Schedule - 5th May 2025 - Day 1

May 5th 2025

8:30 - 8:40

Introductory Remarks

8:40 - 9:20

Plenary Session

Controlled Catalysis for Poly(ester-alt-ethers): Properties and Applications

Charlotte Williams

9:20- 9:30

SHORT BREAK (before sessions start)

9:30 - 10:30

9:30 - 10:00

Controlling the Mode of Activation in Bidentate Ni(II) Complexes: Tailored Polyolefins and Polar Monomer Incorporation

Eva Harth

10:00 - 10:30

Monomers from Polymers
Athina Anastasaki

9:30 - 10:00

Flow Chemistry for Controlled Polymerisation Monitoring Conversion and MWTby Online NMR and GPC

Dave Haddelton

10:00 - 10:30

Distinguishing Three Distinct Architectures of Bis-MPA Polyester and Determining These Structures by CharacterizationalStudies

Scott Grayson

9:30 - 10:00

Toward Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers:
Tapered Block Copolymers with New Terpene-based Monomers

Axel Müller

10:00 - 10:30

Molecular Catalysis as a Tool for Polymer Engineering:
From Polyolefins To Functional Polymers and Sustainable Polymers

Claudio De Rosa

9:30 - 10:00

Block Copolymers of More-Activated Monomers and Less-Activated Monomers – Universal Versus Switchable RAFT

Bert Klumperman

10:00 - 10:30

Synergistic Progress of Living Ionic and Radical Polymerization via Reversible Activation of Dormant Species

Masami Kamigaito

10:30- 11:00

BREAK

11:00 - 12:20

11:00 - 11:20

New PhotoinitiatingSystems for High Performance Materials (The Challenge of Shadow Areas)

Jacques Lalevée

11:20 - 11:40

Initiators for Continuous Activator Regeneration (ICAR) Depolymerization

Glen R. Jones

11:40 - 12:00

From Polymers to Rings and Back Again: Chemical Recycling of Polyesters to Macrolactones

Madeleine Smith

12:00 - 12:20

Depolymerization of Commercial Polymethacrylates Triggered by Visible Light

Hyun Suk Wang

11:00 - 11:20

Functional Polymeric Materials in Detection of Targeted Substances with Ambient Mass Spectrometry

Michał Cegłowski

11:20 - 11:40

Halogen-Bonded Multi-Stimuli Materials: Sensing Beyond the Basics

Franck Meyer

11:40 - 12:00

UCST-Based Hydrogels for Programmable Shape Morphing Using DLP

Fato Niang

12:00 - 12:20

Redox and NIR Light-responsive PCL-PEG-PCL Triblock Copolymer as a Smart Drug Delivery System

Daniela Pappalardo

11:00 - 11:20

Environmentally Advantageous Cationic Polymerization of β-Pinene, a Renewable Terpene Monomer

Béla Iván

11:20 - 11:40

Poly(ethylene Succinate) Through Ring-Opening Polymerisation: A Step Towards Environmentally Friendly Packaging Solutions

Bige Bati

11:40 - 12:00

New Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers and Thermosets Derived from Bio-based Monomers

Claudio Pellecchia

12:00 - 12:20

Biosourced Precursors of Epoxy Thermosets Containing Both Epoxy and Anhydride Functions: From Self-Polymerization to Crosslinking Reaction

Thomas Vidil

11:00 - 11:20

The RAFT-Mediated Synthesis of Poly(styrene-co-maleic Acid) Through Direct Copolymerization of Maleic Acid: Synthesis and Polymer Properties

Michael-Phillip Smith

11:20 - 11:40

Room Temperature Cationic RAFT Polymerization of StyrenicMonomers

Maksim Hulnik

11:40 - 12:00

Acid-Enhanced Photoiniferter Polymerization Under Visible Light

Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou

12:00 - 12:20

Synthesis of Smart Polymeric Flocculants for Microalgae Harvesting by RAFT Polymerisation

Valentin Beyer

12:20- 13:40

LUNCH

13:40 - 15:10

13:40 - 14:10

Precision in Polymer Synthesis: From Sustainable Polymers to Bioactive Glycopolymers

Remzi Becer

14:10 - 14:30

Organic Catalysis for Polymerization of Alkyl Muconates as a Bio-Based Alternative of Acrylates

