The event aims to gather participants from academia and industry passionate about polysaccharide-related R&D and applications. It is one of the largest events in the field of polysaccharides and brings together over 450 researchers from all over the world.

A one-day pre-conference for students and young researchers will be held on September 17 with two simultaneous sections of choice: “Chemistry and characterization of carbohydrates”, or “From the idea to the startup”.

Topics

• Advances in polysaccharide analysis, extraction and characterization
• Challenges and progress in polysaccharide chemistry
• Progress in bulk, surface and interfacial interactions of polysaccharides through experimental and computational  methods
• Emerging polysaccharide based (nano)materials
• Polysaccharide gels, porous materials, emulsions
• Polysaccharides in food and nutrition
• Polysaccharides in medical and pharmaceutical applications
• Composites, textiles and fiber network structures
• Interactions of plant cell wall polymers
• Polysaccharides in a sustainable and circular economy