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43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress: Polymer Science in the Service of Society, 11-16 July 2010, Glasgow, UK


Scientific Programme


The scientific programme for 43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress has been designed to be accessible and relevant to all.

Many of the symposia now have keynote and invited speakers confirmed. Please see the theme links on this page for the details of each symposium.

Further information on each symposium will be added in the coming months. Please visit the site regularly to ensure that you don't miss any of the new developments.


Plenary Speakers

Lecture

Plenary Speakers

More information on the speakers that will give plenary lectures at Macro2010, including brief biographies


Themes

Delivering New Polymers for Service in Society: Advances in Polymer Chemistry

Conveners: Dave Leigh (Edinburgh, UK), Wayne Hayes (Reading, UK), Dave Haddleton (Warwick, UK), Tom Davis (New South Wales, Australia), Joachim Steinke (London, UK)

Molecular to Macroscopic Behaviour of Polymers

Conveners: Andrei Zvelindovsky (Central Lancashire, UK), Costantino Creton (Paris, France), Hagan Bayley (Oxford, UK), Peter Williams (Glyndwr, UK)

Sustainability: Renewable Resources and Environmentally-Friendly Polymers

Conveners: Andrew Dove (Warwick, UK), Stephen Eichhorn (Manchester, UK)

Polymers in Support of Life

Conveners: Brian Saunders (Manchester, UK), Steve Rimmer (Sheffield, UK), Neil Cameron (Durham, UK), Giuseppe Battaglia (Sheffield, UK)

Functional Polymers for Electronics, Energy and Analysis

Conveners: Peter Budd (Manchester, UK), Peter Cormack (Strathclyde, UK), Steve Yeates (Manchester, UK), Aleksandar Radu (Dublin, Ireland), Ingo Dierking (Manchester, UK)

Polymer Science in Everyday Life

Conveners: Manfred Bochmann (East Anglia, UK), Andrew Slark (Henkel, UK), Ezat Khoshdel (Unilever, UK)

Advances in Colloidal and Nanosize Polymer Materials

Conveners: Joao Cabral (London, UK); Stefan Bon (Warwick, UK)

Young Polymer Scientists

Convener: Rachel O'Reilly (Warwick, UK)

Symposium Index

Index

A-Z of Symposia

An alphabetical index of all the symposia taking place during the congress


Committees

Committees

Committees

A list of the committee members involved in organising Macro2010


Related Links

Link icon POLYSOLVAT-8: Polymer-solvent Complexes and Intercalates
Macro2010 delegates may also be interested in this IUPAC conference from 5-8 July 2010, Strasbourg, France.


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