The SSCT 2023 Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 23-26, 2023 at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Miramar Beach, FL. It is not too late to register. Room rates expire Friday, March 10.

The SSCT will have more than 20 technical presentations at the conference. This year’s theme is “Destin to Educate” The schedule is available on the SSCT website.

The event will feature technical presentations on various subjects – additives, pigments, latex, fill-ers, resins, green solvents regulatory –directly related to the coatings industry.

There will also be short courses, which will run parallel with the technical presentations.

The SSCT has revamped the short courses and will be offering two classes that will run concur-rently with technical talks: Intro to Coatings and Advanced Coatings Topics. The 2023 Coatings Topics will be Pigments. This year, the SSCT will open the Advanced Coatings to everyone, even if they registered for the technical talk.

Registration for the conference and hotel is open. In addition to the technical talks and short cours-es, the SSCT also offers a vendor venue. It is a great opportunity to advertise products, services and to introduce yourself to the industry at the tabletop exhibits. There will also be an afternoon of golf, fishing or painting with a twist; details can be found on the SSCT website at https://www.southerncoatings.org/ for more information and links to register.