ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CALL
FOR PAPERS
International
Symposium on
POLYMER
CONETWORKS,
GELS
AND MEMBRANES
– Science, Technology and
Applications
–
Budapest,
Hungary
September
11-13, 2005
organized by the
Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (IMEC)
Chemical Research Center (CRC)
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
Budapest, Hungary
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PROGRAM:
SCOPE
Polymer
conetworks, composed of chemically bonded polymer chains of different
structures, belong to a rapidly emerging new class of crosslinked polymers
offering a large variety of conventional and new high-tech applications. This
symposium will be the first conference that brings together scientists and
technologists whose research and development efforts are related to this field
of novel materials. The following and all related topics on science,
technologies and applications of polymer conetworks, conetwork gels and
membranes will be presented and discussed:
• Conetwork syntheses
• Amphiphilic conetworks
• Self-assembled crosslinked block
copolymers
• Structure, properties and nanophase
separated morphologies
• Conetwork gels
• Nanotemplates
• Nanohybrids
• Polyelectrolyte conetworks
• Conducting conetworks, electronic
applications
• Low k value materials
• Catalysis and nanocatalyst supports
• Smart materials and surfaces
• Antifouling, low surface energy
materials
• Biocompatible, bioresponsive and
biocidal conetworks
• Biocatalysis in conetwork
nanophases
• Immunoisolation with conetworks
• Artificial organs
• Bioresponsive surfaces
• Controlled drug delivery matrices
• Contact lenses
• Tissue engineering applications
• Conetwork based membranes for
purifications
• Theoretical aspects
This
Symposium will include invited lectures by leading scientists, oral and poster
presentations, and generous time frame will be allocated to open discussion.
LOCATION
The Symposium
will be held in Budapest, a historic city by the Danube and a cultural center
in Central Europe. Budapest is also capital to one of the most dynamically
expanding economic regions in Europe.
COMMITTEES
CHAIRMAN
Prof.
Béla Iván
Department
of Polymer Chemistry and Material Science
Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
Chemical Research Center
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1525 Budapest, Pusztaszeri u. 59-67, P. O. Box 17
HUNGARY
Phone: +36-1-325-9033; Fax: +36-1-325-7898
E-mail: bi@chemres.hu
INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Eric
Goethals (Belgium), Prof. Joseph P. Kennedy (USA), Prof. Akira Matsumoto
(Japan), Prof. Kell Mortensen (Denmark), Prof. Rolf Mülhaupt (Germany), Prof.
Axel H. E. Müller (Germany), Prof. Costas Patrickios (Cyprus), Prof. Steven
Rimmer (UK), Prof. Joseph Salamone (USA), Prof. Kevin Shakesheff (UK), Prof.
Jean-Pierre Vairon (France), Prof. Miklós Zsuga (Hungary)
LOCAL ORGANIZING
COMMITTE
Tamás Fónagy, Péter
Werner Groh, Márton Haraszti, Gergely Kali, Árpád Máthé, Péter Mezey, Viktória
Pálfi, Sándor L. Szabó, Tibor Szakács, István Szanka, Márta Szesztay
CONFERENCE
SECRETARIAT
Ms. Barbara Kovács
Department
of Polymer Chemistry and Material Science
Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
Chemical Research Center
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1525
Budapest
Pusztaszeri
u. 59-67
P.
O. Box 17
HUNGARY
tel:
+36-1-438-4141 ext. 159; fax:
+36-1-325-7898
e-mail: pcnsymp@chemres.hu
web: http://www.chemres.hu/aki/pcnsymp
PLEASE SEND YOUR REGISTRATION, ALL YOUR CORRESPONDENCE
AND INQUIRIES TO THE
ABOVE ADDRESS
OF THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT.
