofing buildings for resilience. The conference also includes a Service Life Prediction Symposium, highlighting advances in coating durability assessment through modeling, testing, and machine learning.