IP’24 will cover all areas of ionic polymerization as well as related approaches, for instance new methods, innovative solvents and techniques, advanced materials and precision polymer structures. The conference scope also comprises emerging as well as established applications. Furthermore, current approaches relying on biobased monomers and potentially sustainable materials will be discussed.

A full programme of 5 days is planned including: 9 Plenary Lectures 26 Invited Lectures 22 Oral Communications selected from the submitted abstracts.

Plenary Speakers

• CO2-Based Copolymers as Alternatives to Petroleum-Derived Thermoplastics (PL05)
  Prof. Yves GNANOU, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAUST), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Living Polymerization of Glycolide. A long-standing challenge (PL07)
  Prof. Nikos HADJICHRISTIDIS, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAUST), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Cationic Ring Opening (co)Polymerization of 2-Oxazolines and 2-Oxazines (PL03)
  Prof. Richard HOOGENBOOM, GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
• Synergistic Developments of Living Ionic and Radical Polymerizations via Reversible Activation of Dormant Species (PL08)
  Prof. Masami KAMIGAITO, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, Nagoya, Japan
• Dual Catalysis in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (PL06)
  Prof. Krzysztof MATYJASZEWSKI, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, United States
• Macromolecular Nucleic Acid Delivery Vehicles via Parallel Experiment and Computation (PL02)
  Prof. Theresa REINEKE, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, United States
• One-Step Synthesis of Multiblock Copolymers Using Alkali Metal Carboxylate Catalyst (PL01)
  Prof. Toshifumi SATOH, HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Hokkaido, Japan
• Structure-Activity-Selectivity Relationships in Controlled Polymerization Catalysis Using Renewable Resources (PL04)
  Prof. Charlotte WILLIAMS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Anionic Ring-Opening Copolymerization to Novel Gradient and Random Biobased or Biodegradable Copolymers (PL09)
  Prof. Frederik WURM, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, Enschede, The Netherlands