15.00 – 16.00 Arrival and registration
16.00 – 18:30 Icebreaking activities
18:30 – 19:00 Welcome drinks
19.00 – 20.30 Dinner
20.30              Social event

07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast

08.30 – 09.30 Masterclass
Alex van Herk (TU/e Eindhoven) : Polymer reaction engineering determination of reactivity ratios and controlling composition in emulsion copolymerization
Chair: Sandra Smeltzer (Queen’s University, Canada)

Polymer Reaction Engineering

09.30 – 09.50 Hugo Ridard (University of Lyon)
ε-thionocaprolactone: a suitable monomer for emulsion copolymerization?

09.50 – 10.10 Juan Hincapie (POLYMAT – University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Radical Entry Model For Emulsion Polymerization

10.10 – 10.30 Emilie Miroir (University of Lyon)
Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) for the design of functionalized polymer particles for micellar catalysis applications

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

Applications of Polymer Colloids

11.00 – 11.20 Mori Nagino (Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University)
Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Double-Layered Shells for Paraffin-Based Heat Storage Microcapsule

11.20 – 11.40 Naomi Nieswic (ICGM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France) DLP 3D Printing of Chemically stable Latex Polymers

11.40 – 12.00 Alvaro del Castillo (POLYMAT – University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Epoxy/styrene-acrylic hybrids for anticorrosive steel coatings

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

14.00 – 15.00 Masterclass
Muriel Lansalot (CPE Lyon): Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA)
Chair: Emilie Miroir (University of Lyon, France)

Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA)

15.00 – 15.20 Lei Lei (Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est)
New water-soluble polymers for RAFT-PISA

15.20 – 15.40 Guillaume Mageste (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, CNRS, IPREM, PAU, France)
Synthesis of Rose Bengal-based polymer colloids by RAFT PISA for photosensitized singlet oxygen production

15.40 – 16.00 Elena Rigo (ICGM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Synthomer Speciality Chemicals SAS)
Synthesis of an Aromatic Biobased Monomer from 4-Vinyl Guaiacol and its PISA-RAFT Emulsion Polymerization

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break (Group photo)

16.30 – 18.30 Poster session

19.00 – 20.30 Dinner

20.30             Social event

07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast

08.30 – 09.30 Masterclass
Samantha Molina Gutiérrez (Synthomer) – Synthesis and application of polymer colloids with bio-based content from industrial perspective
Chair: Alvarro del Castillo (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Biobased Polymer Colloids

09.30 – 9.50 Sara Rubio Murillo (POLYMAT – University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Sustainable Antifouling Coatings: Development of Waterborne Biobased Coatings for Marine Protection

9.50 – 10.10 Carolina Ordonez (Queen’s University)
Oil-in-water Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Protein Nanofibers

10.10 – 10.30 Misato Yamashita (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University)
Preparation of Degradable Hollow Polymer Particles Using Reversibility of Interfacial Photoinduced Cycloaddition Polymerization

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break 

Degradable Polymer Colloids and Biological Applications

11.00 – 11.20 Kaito Fuji (Osaka Metropolitan University)
Synthesis of Main-chain Degradable Polymer Particles by Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization with Thionolactone Derivatives in Aqueous Dispersed Systems

11.20 – 11.40 Mario Martinez (POLYMAT – University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Fabrication of Functional Nanofibers by Green Electrospinning

11.40 – 12.00 Manpreet Kaur (Queen’s University)
Understanding the structure-activity relationships of polymeric nanoparticles for mRNA-based gene therapy

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Masterclass
Mohamed El-Aasser (Lehigh University) – The history of the International Polymer Colloids Group (IPCG) / Synthesis of monodisperse latex particles and their applications
Chair: Elena Rigo (University of Montpellier, France)

Polymer Reaction Engineering and Nanoparticle Preparation

15.30 – 15.50 Sandra Smeltzer (Queen’s University)
Amphiphilic Block Random Copolymers as Stabilizers in Emulsion Polymerization: Impact of Stabilizer Structure and Counterion Choice

15.50 – 16.10 Reina Nakamoto (Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University)
Preparation of elastic silicone particles

16.10 – 16.30 Alex Fletcher (University of Warwick)
Crosslinked Polyester Latexes as Degradable Alternatives for Acrylate PSAs: A High-Solids, Solvent-Free Approach

16.30 – 17.30 Coffee break

17.30              Start of main IPCG conference

15:00 – 17:00 Registration

16:30 – 17:30 Coffee break

17:30 – 17:45 Introductory remarks
Per Zetterlund (Conference Chair); Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes (Local Host)

Synthesis I
Discussion leader: John Tsavalas

17:55 – 18:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

18:00 – 19:00 Nicholas Ballard (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
Machine learning in the world of polymer colloids

