ISPAC 2012  10 – 13 JUNE

ROLDUC ABBEY, KERKRADE, THE NETHERLANDS

PROGRAM

 

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SUNDAY 10 JUNE

Short Course

Location: Lecture Hall 2

8:30 –  9:00	Registration Short Course
9:00 – 10:30	Polymer solution characterization - Dr. Liz Meehan, AstraZeneca, UK
10:30 – 11:00	Pause
11:00 – 12:30	Characterization of polymers for biomedical applications - Dr. Edmondo Benetti, University of Padova & University of Twente
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	AFM and biomechanics - Dr. Peter Schön, University of Twente, The Netherlands
15:30 – 16:00	Pause
16:00 – 17:30	Polymer membranes - Dr. Kitty Nijmeijer, University of Twente, The Netherlands
18:00 – 19:00	Conference registration
19:00 – 21:00	Dinner buffet

 

MONDAY 11 JUNE

Session 1 Recent Trends in Solution Characterization of Polymers

Location: Aula Minor

8:00 –  8:30	Conference registration
8:30 –  9:15	Invited I	Prof. Peter Schoenmakers - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Towards Hyperformance Polymer Separations
9:15 – 10:00	Invited II	Prof. Wayne F. Reed - Tulane University, New Orleans, USA Recent advances in polymer reaction monitoring and solution characterization
10:00 – 10:0	Discussion I & II
10:20 – 11:00	Coffee-break (& mount posters)
11:00 – 12:30	6 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-1 - CL-6
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch	Location: Main dining room
13:30 – 13:50	Promotion Lecture Malvern  Location: T.B.A.	B. Postma: The benefits of moving from single to multi-detector size exclusion chromatography

 

Session 2    Polymers and Energy: The Characterization Challenge

Location: Aula Minor

14:00 – 14:45	Invited III	Dr. Joost Duvigneau – AeroTech Development, The Netherlands Polymer Nanocomposite Foams: Towards an increased thermal efficiency of buildings
14:45 – 15:30	Invited IV	Prof. Rene Janssen - TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Polymer solar cells: Status and challenges
15:30 – 15:50	Discussion III & IV
15:50 – 16:30	Coffee-break
Session 2A	Location: T.B.A.
16:30 – 18:30	8 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-7 - CL-14
Session 2B	Location: T.B.A.
16:30 – 18:30	8 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures, CL-15 - CL-22
18:30 – 20:30	Dinner buffet Poster session I	Main dining room Lecture Hall 4

 

Session 3    25 Years of ISPAC: Excellence in Polymer Analysis and Characterization

Location: Aula Minor

20:30 – 21:15	KEYNOTE LECTURE	Prof. Guy Berry - Carnegie-Mellon University, USA Twenty five years of ISPAC
21:15 – 21:45	Panel discussion
21:45 – 22:00	25 years of ISPAC jubilee celebration, drinks

                                                

TUESDAY 12 JUNE

Session 4     Polymers in Biomedical Applications

Location: Aula Minor

8:30 –  9:15	Invited V	Dr. Edmondo Benetti –University of Padova, Italy / University of Twente, The Netherlands Polymeric grafts at biological interfaces: Engineering and application
9:15 – 10:00	Invited VI	Prof. Christine Jérôme - University of Liege, Belgium Reversible networks for advanced smart biomaterials
10:00 – 10:20	Discussion V & VI
10:20 – 11:00	Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30	6 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-23 - CL-28
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
13:30 – 13:50	Promotion lecture Waters Location: T.B.A.	S.Harden Extending the Capabilities of MS Technologies for Polymers Analysis using Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

                        

Session 5     Polymer Composites

Location: Aula Minor

14:00 – 14:45	Invited VII	Prof. Bela Pukanszky - BME, Budapest, Hungary Characterization of PLA/wood “green” composites: Structure, physical ageing, micromechanics, and performance
14:45 – 15:30	Invited VIII	Prof. Ton Peijs - Queen Mary University of London, UK Making composites without matrix
15:30 – 15:50	Discussion VII & VIII
15:50 – 16:30	Coffee-break
16.30 – 18:30	8 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-29 - CL-36
18:30 – 19:30	Drinks	Poster session II
19:30 – 22:00	Conference dinner

                             

WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE

Session 6     Micro- and Nanotechnology with Polymers

Location: Aula Minor

8.30 – 09:15	Invited IX	Prof. Jürgen Rühe - IMTEK University of Freiburg, Germany Diffusion of polymers through nanopores: New perspectives for the analysis of watersoluble polymers?
9:15 – 10:00	Invited X	Prof. Philippe Leclère - University of Mons, Belgium ICMS- Eindhoven University, The Netherlands Scanning probe microscopy of (complex) polymeric materials: beyond imaging their morphology
10:00 – 10:20	Discussion IX & X
10:20 – 10:45	Coffee-break	DPI Poster Price announcement
10:45 – 12:45	8 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-37 - CL-44
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch

 

Session 7     General Papers

Location: Aula Minor

14:00 – 16:15	9 x 15 min.	Contributed lectures: CL-45 - CL-53
16:30	End congress & departure
16:30 – 17:30	Optional:	Rolduc abbey and rococo library tour
17:30 – 18:30	Optional:	dinner