CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

Plenary Speakers:
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA):
Nanostructured polymers and nanocomposites by ATRP
Klaus Muellen (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany):
Carbon nanostructures by design

Keynote Speakers:
Michal Banaszak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland):
Double polymer brushes studied by molecular simulations
Cristina Elizetxea Ezeiza (TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance; Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain):
ε-caprolactam “in situ” polymerization process for continuous fibre polyamide 6 composite parts-CAPROCAST technology
Jean-Francois Gerard (National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon-INSA, France):
Combining sol-gel chemistry, metal-oxo clusters, and ionic liquids for nanostructured polymer network
Rebeca Hernandez (Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Madrid, Spain):
Tuning the structural and rheological properties of polymer hydrogels for 3D extrusion bioprinting and injectable biomaterials
Marcin Kozanecki (Lodz University of Technology, Poland):
Hydration and molecular dynamics in thermo-responsive POEGMAs-based hydrogels
Francesca Nanni (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy):
Polymeric and composite multifunctional materials in advanced industrial applications
Jiri Pfleger (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic):
„Electronic memory phenomena in polymers”
Brigitte Voit (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany):
Multiresponsive hydrogels as smart materials for actuator and sensor functions in microfluidic application

Invited Speakers:
Ken Albrecht (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan):
Carbazole dendrimers as efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence and luminescent radical materials
Agata Blacha-Grzechnik (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland):
Electrochemically deposited organic layers as light-activated antimicrobial coatings
Jannick Duchet-Rumeau (National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon-INSA, France):
How thermosettings based materials could contribute to circular economy?

Jens Gaitzsch (IPF, Dresden, Germany):
Functional polyesters from radical ring-opening polymerization by structural understanding and additional monomers

Andrzej Galeski (Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, PAS, Lodz, Poland):
Nanomechanisms of plastic deformations of polymers, the role of amorphous phase and entanglements of macromolecules
Pawel Krukowski (University of Lodz, Poland):
Two-dimensional heterostructures of graphene and transition metal oxides for applications in optoelectronics

Argiris Laskarakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Center of Organic & Printed Electronics-Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece):
Automated roll-to-roll manufacturing of printed organic photovoltaics through in-line metrology
Pawel Miskiewicz (Trinseo GmbH, Germany):
Sustainability scenarios across the lifecycle of emulsion polymers
Adam Pron (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland):
New electroactive inorganic/organic hybrids: synthesis, spectroscopic properties and application in visible light photocatalysis

Debora Puglia (University of Perugia, Terni, Italy):
Multifunctional bionanocomposites based on lignin and its hybrids: use in packaging, biomedical and agriculture sectors
Ileana Rau (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania):
DNA – based materials – intriguing materials for nonlinear and lasing applications
Andrzej Rybak (ABB Corporate Technology Center, Krakow, Poland):
Polymer nanocomposites for industrial applications: challenges and opportunities

Andrzej Sikorski (University of Warsaw, Poland):

Studies of the polymerization process of branched polymers based on Monte Carlo simulations

Gert-Jan Wetzelaer (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany):
Efficient single-layer blue organic light-emitting diodes