Enhance your AMPP 2025 experience with our official app! Stay on top of sessions, navigate the venue with ease, and connect with fellow attendees and exhibitors. With real-time updates, interactive maps, and seamless scheduling, this is your ultimate tool.

The High Rollin' For a Harley contest is back in 2025! To play, AMPP attendees can visit the booths of each sponsor, where they will collect a playing card. Once all cards have been collected, head to the Harley parked outside the Exhibit Hall and complete an entry card.

Designed to be a challenging yet pleasurable experience, the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory trails through 300 acres of natural Tennessee wetlands and along the banks of the beautiful Cumberland River. This year's AMPP tournament will be played on Sunday, April 6.

This year’s AMPP Annual Conference + Expo is holding multiple exciting activities throughout the week to celebrate the women of the association, including a specialized forum and a mentoring event.

Sunday’s Opening Reception will draw individuals from across the industry in one festive space, making it one of the most anticipated events on the conference schedule. It provides a space for attendees, speakers, and exhibitors to interact over drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

This program consolidates legacy certification pathways into a comprehensive credential, recognizing professionals who design and oversee coating projects that protect critical assets, the environment, and the public from corrosion and coating failure.

Course participants engage in classroom instruction and hands-on training in a controlled field setting. Topics include half-cell calibration checks, structure-to-electrolyte measurements, rectifier measurements, and electrical isolation testing.

AMPP announced the creation of a nonprofit philanthropic organization focused solely on workforce development along with changes to its governance system, which should allow a greater focus on emerging and global opportunities.

As part of a broader organizational transformation initiative around digital unification, AMPP is seeking to create a digital library that brings together a wide array of content.

“The AMPP Service and Technical Awards are a testament to the groundbreaking work and dedication of professionals who are advancing our industry,” says Rebecca Griebe, Senior Director of User Experience.

“The MPI Champion Program is more than an awards initiative—it’s a celebration of the vision, integrity, and leadership shaping the future of the coatings industry,” says Pam Nicoletti, President of MPI.

As the global authority in its fields, the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) expressed strong support for recent guidance from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is calling for immediate vulnerability assessments on 68 U.S. bridges.

AMPP strongly supports the U.S. Navy’s call for modernization, workforce development, and improved supply chain performance to strengthen the shipbuilding enterprise and maintain global readiness.

Dr. Narasi Sridhar, CEO of MC Consult LLC, is the 2025 recipient of AMPP’s prestigious Willis Whitney Technical Achievement Award. In this roundtable interview, Dr. Sridhar is joined by Lucrezia Scoppio, Chair of the Awards Program Committee, and Dr. John Scully, Chair of the Whitney Award Task Force.

Juan Caballero, Chair of the AMPP Board of Directors, encourages attendees to explore, engage, and make the most of all opportunities at AMPP Annual. Through collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing, we can continue to advance our field.