Themed “Polymers for our future” it aims to stimulate discussions on polymeric materials that can provide answers to urgent societal demands, including sustainability, recyclability, energy storage & generation, biomaterials, nanomaterials, etc.

The conference aims to promote cross-discipline understanding between the classics of polymer science and areas of current importance, such as sustainability, energy and health. The event will provide young scientists a forum to create their own scientific networks and collaborate with PhD students, early career researchers and well-known lecturers in the field from around the world. 

Topics

• Polymer synthesis, green chemistry, synthesis of sustainable polymers
• Rheology, processing, additive manufacturing
• Polymer degradation, mechanical & chemical recycling, circular strategies
• Advances in theory and simulation
• Biopolymers, polymers and nutrition, biomedical polymers
• Polymers for energy storage, security and smart materials
• Multiphase materials, copolymers, blends, composites, nanocomposites
• Polymer physics, structure-property relationships
• Advanced characterization of polymers.

Selected Speakers

• Volker Abetz, University of Hamburg and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
• Ana Beloqui Elizazu, University of the Basque Country – POLYMAT, Spain
• Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota, USA
• Christopher Li, Drexel University, USA
• Katja Loos, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Christine Luscombe, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
• Mª Jesús Vicent, Príncipe Felipe Research Center (CIPF), Valencia, Spain