The symposium will focus on current issues in research and practical applications of polymer gels, materials science, engineering, solvent-free elastomers, active soft matter, rubbers, and other polymer networks. 

Plenary Lectures

• Prof. Chaté, Hugues – CEA-Saclay, France
• Prof. Sano, Masaki – Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Prof. Sheiko, Sergei S. – University of North Carolina, USA
• Prof. Urayama, Kenji – Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. Zhao, Xuanhe – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Keynote Lectures

• Prof. Beta, Carsten – University of Potsdam, Germany
• Prof. Gong, Jian Ping – Hokkaido University (ICReDD), Japan
• Prof. Hong, Wei – Southern University of Science and Technology
• Prof. Kakugo, Akira – Kyoto University, Japan
• Dr. Kim, Junsoo – Northwestern University, USA
• Prof. Lodge, Timothy P. – University of Minnesota, USA
• Prof. Macfarlane, Robert J. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof. MacLachlan, Mark – The University of British Columbia, USA
• Prof. Mizuno, Daisuke – Kyushu University
• Dr. Narita, Tetsuharu – CNRS – ESPCI Paris, France
• Prof. Olsen, Bradley D. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof. Park, Moon Jeong – POSTECH
• Prof. Patrickios, Costas – University of Cyprus, Greece
• Prof. Sakai, Takamasa – The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Prof. Sun, Jeong-Yun – Seoul National University, South Korea
• Prof. Tanaka, Masaru – Kyushu University
• Prof. Yamamoto, Ryoichi – Kyoto University Japan
• Prof. Yin, Yadong – University of California, Riverside, USA