19:00 – 20:30 Welcome drinks & Dinner

20:30 – 21:30 Cyrille Boyer (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Exploiting near-infrared to produce functional nanoparticles

21:30 – Late Social time

07:30 – 08:55 Breakfast

Synthesis II
Discussion leader: Elodie Bourgeat-Lami

08:55 – 09:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

09:00 – 10:00 Franck d’Agosto (CNRS / University of Lyon, France)
Leveraging emulsion and olefin polymerization cultures to drive innovation

10:00 – 11:00 Hideto Minami (Kobe University, Japan)
Preparation of non-spherical polymer particles using mechanical stress

11:00 – 11:25 Coffee break

Properties and Applications I
Discussion leader: Jeffrey Stubbs

11:25 – 11:30 Introduction of session by discussion leader

11:30 – 12:30 Sophie Drillieres (Synthomer, France)
Synthomer’s approach to developing sustainable products

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 IPCG members meeting

16:00 Coffee/tea (for anyone available/interested)

13:30 – 18:00 Free time

18:00 – 19:00 Isabel Saenz de Buruaga (PPG Comex, Mexico)
Solving coatings application problems through collaboration work between emulsions synthesis and characterization areas

19:00 – 20:30 Dinner

20:30 – 21:30 Syuji Fujii (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)
Air-water soft dispersed systems stabilized with polymer particles

21:30 – Late Social time

07:30 – 08:55 Breakfast

Self-Assembly / Design of Soft Materials I
Discussion leader: Michael Monteiro

08:55 – 09:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

09:00 – 10:00 Jasna Brujic (New York University, USA)
Hierarchical design of soft materials

10:00 – 11:00 Ignacio Martin-Fabiani (Loughborough University, UK)
Understanding the formulation and assembly of colloidal films: An ongoing journey

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Ahu Gumrah Parry (University of Manchester, UK)
Marangoni flow-driven angular self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals – The tale of tilted tactoids and folded domains

12:30 – 12:40 Group photo

12:40 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Free time

15:00 – 17:55 Poster session (with coffee/tea at 15:00)

Self-Assembly / Design of Soft Materials II
Discussion leader: Bernd Reck

17:55 – 18:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

18:00 – 19:00 Nathan J. Van Zee (CNRS – ESPCI Paris, France)
Exploiting supramolecular polymers to orchestrate the structure and properties of covalent polymers

19:00 – 20:30 Dinner

20:30 – Late Wine tasting / EASE presentations / Social time

07:30 – 08:55 Breakfast

Synthesis III
Discussion leader: Jose Asua

08:55 – 09:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

09:00 – 10:00 Maud Save (CNRS / University of Pau, France)
Functional polymer colloids designed by polymerization in dispersed media as tool for sustainable chemistry: From photochemistry, extraction of organic pollutants to renewable resources

10:00 – 11:00 Stefan Bon (University of Warwick, UK)
Greenifying polymer colloids

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Michael Cunningham (Queen’s University, Canada)
Block-random copolymers; Solution properties and their role as stabilizers in emulsion polymerization

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 17:55 Free time (excursions)

16:00 Coffee/tea (for anyone available/interested)

Properties and Applications II
Discussion leader: Muriel Lansalot

17:55 – 18:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

18:00 – 19:00 Jurgen Scheerder (Covestro, The Netherlands)
The science and industrial relevance of polymeric surfactants

19:00 – 20:30 Dinner

20:30 – 21:30 Celine Burel (Syensqo, USA)
Strategies to improve the water resistance properties of acrylic polymer films

21:30 – Late Social time

07:30 – 08:55 Breakfast

08:55 – 09:00 Introduction of session by discussion leader

Self-Assembly / Design of Soft Materials III
Discussion leader: Jose Leiza

09:00 – 10:00 Ian Hamley (University of Reading, UK)
Using small-angle scattering to examine colloidal properties of model surfactant and biosurfactant systems

10:00 – 11:00 Véronique Schmitt (CNRS / University of Bordeaux, France)
Elaboration and characterization of capsules from the polymerization of Pickering emulsions stabilized by cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Bhuvnesh Bharti (Louisiana State University, USA)
Non-equilibrium phenomena in polymer colloids: From controlling microbots to understanding microplastics

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Election of IPCG Vice Chair (members only)

13:30 – 17:10 Free time

16:00 Coffee/tea (for anyone available/interested)

Properties and Applications III
Discussion leader: Jutta Rieger

17:10 – 17:15 Introduction of session by discussion leader

17:15 – 18:15 Zhong Zeng (BASF, China)
Waterborne dispersions towards better sustainability

18:15 – 18:45 GRS student presentation

18:45 – 19:30 Free time

19:30 – Late Conference dinner and social time

07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 Departure