THEME CO-CHAIRS

Theme:  Polymer Synthesis and Kinetics

• Robin Hutchinson, Queen’s University, Canada
• Guojun Liu, Queen’s University, Canada
• Tanja Junkers, Monash University, Australia
• Jeremiah Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Theme:  Polymer Physics and Characterization

• Phillip Choi, University of Alberta, Canada
• Jeff Chen, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Hans-Jürgen Butt, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
• Carin Helfer, Ohio State University, USA
• Wenbing Hu, Nanjing University, China
• Igor Potemkin, Moscow State University, Russia

Theme:  Polymers for Biomedical Engineering

• Elizabeth Gillies, Western University, Canada
• Todd Hoare, McMaster University, Canada
• Sébastien Lecommandoux, University of Bordeaux, France
• April Kloxin, University of Delaware, USA
• Shiyong Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Theme:  Polymers for Nanotechnology

• Alex Adronov, McMaster University, Canada
• Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto, Canada
• Rachel O'Reilly, University of Birmingham, UK
• Zhihong Nie, Fudan University, China

Theme:  Smart and Functional Polymers

• Michael Cunningham, Queen's University, Canada
• Anastasia Elias, University of Alberta, Canada
• Yujun Feng, Sichuan University, China
• Patrick Theato, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Theme:  Polymers from Renewable Resources and Biodegradable Polymers

• Parisa Mehrkodavandi, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Orlando Rojas, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Michael Hummel, Aalto University, Finland
• Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Theme:  Polymer Engineering and Rheology

• Savvas Hatzikiriakos, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Marianna Kontopoulou, Queen's University, Canada
• Dimitris Vlassopoulos, University of Crete, Greece

Theme:  Polymers for Energy and Environmental Applications

• Mario Leclerc, Université Laval, Canada
• Francesca Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Sabine Ludwigs, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Eunkyoung Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

Theme:  Polymer Science Research and Education

• Melissa Chan, Universiti Teknologi, MARA, Malaysia
• Chris Fellows, University of New England, Australia
• Song Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada

Special Session: The Fate of Polymers in a Changing World

• Marie-Claude Heuzey, École Polytechnique, Canada
• John Dorgan, Michigan State University, USA
• Michael Walter, University of North Carolina (Charlotte), USA
• Marloes Peeters, Newcastle University, UK

Special Session: Porous Polymers

• Michael Silverstein, Technion, Israel