It is a pluridisciplinary event that covers a range of topics including:

• colloid science and latex stability;
• material applications;
• latex properties and characterisation;
• polymer and process chemistry;
• process technology and modelling;
• nanocomposites and hybrid colloids;
• new methods of latex production.

http://www.pdm-conferences.com/en/home.html

Polymers in Photovoltaics 2012 aims to examine a wide range of topics on module manufacturing including the markets, materials, manufacturing equipment, technology and certification worldwide.   It provides a unique networking and sourcing opportunity for module manufacturers, solar power companies and suppliers to the industry.

http://www2.amiplastics.com/Events/Event.aspx?code=C445&sec=2139

S-Polymat 2012 will focuss on the following topics, programmed in 5 partly parallel sessions:

S 1) Creating Sustainable Polymers
- Bio renewable polymers
- Supra-molecular Chemistry & Self assembly
- Polymers through Fermentation
- Controlled Polymerisations
- New (bio-based) monomers

S 2) Processing towards Sustainability in Polymer Materials
- Sustainable (Nano-) Composites
- Blending/ Compounding/ Self-structuring
- Chemical Modification
- Self-healing Materials

S 3) Sustainable Performance of Polymer Materials
- Functional Polymer Materials
- Tissues/ Fibres & Fabrics/ (Nano-)Membranes
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Sustainable Coatings
- Sustainability via Recycling/Re-use of Polymer Materials
- Molecular Architecture (incl. Characterisation)

S 4) Sustainable Applications of Polymer Materials
- Medical Applications
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Sensors

S 5) Polymers and Energy
- Organic Solar Cells
- Low friction Polymer Materials
- Light-weight Polymer Materials
- Reality of Cradle-to-cradle approaches

http://www.rolducpolmeeting.org/

The 76^th Prague Meeting on Macromolecules: Polymers in Medicine will be focused on the latest innovative developments in drugdelivery systems. The conference will bring together multi-disciplinary researchers from both academia and industry in the areas of pharmaceutics, polymer and materials science, imaging, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and medicine.

Conference Topics:

• delivery systems with active and passive targeting
• polymers for gene delivery
• polymers for diagnostics
• systems for combination therapy
• smart delivery systems
• systems for sustained release

http://www.imc.cas.cz/sympo/pmm2012/index.html

ICS 2012 will cover various fields of glycosciences, including:

- Synthesis: Methods and Applications
- Chemical Glycobiology
- Analytical Methods
- Therapeutics
- Structural Glycobiology
- Glycomics and glycoinformatics
- Materials and Biotechnology

http://www.ics2012madrid.com/index.html

POLYSOLVAT-9 will focus on the formation mechanisms, the morphology, the molecular structure, and the properties of compounds from synthetic polymers, biopolymers, proteins, and supramolecular polymers. The bulk state, the solutions and the systems formed at surfaces/interfaces will be considered

http://www-ics.u-strasbg.fr/~polysolvat