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The 2008 Global Marine Coatings Forum will bring together leading international senior technical and product managers of marine coatings, as well as raw materials suppliers - to discuss and develop consensus positions on critical regulatory, commercial, and legal issues affecting the industry worldwide.

It will be done in conjunction with key players from international and national regulatory bodies, classification societies, and marine insurers. This is the second Global Marine Coatings Forum; the first was held in Tokyo in 2006.

Conducted under the auspices of the International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC), a major objective of the forum is to establish on going working committees in order to develop consensus industry positions for presentation to international regulatory bodies including the International Maritime Organization (IMO), where IPPIC has NGO consultative status.