It is the tradition at High Polymer conferences that the only official record kept is a provisional programme of events. Speakers are selected by peer review, and encouraged to present a personal view on current issues in polymer research.
- 2025: "Responsive Polymers and Active Matter" (63rd conference, programme organized by Prof. Richard Jones and Prof. Lorna Dougan.)
- 2024: "Polymers in an Age of Data" (62nd conference, programme organized by Prof Cameron Alexander and Prof Matthew Gibson.)
- 2023: "Polymers in Water" (61st conference, programme organized by Professor Rachel O’Reilly and Dr Jerry Winter)
- 2022: "Polymers in Extreme Environments" (60th conference, programme organized by Professor Eva Malmström and Dr Gareth Crapper)
- 2021: "How Polymers are Central to the Covid Pandemic Response - and What They Offer In Future", a webinar presented by Cameron Alexander, Professor of Polymer Therapeutics at the University of Nottingham, UK.
(Our 2021 meeting was online due to the COVID19 pandemic, a video of the talk is available through the link above). - 2019: "Polymers for Sustainability and Energy" (59th conference, programme organized by Professors Charlotte Williams and Ken Lewtas)
- 2018: "Polymer Surfaces by Design" (58th conference, programme organized by Prof. Joe Keddie and Dr Arthur Wilkinson)
- 2017: "The Role of Molecular Architecture in the Chemistry, Physics and Engineering of Macromolecules" (57th conference, programme organized by Prof. Nigel Clarke and Prof. Darrin Pochan)
- 2016: "Polymers for Health and Wellbeing" (56th conference, programme organized by Prof. Aline Miller and Dr. Janette Jones)
- 2015: "Phase Changes and Structure in Polymer Systems" (55th conference, programme organized by Professor Nigel Clarke and Professor Ken Lewtas)
- 2014: "Sustainable Polymer Science & Engineering" (54th conference, programme organized by Dr Mike Elwell and Professor Steve Howdle)
- 2013: "Supramolecular Self - Assembly" (53nd conference, programme organized by Professor Andrew Cooper and Dr Aline Miller)
- 2012: "Polymers for People" (52nd conference, programme organized by Professor Neil Cameron and Dr Ian Robinson)
- 2011: "Stimuli Responsive and Reactive Polymer Systems" (51st conference, programme organized by Professor Anna Balazs and Dr Ezat Khoshdel)
- 2010: "Polymer Science: The Next Fifty Years" (50th conference, programme organized by Professors Anthony Ryan, Phil Hodge and John Stanford)
- 2009: "Polymer Composites: Natural and Man-made" (49th conference, programme organized by John Stanford and Andy Burgess)
- 2008: "Energy, Sustainability and the Environment" (48th conference, programme organized by Tony Ryan and Geoffrey Maitland)
- 2007 "Novelty in the Synthesis and Uses of Polymers" (47th conference, programme organized by Philip Hodge and Geoffrey Maitland)
- 2006 "Polymers for Applications" (46th conference)
- 2005 "Working at Interfaces" (45th conference, organized by Athene Donald, Tony Ryan and Steve Armes)
- 2004 "Polymer Science of, in and on Biological Systems" (44th conference, programme arranged by David Bott and Athene Donald)
- 2003 43rd Moretonhampstead Conference
- 2002 42nd Moretonhampstead Conference (Programme arranged by Professors Phil Hodge and Steve Rannard)
- 2001 Reacting and Responding Polymers (41st Moretonhampstead Conference organised by Professor Randal Richards and Bill MacDonald)
- 2000 40th Moretonhampstead Conference
- 1999 39th Moretonhampstead Conference
- 1998 "Design, Application and Shape of Polymers" (38th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1997 "Fields, Forces and flows in making, manipulating and using polymers" (37th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1996 "Structural Hierarchy in Polymers" (36th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1995 "Structural Hierarchy in Polymers" (35th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1994 "Waterborne and Water Soluble Polymers" (34th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1993 "Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Polymers with Novel Topologies" 33rd Moretonhampstead Conference
- 1992 32nd Moretonhampstead Conference
- 1991 "Order and Assembly in Polymer Systems" (31st Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1990 "Diffusion and transport processes in polymers" (30th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1989 "The Reactive Polymer" (29th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1988 "Interfaces between Polymer Science and Other Disciplines" (28th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1987 "Recent developments in synthesis, properties and applications of polymers" (27th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1986 "Charged polymers and micellar systems" (26th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1985 "Recent developments in chain reaction polymerisation" (25th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1984 "Interactions of Polymers" (24th Moretonhampstead Conference)
- 1983 "Polymers in thin films - synthesis, properties, devices" (23rd Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1982 "Polymer Liquids, Their Synthesis And Applications" (22nd Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1981 "Evolution of Polymer Science" (21st Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1980 "New Developments in Multicomponent Polymer Systems" (20th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1979 "Speciality Polymers - Synthesis and Applications" (19th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1978 "Controlled synthesis of polymers" (18th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1977 "Reactive macromolecules" (17th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1976 "Orientation phenonema in polymer systems" (16th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1975 "Hydrocarbon polymers - synthesis, characterisation and properties" (15th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1974 "Photo-processes in polymer systems" (14th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1973 "Interfacial Phenomena in Polymer Systems" (13th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1972 "Multiphase Systems: Their Production and Properties" (12th Mortonhampstead Conference)
- 1969 "Reactions of Polymers Stabilisation and Degradation"
- 1967 "Fibre Reinforced Polymers"
- 1961 "The Relation Between Chemical Structure and Physical Properties of Elastomers with Particular Regard to the Fundamental Aspects of the Subject" (1st Moretonhampstead Conference)