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