Program Outline for IPCG 2019
Sunday 23rd of June
Check-in after 15:00
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner in Siloso Resort
19:30 – 21:40 Session Title: Polymer Colloids for Coatings
Discussion Leader: Pauline Pei Li
19:30 – 19:40 Opening speech Chair Pauline Pei Li
19:40 – 20:40 Prof. Jose R. Leiza
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Spain
Functional waterborne polymer dispersions for advanced coating applications
20:40 – 21:40 Dr. Francois Ganachaud
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
An Universal Process to Trigger Complex Encapsulation
Monday 24th of June
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 12:30 Session Title: Synthesis of Polymer Colloids I
Discussion Leader: Alex van Herk
9:00 – 10:00 Prof. Henmei Ni
Department of Polymer Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University Nanjing, P.R. China
Hydrophobic interaction and mechanism of particle formation in the heterophase polymerization
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Prof. Atsushi Goto
Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry,Nanyang University of Singapore, Singapore
Synthesis of Nano-Particles and Nano-Capsules via Organocatalyzed Living Radical Polymerization
11:30 – 12:30 Dr. Brian Hawkett
Key Centre for Polymer Colloids, The University of Sydney, Australia
Update on Disperse Phase RAFTing at KCPC
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner in Siloso Resort
19:30 – 21:30 Session Title: Synthesis of Polymer Colloids II
Discussion Leader: Per Zetterlund
19:30 – 20:30 Prof. Michael Monteiro
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Australia), The University of Queensland, Australia
Building complex polymer nanostructures via the TDMT method
20:30 – 21:30 Prof. Walter Richtering
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Adaptive Microgels as versatile soft materials: from bulk to coatings
Tuesday 25th of June
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 12:30 Session Title: Polymer and Particle Assembly
Discussion Leader: Matthias Ballauf
9:00 – 10:00 Dr. Andrew David Hollingsworth
Department of Physics, New York University, USA
Organofunctional-alkoxysilanes as a versatile monomer for colloid synthesis and assembly
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Dr. Bridgette Budhlall
Department of Plastic Engineering, University of Massachusette Lowell (UMASS-Lowell) USA
Directed Assembly of Colloidal Particles of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) in AC Electric Fields
11:30 – 12:30 Dr. Praveen Thoniyot
Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*Star, Singapore
Active driven spontaneous assembly of block co-polymers into polymer colloids: A versatile and environmentally friendly approach for encapsulation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
16:30 – 18:00 Wine tasting
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner in Siloso Resort
19:30 – 21:30 Session Title: Complex Nanostructures
Discussion Leader: Mohamed El-Aasser
19:30 – 20:30 Dr. Chee Cheong Ho
Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Unravelling the Nanostructure of the Hevea Rubber Latex Particles
20:30 – 21:30 Prof. Guanghui Ma
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Process Engineering Beijing, China
Uniform biocompatible polymer microsphere and microcapsule: preparation, bio-application and industrialization
Wednesday 26th of June
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 12:30 Session Title: Industrial Applications of Polymer Colloids
Discussion Leader: Bernd Reck
9:00 – 10:00 Dr. Zhenli Wei
Synthomer, Head of Research & Development, Asia | R&D, MANAGEMENT, Malaysia
Alternative “Green” crosslinking systems (S, accelerator and metal free) for XNBR latex
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Dr. Pierre Emmanuel Dufils
Solvay, Senior Scientist, Novecare – Technology Center Europe
Polymer synthesis in dispersed media at Solvay
11:30 – 12:30 Mr. Frederic Bossan
Managing Director & Co-founder of Xenocs
Applications of SAXS/WAXS in Polymer Colloids using latest equipment developments
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:45 – 15:00 IPCG Members Meeting
17:30 – 19:00 Hawker center Dinner
19:30 – 20:30 Evening Presentations
Discussion Leader: Stefan Bon
19:30 – 20:00 Winning Student Presentation
20:00 – 20:30 “EASE Presentation”
20:30 – 22:30 Poster Session
Thursday 27th of June
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:20 Election of Vice-chair for 2021
9:20 – 12:40 Session Title: Advanced Applications of Polymer Colloids I
Discussion Leader: Michael Cunningham
9:20 – 10:20 Dr. Guojun Liu
Queens University, Department of Chemistry, Canada
NP-GLIDE Coatings from Graft Copolymer Micellar Precursors for Practical Applications
10:20 – 10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:40 Prof. Rob Pelton
Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University, Canada
Polymer colloids as flotation collectors
11:40 – 12:40 Prof. Pramuan TANGBORIBOONRAT
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Hybrid Bio-based Nanoparticles for Ameliorated Health
12:40 – 1:40 Lunch
17:00 – 19:00 Session Title: Advanced Applications of Polymer Colloids II
Discussion Leader: Masayoshi Okubo
17:00 – 18:00 Prof. Jay H. Kim
Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea
The Generation of Conducting Polymers and Its Applications
18:00 – 19:00 Dr. Prof. Matthias Ballauff
Soft Matter and Functional Materials, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Institute of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Catalysis by Metallic Nanoparticles Embedded in Polymer Nanoreactors: Comparison of Theory and Experiment
19:20 Conference Dinner at Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa Island
Best poster award and morals officer presentation
Friday 28th of June
Check out by 12:00pm noon