The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that FSCT past-president, Frederick “Fritz” H. Walker, will present the 2008 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture. Walker is the intellectual asset manager for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. His presentation will be a focal point of the 2008 FutureCoat! Conference, to be held October 15–16, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, in Chicago, IL. Walker’s presentation, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, October 15, is entitled “Dimethyl Secondary Amine Chain Extenders: A Conceptual Approach to In Situ Generation of Advanced Epoxy Resins for Rapid-Cure, Low-VOC Coatings.”