Division representative:
Song Liu, University of Manitoba
Symposia and organizers:
Advances in polymer synthesis
Organizer:
Mario Gauthier, University of Waterloo
Biodegradable and bio-based polymers
Organizers:
Julian Zhu, University of Montreal
Orlando Rojas, Aalto University, Finland
Invited speakers:
Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto
Mark J. MacLachlan, The University of British Columbia
Emily Cranston, The University of British Columbia
Jin Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Symposium Sponsor:
Anton Paar Canada
Polymer Source
Conjugated polymers for electronics
Organizer:
Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto
Yuning Li, University of Waterloo
Invited speakers:
Zac Hudson, The University of British Columbia
Benoit Lessard, University of Ottawa
Jean-François Morin, Laval University
Seth Rasmussen, North Dakota State University , USA
Ingo Salzmann, Concordia University
Simon Rondeau-Gagné, University of Windsor
Clara Santanto, Polytechnique Montréal
Kevin Noonan, Carnage Mellon University, USA
Tricia Carmichael, University of Windsor
Symposium Sponsors:
1-Material Inc.
Angstrom Engineering
Hierarchical assemblies of polymers and nanostructures on surfaces
Organizers:
Alex Adronov, McMaster University
Jose Moran-Mirabal, McMaster University
Invited speakers:
Emily Cranston, The University of British Columbia
Jean-Francois Nierengarten, Université de Strasbourg, France
Ian Manners, University of Victoria
Yuming Zhao, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Symposium Sponsor:
Nikon Canada Inc.
Systems for Research
Materials for advanced 3D printing
Organizer:
Chantal Paquet, National Research Council
Invited speakers:
Bhavana Deore, National Research Council of Canada
Carolyn Moorlag, XRCC
Woo Soo Kim, Simon Fraser University
Stimuli responsive polymers and composites
Organizers:
Anastasia Elias, University of Alberta
Michael Serpe, University of Alberta
Invited speakers:
Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University, USA
Yue Zhao, Université de Sherbrooke
Kenneth Shea, University of California, Irvine, USA
John Oh, Concordia University