2012: Polymers for People

Photograph of the speakers at the 2012 conference.

Back Row: Roland Franz, Glyn Roberts, Phil Souter, Mike Gidley; David Weitz, Robb Hermes
Centre Row: Derek Irvine, Ezat Khoshdel, David Lidzey, Stefan Bon.
Front Row: Eugenia Kumacheva, Hong–Yee Low, Kathryn Uhrich, Tony Ryan (Chairman), Heather Maynard, Kazunori Kataoka.

HPRG 52nd Meeting

Sunday 29th April - Thursday 3rd May, 2012
Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire

Conference Chairmen: Professor Neil Cameron and Dr Ian Robinson

Speakers

1	Professor Stefan Bon (Warwick University, UK) "Supracolloidal chemistry: from building blocks to assembled structures"
2	Dr Roland Franz (Fraunhofer-Institute for Process Technology and Packaging , Germany) "From activation energy of diffusion in polymers to food and consumer safety"
3	Professor Mike Gidley (University of Queensland, Australia) "Natural biopolymer assemblies in foods and their behaviour during digestion"
4	Dr Robb Hermes (Los Alamos, USA) "A new use for a commodity monomer: deep water oil wells"
5	Professor Paul Hogg (Manchester University, UK) "Powered by Composites: Clean Energy and Record Breaking Sport"
6	Professor Derek Irvine (Nottingham University, UK) "Microwave assisted scale up - selective power for selective people"
7	Dr Mike Jenkins University of Birmingham, UK) "Polymers in sports technology: an overview"
8	Professor Kazunori Kataoka (University of Tokyo, Japan) "Block copoloymer self-assemblies as smart nanocarriers in gene and drug delivery"
9	Professor Eugenia Kumacheva (University of Toronto, Canada) "Microfluidic Generation of Polymer Microgels: A Sea of Applications"
10	Professor David Lidzey (University of Sheffield, UK) "Organic photovoltaic devices: technology and materials"
11	Dr. Hong-Yee Low (A Star, Singapore) "Biomimetic Surface Functionalities through Nanoimprinted Micro- and Nanostructures"
12	Professor. Heather Maynard (UCLA, USA) "Protein-polymer nanocapsules for drug delivery"
13	Dr Glyn Roberts and Dr Ezat Khoshdel (Unilever, UK) "Toward a Sustainable Future - How Polymer Chemist will enable 21st century Home and Personal Care"
14	Dr. Phil Souter (Procter & Gamble, UK) "Developing a household-based water purification product for low income consumers"
15	Professor Kathryn Uhrich (Rutgers University, USA) "Polymers with a Purpose: Biocompatible Polymers that Degrade into Bioactives"
16	Professor David Weitz (Harvard University, USA) "Emulsion templated colloidal structures fabricated with microfluidics"

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