AMPP opens abstracts for 2027 Columbus conference

AMPP opened its call for abstracts on May 24 for the 2027 Annual Conference + Expo, extending the first public invitation for technical presenters to join next year’s program in Columbus, Ohio. The organization’s conference site lists the event for April 11-15, 2027, and its event directory names the Greater Columbus Convention Center as the venue. A separate abstract portal says submissions are being accepted for presentation-only sessions tied to the 2027 meeting. The call gives corrosion, coatings and materials protection researchers an early marker for next year’s conference cycle. ### Which AMPP event is now taking abstracts? The 2027 AMPP Annual Conference + Expo is the event now accepting submissions. AMPP’s main conference site says the next annual meeting will be held in Columbus from April 11 to April 15, 2027, after the 2026 conference in Houston. The event page describes the annual conference as the association’s flagship gathering for the corrosion and coatings field. (ampp.org) The conference calendar on AMPP’s website separately lists “AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2027” for Sunday, April 11, through Thursday, April 15, 2027, in Columbus, Ohio. The organization’s event-description page gives the same dates and provides the street address for the Greater Columbus Convention Center at 400 N. High St. ### What is AMPP asking people to submit? (ampp.org) The abstract portal says AMPP is seeking submissions for “cutting-edge research and innovation in corrosion, coatings, and materials protection, performance, and beyond.” The page invites prospective speakers to “share your knowledge” and directs authors to review topic descriptions before submitting. (ampp.org) AMPP’s authoring-opportunities page says conference contributors can prepare abstracts and, for some sessions, full conference papers for publication. That page says authors should review the list of symposia accepting submissions at the annual conference site and follow the submission guidelines and deadlines. ### Where will the 2027 meeting be held? (morressier.com) Columbus, Ohio, is the host city for the 2027 conference, according to multiple AMPP pages. The event-description listing identifies the venue as the Greater Columbus Convention Center, while the conference site’s promotional material says, “Columbus is calling!” and repeats the April 11-15, 2027 dates. (content.ampp.org) The expo site says the event will bring together materials protection experts, industry leaders and exhibitors for a week of technical programming and trade-show activity. Another page for exhibitors says booth sales for the 2027 show are already open, indicating AMPP is building both the technical agenda and exhibition floor well ahead of the conference. ### What deadline should prospective speakers watch? (ampp.org) July 19, 2026, is the deadline shown on the Morressier abstract portal for presentation-only submissions. The portal says entries close at 23:59 on that date. AMPP’s conference site also shows earlier planning steps for the 2027 program. A page linked from the annual conference site asked members to help shape the Columbus program and said abstract submissions would follow, a sequence that matches the May 24 opening of the call. (ace.ampp.org) ### What comes next for the 2027 conference cycle? April 11, 2027, is the opening date now posted for the Columbus conference, and March 5, 2028, is already listed by AMPP as the start of the following annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. (morressier.com) For 2027 presenters, the immediate next milestone is the July 19, 2026 submission deadline on the abstract portal, followed by program development for the Columbus meeting at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. (ace.ampp.org)