1996: Structural Hierarchy in Polymers

09:10	Dr Roger Alder (Bristol University) "Polymers with Repeating Quaternary Centres and Other Conformational Locks"
10:50	Dr Andy Holmes (Cambridge University) "Controlled Synthesis of Architecturally Interesting Polymers"
11:55	Professor Vernon Gibson (Imperial College) Stereoregulation through Catalyst Design
17:00	Dr Dave Lohse (Exxon Research and Engineering) "Structural Aspects of Metallocene Produced Polyolefins"
18:00	Professor lan Ward (Leeds University) "The Importance of Structure?"

09:00	Dr Dave Leigh (UMIST) "Mechanically Linked Polymers"
10:40	Professor Harry Gibson (Virginia Tech) "Recent Advances in Polyrotaxanes and Related Materials"
11:50	Professor Alan Windle (Cambridge University) "Levels of Structure in Liquid Crystalline Polymers; The Discipline of the Modelling Approach"
17:00	Professor Sir Harry Kroto (Sussex University), Nobel Laureate "Fullerenes as Materials Building Blocks"
18:00	Dr Jeff Brinker (Sandia National Laboratories) "The Role of Organics in Determining the Structure of Porous Inorganic Materials"

09:00	Professor Paul Calvert (Arizona Materials Laboratory, Tucson) "Biomimetic Hierarchical Composite Structures and Freeforming"
10:35	Dr Dave Kaplan (US Army) "Spider Silk Properties, Composition and Genetics"
11:40	Dr Chris Viney (Oxford University) "From Engineering Protein to Engineering Polymer: Can Silk to be Made to Order?"
17:00	Professor Nadrian Seeman (New York University) Control of DNA Structure and Topology

The conference was held at Moretonhampstead
Tuesday, 30th April - Thursday, 2nd May 1996