Conferences & Courses

Conferences

International Polymer Colloids Group (IPCG) Conference 2025

Montpellier, France

IPCG June 22-27, 2025

Graduate Research Seminar Dates June 20-22, 2025

 

ChairPer Zetterlund

Vice-Chair: Timo Melchin

Local Organizer: Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes

Short Courses

55TH ANNUAL SHORT COURSE IN ADVANCES IN EMULSION POLYMERIZATION AND LATEX TECHNOLOGY – JUNE 3-7, 2024

Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
June 3-7, 2024

A one week Short Course held at Lehigh University.

Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Course Director
Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University

Debra Nyby
Course Coordinator, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University

47th Annual Short Course Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology 

Davos, Switzerland
August 12-16, 2024

A one week Short Course held in the Davos resort area of Switzerland.

Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Course Director
Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University

Dr. F. Joseph Schork
Professor Emeritus, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Previous IPCG Conferences

 
DateLocationChair, Vice-Chair & Host
July 6 -11, 2009Il Ciocco, ItalyConference Chair: Dr. Wolf-Dietter Hergeth, Wacker Polymer Systems Gmbh & Co, Germany
June 26 – July 1, 2011The University of New Hampshire, USA

Conference Chairs: Prof. Michael Cunningham, Queen’s University, Canada & Dr. Dieter Urban, BASF

Hosts: Prof. John Tsavalas and Prof. Donald Sundberg, University of New Hampshire, USA

June 23 – 28, 2013Fudan University in Shanghai, ChinaConference Chair: Dr. Dieter Urban, BASF, Germany
June 28 – July 3, 2015The University of New Hampshire, USA

Conference Chair: Prof. Stefan A. F. Bon, University of Warwick, UK

Vice-Co-Chairs: Prof. Jose R. Leiza, University of the Basque Country, Spain & Dr. Willie Lau, Oriental Yuhong, China

Host: Prof. John Tsavalas, University of New Hampshire, USA

June  25 – 30, 2017Arantzazu (Oñati, Gipuzkoa) – SPAIN

Conference Co-Chairs: Prof. Jose R. Leiza, University of the Basque Country, Spain & Dr. Willie Lau, Oriental Yuhong, China

Conference Vice-Chair: Prof. Pauline Pei Li, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

June 23-28, 2019Sentosa Island, Singapore

Conference Chair: Prof. Pauline Pei Li, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Conference Vice-Chair: Dr. Bernd Reck, BASF SE, Germany

Host: Dr. Alex M. Van Herk, Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES), Singapore

June 18-23, 2023 Ontario, Canada

Conference Chair: Dr. Bernd Reck, BASF SE, Germany

Conference Vice-Chair: Prof. Per Zetterlund, University of New South Wales

Host: Prof. Michael Cunningham, Queen’s University, Canada

June 20-27, 2025Montpellier, France

Conference Chair:  Prof. Per Zetterlund, University of New South Wales, Australia

Conference Vice-Chair: Dr. Timo Melchin, Wacker Chemie AG, Germany

Host: Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes, Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France

IPCG Conference History

IPCG Conferences had their start as the Gordon Conference Seminars back in the 1970’s. The organization ran these meeting until 2009 when the IPCG Conference began hosting its own conferences bi-annually.

Today the IPCG Conference still keeps the spirit of the Gordon Conferences by hosting Graduate Research Seminars in the two days before the conference and allowing ample time for members and students to engage and interact through casual activities as well as the seminar sessions.

History of IPCG (1971-2017), Dr. Mohamed El-Aasser’s presentation

Please click the link to see Dr. Mohamed El-Aasser’s presentation given at the 2017 IPCG Conference.

Dr. Mohamed El-Aasser’s talking points on the History of IPCG (1971-2017)

Please click the link to see Dr. Mohamed El-Aasser’s talking points for the presentation given at the 2017 IPCG Conference.