The conference program starts at about noon on Monday 24th May and ends at early afternoon on Wednesday the 26th to continue on Thursday and Friday with the course "Rheological and scattering methods in polymer characterization"  The course has top-rated teachers, Sören Hvidt from Denmark and  Bo Nyström from Norge.

Plenarists (and tentative titles available):

Executive Director Geert Dancet/ECHA, REACH, review of chemical legislation

Janne Ruokolainen (Aalto-university), Liquid helium cryo-TEM – new high resolution imaging possibilities  for polymer science applications

Dr. Peter Denifl, (Borealis) Catalysts in Emulsion Polymerization

Raymond Farinato (Kemira) Polymers in water treatment

Bo Nyström, Structural and Dynamical Features in aqueous Solutions of Responsive Copolymers

Jouko Vyörykkä (Dow Chemicals) Aqueous Dispersions of Polyolefins: Broadening the Applications beyond Extrusion

Kalle Levon
Functional Polymers for Health Applications

Preliminary themes

Novel polymerization methods and catalysts
Polymer analysis and characterization
Polymer physics
Nanocomposites, hybrid materials
Functional polymers nanostructured materials
Biopolymers, bio based monomers and catalysts
Polymers in forest industry and water treatment

Oral presentations

Oral presentations will be given in two or three parallel sessions. The duration of oral presentations is 20 minutes including the discussion.