Sunday May 18

16.00 Opening Registration Desk

19.00 Welcome +Buffet Dinner

Monday May 19

Session: Industry view on Future of Polymers (Chair: L.Kleintjens, RU. Bochum)

- 9.30 K. van Haasteren , General Marketing Manager SABIC-Europe; Polymers as a solution to the challenges of  the world in 2030

- 9.55 R. Koopmans, Research Director  DOW-Europe; Plastics -a new beginning!

-10.20 C. Paulik, Director External Research, Borealis; Creating value with Polypropylene.

10.45 COFFEEBREAK

-11.00 M. Dröscher, Head Innovation Management, Evonik Degussa; Polymers @ Evonik

-11.25 W. Sederel, Management Board Member, SABIC Innovative Plastics; Reinventing the Polycarbonate  Business.

11.50 J. Put, Chief Technology Officer, DSM, NL: Sustainability in Polymers, a Problem or an Opportunity?

12.30 LUNCH

Session: Nano-composites (Chair: V.Khunova, STU Bratislawa)

-13.30 T. Peijs, Queen Mary U London, Nano-Composites

-14.00 M. Ballauff, U. Bayreuth; Metallic Nano-particles immobilized in polymer composites Synthesis and catalytic   properties.

-14.25 A. Lee, Michigan State U.; Influences of Nano-structured Chemicals in thermoplastic elastomers.

-14.50 S. Förster, U. Hamburg; Block copolymer Nanoparticle composites: towards ideal(ized) polymer  Nanocomposite structures.

15.15 COFFEEBREAK

-15.30 R. Jeziorska, ICRI-Warsaw; Polyamide 6 Nano-composites: the effect of silsesquioxanes’functionality.

-15.55 S. Karanam, Sabic Inovative Plastics; Nanocomposite of montmorillonite with sulfonated telechelic PBT: effect of ionic groups on clay dispersion and mechanical properties.

-16.20 A. Wilkinson, U. Manchester; Structure development and interfacial interactions in polymer-layered clay silicate Nano-composites formed via reactive processing.

-16.45 I. Kelnar, IMC Prague; Nanocomposites with multiphase matrix; effective way to upgrade polymeric materials properties

19.00 DINNER

20.30-23.00 POSTERBAR DISCUSSIONS

Tuesday May 20

Session: Biomedical Materials ( Chair: A.Dias, DSM)

-8.30 E. Schacht, U. Gent,..  Bio materials

-8.55 H. Börner, MPI Golm; Monodisperse Polyamides: a platform to tailor macromolecules for the Biomedical field.

-9.20 J. Borbely, U. Debrecen; Composite Nanodevices for Biomedical applications.

-9.45. A.Martens, Wageningen U.; Self assembly of designer peptide block copolymers with charged blocks.

10.10 D.Broer, Philips: Molecular engineered polymer components for Biosensor applications

-10.35COFFEEBREAK

-10.50

-11.15 S.Slomkovski, CMMS Lodz; Polyester scaffolds for hard tissue engineering

-11.40 S.Söntjens, TU Eindhoven; Long-term failure of poly-lactides: interplay of deformation and degradation.

-12.05 T.Smit, VU-MC Amsterdam; Degradable polymers for spinal implants: Potentials and Pitfalls.

12.30 Lunch

Session: Polymer Systems / Modification ( Chair: M.Möller, RWTH Aachen)

-13.30 J. Roda, ICT Prague; From Commodity to special aliphatic polyamides.

-13.55 T. Hoeks, Sabic IP; Lexan copolymers, the next dimensions in growth.

-14.20 T.Loontjens, DSM; Preparation of Multifunctional Polyurethanes.

-14.45 J. Kotek, IMC Prague; Upgrading semicrystalline polymers by tiny amounts of additives: Beta nucleation of isotactic Polypropylene as example.

-15.10J. Fraaije, Culgi; The Chemistry Unified Language Interface: New Models in Multiscale Modelling of Industrial Polymer Systems.

15.35 COFFEEBREAK

-15.50 P .Laggner, Austrian Ac. Sci.; Power or Convenience? A comparison of Synchroton vs laboratory SAXS for Nano-analytics.

-16.15 A. Adams, RWTH Aachen; Polymer analysis by mobile NMR.

-16.40 K. Schneider, IPF Dresden; On-line structure characterisation of commodity plastics during deformation by SAXS and WAXS for tailoring special polymer morphology

-17.05 N. van der Vegt, MPI-Mainz; Multiscale simulations of macromolecules

-17.30 M.Ulcnik-krump, SMILE; How can additives affect the mechanical  recycling of plastics.

-17.55 G. Maier, PolyMaterials; High Troughput Screening- Reducing effort to handle complex problems

19.30 CONFERENCE DINNER

Tuesday May 20

ParallelSession: Bio-inspired Materials (Chair; P.Lemstra, TU Eindhoven)

-13.30 M. Kozlowski, Wroclaw UT; Polymeric materials from renewable recources.

-13.55 H.Klok, EFP Lausanne; Surface-initiated polymerization as a tool to tailor surfaces for biomedical and bioanalytical applications

-14.20 A. Smit, Uniqema; Dimerised fatty acid technology: high performance polymers by incorporating renewable building blocks.

