We are pleased to invite you to our Annual Meeting 2017, which will be held at Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne, the Netherlands, on 8 November 2017.
This year’s Annual Meeting will highlight our twentieth anniversary and give us the opportunity to look back on the pivotal role DPI has played in coordinating and managing polymer research activities for the past 20 years.
Join us in celebrating this inspiring and exciting milestone as we enter a new phase of our development!
Programme for Wednesday 8 November
| 9.00 |
Registration
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| 9.30 | Twentieth anniversary DPI |
Dr. Jacques Joosten |
| 10.00 |
Unconventional Polymer Architectures and Nanostructures from Functional Group Tolerant Catalysis
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Prof. Stefan Mecking
University of Konstanz
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| 10.45 |
Chemical industry in transition
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Prof. Emmo Meijer
Top Sector Chemistry
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| 11.30 |
Break and poster session
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| 12.00 | Looking back on the DPI Golden Thesis Award |
Presentations by previous winners of the
DPI Golden Thesis Award
Dr. Casper van Oosten
Merck Window Technologies
Prof. Jasper van der Gucht
Wageningen University & Research
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| 13.00 |
Lunch and poster session
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14.00
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Presentation of the book:
The Plastics Revolution
Towards the Second Plastics Revolution - What can we learn from the First Revolution?
The world in deep transition - Implications for the plastic industry
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Prof. Harry Lintsen
Eindhoven University of Technology Foundation History of Technology Prof. Johan Schot
University of Sussex |
| 16.00 |
Networking drinks
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Venue: Hotel Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
To register, click here
The deadline for registration is 2 November.
Please make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. Click here for the hotel options.
For more information, please contact DPI's Communications department: communications@polymers.nl.
Kind regards,
The Organising Committee
DPI - The Polymer Research Platform
P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX EINDHOVEN
The Netherlands
T +31 40 247 5629
www.polymers.nl