INVITED SPEAKERS (list
to be completed)
Kristoffer Almdal (Risř National Laboratory, Roskilde,
Denmark),
Attila Domján (Chemical Research Center, Budapest,
Hungary),
Filip Du Prez (University of Gent, Gent, Belgium),
Ivan Gitsov (State University of New York, Syracuse,
USA),
Márton Haraszti (Chemical Research Center, Budapest,
Hungary),
Béla Iván (Chemical Research Center, Budapest, Hungary),
Joseph P. Kennedy (University of Akron, Akron, USA),
Pierre Lutz (Institute Charles Sandron, Strassbourg,
France),
Jay F. Künzler (Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, USA),
Akira Matsumoto (Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan),
Kell Mortensen (Risř National Laboratory, Roskilde,
Denmark),
Costas Patrickios (University of Cyprus, Nicosia,
Cyprus),
Steven Rimmer (University of Sheffield, Sheffield,
UK),
Ralf Thomann (University of Freiburg, Freiburg,
Germany),
Joerg Tiller (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany),
Christo Tsvetanov (Institute of Polymers, Sofia, Bulgaria)
registration
form.doc
registration
form.pdf
In case of problems with downloading, please contact the Conference
Secretariat.
REGISTRATION FEES
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Before July 15, 2005 |
After July 15, 2005 |
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Regular participant |
250 EURO |
300 EURO |
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Students, Ph.D. student |
100 EURO |
150 EURO |
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Accompanying person |
100 EURO |
150 EURO |
The
registration fee covers the symposium abstract book, attendance, coffee,
refreshments, lunches and conference banquet. In case of cancellation 50 % of
paid fees will be refunded. Students submitting oral or poster presentations
may apply for full or partial registration fee reduction.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Please
send your registration fee either by bank transfer or by mailing a cheque drawn
in EURO.
• Bank transfer
details:
Participant’s
name (should be given on the bank transfer document)
Beneficiary’s name:
„PCN SYMPOSIUM”
Institute
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, CRC HAS
Bank name, address:
Hungarian
National Bank
H-1054
Budapest
Szabadsag
ter 8-9
HUNGARY
Account number:
10032000-00281241-00000000
SWIFT code:
MANEHUHB
IBAN number:
HU71
1003 2000 0028 1241 0000 0000
• By cheque to the
following address by registered mail:
(Participant’s name should be given
on the cheque)
„PCN SYMPOSIUM”
Dept. of Polymer Chemistry and Material Science, IMEC, CRC
HAS
H-1525 Budapest
Pusztaszeri u. 59-67, P. O. Box 17
HUNGARY
ABSTRACTS
The abstracts of invited lectures, oral and poster presentations
will be published in the Book of Abstracts of the Symposium. Presenting participants
are required to submit a short summary of their presentation (typical length:
about one typewritten page, but by no means more than four pages including text,
figures, tables and references).
The deadline
for abstract submission:
June 30,
2005
Abstracts arriving after this date will be considered
only for poster presentation.
DEADLINES
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Abstract submission: |
June 30, 2005 |
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Registration and payment of registration fee: |
July 15, 2005 |
ACCOMMODATION
Participants
should arrange their own accommodation. A list of hotels near the conference
site and elsewhere in Budapest will be
provided for preregistered attendees. Please, consider that September is a high
tourist season in Budapest, and make your registration and hotel reservation as
soon as possible.
SYMPOSIUM VENUE
The „International
Symposium on Polymer Conetworks, Gels and Membranes” will take place in the
Chemical Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which is located
in a pleasant area of Rose Hill in Budapest.
TRAVEL
Budapest can easily be reached by plane, train or car. Airport shuttle buses (minibuses) regularly run from and to Budapest Ferihegy airport. Budapest has an efficient public transportation system (called BKV), and taxis are also reliable as long as they are booked, ordered by phone, or present fixed fares.
ATTENTION
Please note that the 8th
International Symposium on
POLYMERS FOR
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
(see at http://www.bme.hu/pat2005)
will be also held in BUDAPEST
on 13-16 September, 2005, immediately after
the „International Symposium on
Polymer Conetworks, Gels and Membranes”.