Agenda
Below is the preliminary agenda for the 2026 conference. Schedule and session details may be updated as the program is finalized.
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | On-site registration opens; breakfast available |
| 8:00 - 8:15 AM | Opening remarks & welcome |
| 8:15 – 9:45 AM | Session I — Clinical Performance of UHMWPE |
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | Morning coffee break |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Session II —UHMWPE in Alternative Bearing Pairs Panel discussion to begin at 11:45 AM |
| 12:15 - 12:30 PM | Rapid fire poster talks (UHMWPE) |
| 12:30 - 1:45 PM | Lunch & poster session | 1:45 – 3:15 PM | Session III — Oxidation in UHMWPE |
| 3:15 - 3:45 PM | Afternoon coffee break | 3:45 – 5:30 PM | Session IV — UHMWPE Properties, Processing & Testing |
| 5:30 PM | Day 1 adjourns |
| 7:00 PM | Gala dinner — Reading Terminal Market |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | On-site registration opens; breakfast available |
| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Session V — PEEK Bioactivity & Device Applications |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM | Rapid fire poster talks (PEEK) |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM | Morning coffee break & poster session |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Session VI — 3D Printing at Point-of-Care & Characterization of 3DP PAEKs |
| 1:00 PM | Closing remarks & meeting adjourns |