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Frontiers in Polymer Science

International Symposium Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Journal polymer

7-9 June 2009

Congress Centrum Mainz, Germany

Submit your abstract - submission deadline: 1 December 2008

Submit your abstract for poster presentation

polymer, started in March 1960 by the British polymer community is one of the very first scientific journals in the field. The journal has enjoyed a consistently growing impact in recent years (current impact factor 3.065) and now covers a wide spectrum of topics of current interest in polymer science.

The 3-day symposium will consist of 15 plenary lectures (of 50 minutes each), given by outstanding scientists whose exceptionally creative work opens up new frontiers for polymer science.

In addition, there will be 5 poster sessions allowing for the viewing of a large number of poster presentations.  Abstracts covering all aspects of modern polymer science are welcome. To submit your abstract for poster presentation at the symposium please follow this link.

The deadline for receiving abstracts for poster presentations is: 1 December 2008

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Plenary Speakers:

• Markus Antonietti, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam, Germany
• Jean M.J. Fréchet, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Richard Friend, Cambridge University, UK
• Alan J. Heeger, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, Nobel Laureate
• Kazunori Kataoka, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Jean-Marie Lehn, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, Nobel Laureate
• Ludwik Leibler, ESPCI (Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles), Paris, France
• Kris Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
• Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
• Klaus Müllen, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany
• Donald R. Paul, University of Texas, Austin, USA
• Thomas P. Russell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
• Clément Sanchez, Université de Paris VI, France
• David Tirrell, California Institute of Technology, USA
• Edwin L. Thomas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Photography

Please be advised that no photography or video/sound recording of conference presentations is allowed to take place during the conference.

LOCATION

Congress Centrum Mainz, Germany

DATES

7–9 June 2009

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