-14.45 R.Dolmans, RWTH Aachen; Properties and potentials of Biopolymers for textile applications

-15.10 B. Ivan, CRC Budapest; Nanophasic Amphiphilic polymer conetworks: an new material platform from Nanohybrids to Biomaterials.

15.35 COFFEEBREAK

-15.50 K.Loos/A.schouten, U Groningen; Branched Polysaccharides by combined Biocatalysis.

-16.15 S. Agarwal, U. Marburg; New class of polymers (Polyvinyl-co-ester)s: Synthetic methods and properties evaluation

-16.40 H. Haeger, Evonik Degussa; Polyamides from renewable raw  materials-Back to future?

-17.05 J. Vancso, U. Twente: Walking beasts in seawater from nanometer perspective: Whatching and feeling biofouling protein footprints of barnacle larvae by AFM.

-17.30 C. Vasile, P.Poni Inst; New smart polymer materials

Wednesday May 21

Session: Polymers for Automotive (Chair:M.Soliman, SABIC-Europe)

-9.00 E. Pinho, TMG; Evolution on Blending  of TPE’s to meet latest Automotive trends.

-9.25 R.Steenbakkers, SABIC Europe; Polypropylene impact copolymers; New developments

-9.50 F.Meier, IBP Fraunhofer:Optimisation of odour and emissions of automotive parts and materials

10.15 COFFEEBREAK

-10.30 J.Thomason, U. Strathclyde Structure-performance relations in  thermoplastic composites for Automotive Applications:

-10.55 F.Essers, SABIC Europe;  Developments in PP compounds for automotive interior: Market requirements and Technology developments

Session: Plastic Electronics ( Chair: L.Kleintjens)

-11.20 M. Buchmeiser, U. Leipzig; Polyinsertion-derived conjugated (semi-)conductive high performance polymers

12.00 LUNCH

-13.30 R. Jordan, TU München ; Writing small with macromolecules

-13.55 M. Debije, TU Eindhoven: Improving performance of luminescent solar concentrators with liquid crystals

-14.20 A. Greiner, U. Marburg; Stoichiometric functionalization of gold Nanoparticles in solution through a free radical polymerization approach.

-14.45..

-15.10B. Jungnickel, DKI Darmstadt; Enhancing the performance of electro-mechanically active polymers

-15.35 T. Dingemans, TU Delft; All-aromatic Polyazomethines: Versatile ambipolar materials for polymer photovoltaics

 

16.00 FAREWELL PARTY

Main sponsor: SABIC EUROPE

Current list of Posters

-E. Semeriyanov, IPF Dresden; Shear-induced orientation of Nanotubes resulted in anisotropy of polymer composite conductivity.

-S. Huber, TU München ; LCST-tuning of poly(2-oxazoline)s.

-M.Buchmeiser, U. Leipzig; Novel nano-corundum particles as additional fillers for polymeric hybrid Nano-composites.

-Y. Faci, CSC Alger; Determination of acoustic parameters of composite and polymer material (modelling).

-R. van der Grampel, SABIC IP; Specialty polycarbonates. A new direction to growth.

-R.van der Grampel, Lexan EXL resins, extreme performance to beat the environment

-P. Vanhoorne, Lanxess; New mining applications for ion-exchange resins.

-T. Scherzer, U. Leipzig; Monitoring of the processing of polymer coatings by near-infrared spectroscopy.

-T.Scherzer, U. Leipzig, Surface structure of UV-varnish coatings by 172nm excimer photons: Principle, technology and examples of application.

-Wang Jianjun, MPI-Mainz; Redispersible Polypyrolle composite Nano-particles and their OLED application.

-I. Janigová, PI Sl. Ac. Sci. Bratislava; Characterisation of Polycaprolactone/Clay Composites

-J. Handgraaf, Culgi bv; Application of the CULGI Library toMaterial and Polymer Science.

-C. Ducianu and C. Vasile, P. Poni Inst. ; Hydrogels based on chitosan and its derivatives.

-R. Dumitriu and C.Vasile, P.Poni Inst.; Study of Phasetransition in “smart’ alginate/NIPAM hydrogels.

-V.Konsulov, U Shumen; Synthesis of amphiphilic alternating copolymers of Maleic Acid, containing nitroxide radicals.

-J. Okuda, RWTH Aachen; Stereoselective Polymerisation by Metal Catalysts

-O.Panduraru and C.Vasile, P.Poni Inst.; Polyvinyl alcohol /Beta-cyclodextrines membranes.

-S. Agarwal, U. Marburg ; Chemical modification of PMMA by methylcoumarin to make it suitable for photoinduced drug release.

-G. Priya, RWTH Aachen, Synthesis of novel Poly(ester amide)s and their Characterisation by solid state NMR.

-N. Vaze, SABIC Innovative Plastics; Miscibility studies of Polyester/Polycarbonate blends.

-T. Kockelkoren, DSM: Polythioesters, a new degradable polymer: Synthesis, Degradation and Toxicity.

-P. Goel, RWTH Aachen; PET fibres as controlled-release system for zinc ions to exhibit antibacterial properties.

-B. Tigges, RWTH Aachen; Electrospun silica nanofibres as reinforcements for epoxy resins

 

……………some 4 more Posters are announced…….