Thomas Dardé

14:30 - 14:50

Effect of Solvent Polarity on Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of Functional Acrylate/Methacrylates

Noushin Rajabalinia

14:50 - 15:10

Photoinitiated and RAFT Cationic Polymerization: From p-Methoxystyrene to Isobutylene

Sergei Kostjuk

13:40 - 14:10

Simple and Accessible Robotics in Polymer Synthesis
Tanja Junkers

14:10 - 14:30

Stimuli-Responsive, Bioinspired Glycopolymers for Selective Heavy Metal and Rare Earth Element Capture

Cassandra E. Callman

14:30 - 14:50

Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Microrobot Swarms: Synthesis and Functionalization of Polymeric Hands

Martina Ussia

14:50 - 15:10

Exploiting Photopolymerization to Modulate Liquid Crystalline Networks Actuation

Marco Turriani

13:40 - 14:10

Thiocarbonyl Radical Polymerization: A Route to Degradable Vinyl Polymers

Mathias Destarac

14:10 - 14:30

Tailored Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Hybrid Materials for Advanced Applications

Olya S. Stoilova

14:30 - 14:50

Functional Copolymer Assembly in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for the Green Recycling of Critical Metals

Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes

14:50 - 15:10

Synthesis of New Biobased Polyamides with Intrinsic Flame Retardant Properties

Clément Desgoulieres

13:40 - 14:10

Novel Initiators for Polyhomologation

Nikos Hadjichristidis

14:10 - 14:30

In-Situ Release of Carbenoid Species from Imidazoles and Oxiranes for Catalysis in Polymer Chemistry

Matthias Steiner

14:30 - 14:50

CO2-Switchable Surfactants Enhance the Water Resistance of Latex-Based Coatings

Raz Abbasi

14:50 - 15:10

Electron Beam-Cured (Interpenetrating) Polymer Coatings: Formation, Morphology, Application

Tommaso Frison

15:10- 15:40

BREAK

15:40 - 17:10

15:40 - 16:10

Scalable Synthesis of Sequence-Defined Polymers: Unlocking Applications in Materials Science

Nezha Badi

16:10 - 16:30

Digital Polymer Synthesis Using a Fully Orthogonal Radical Process

Hugo Guilmain

16:30 - 16:50

Abiotic Sequence-Defined Oligoamides: Synthesis and Applications.

Thibault Schutz

16:50 - 17:10

Kinetically Controlled One-Pot Synthesis of Poly(peptide-bpeptoid) with Well-Defined Secondary Structure and Thermal Stability

Prabir Maity

15:40 - 16:10

Carbon Dioxide Responsive Polymers: Design, Properties and Applications

Cunningham Michael

16:10 - 16:30

Switchable pH-Responsive Morphologies of Supramolecular Water Soluble Self-assembled Nucleobase Copolymers

Sylvain Catrouillet

16:30 - 16:50

Thermoresponsive Wearable Cotton Fabrics Coated With Epoxy Resin/Carbon Nanotubes

Noemi Faggio

16:50 - 17:10

Digital Light Processing of Thermoresponsive Polypeptide Hydrogels from Poly(L-proline)

Robert D. Murphy

15:40 - 16:10

Dynamic Covalent Chemistry in Polymer Latexes

Muriel Lansalot

16:10 - 16:30

Chemical Valorization of Waste Polyacrylonitrile Polymers via Shuttle Catalysis

Leinders Jarne

16:30 - 16:50

Crystal Structure and Properties of Chemically Recyclable Substituted Poly-3-hydroxybutyrates with Tacticity-Independent Crystallinity

Miriam Scoti

16:50 - 17:10

Valorization of Polyol and Aromatic Amines from Rigid Polyurethane Foams via Ammonolysis

Lander Van Belleghem

15:40 - 16:10

Controlling the Synthesis of Poly(olefin Sulfones)

John Matson

16:10 - 16:30

Light-Driven In Situ and Sustainable (Co)polymerization of Conjugated Monomers by a Novel Single-Component Photoinitiator

Kerem Kaya

16:30 - 16:50

Photoinduced Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides for Preparation of Polypeptide Gels

Ana Kočman

16:50 - 17:10

Varying the Core Topology in All-Glycidol Hyperbranched Polyglycerols: Synthesis and Physical Characterization

Carlo Andrea Pagnacco