BPG 2012 - Annual Meeting of the Belgian Polymer Group

Polymers for a Sustainable Society

 Blankenberge, Belgium    May 10-11, 2012

Programme


09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00

Opening Remarks

Session 1

Session Chairman

Dirk VANDERZANDE
UNIVERSITY OF HASSELT, Hasselt, Belgium
10:10

L01 - The ECO+ Value of Engineering Plastics

Frédéric PETIT
DSM, Sittard, The Netherlands
11:00

OC01 - Alkyl-substituted Oligothiophenes: Self-assembly and Electronic Properties Probed by STM, STS and KPFM

Nasima AFSHAR IMANI
UCL - IMCN/BSMA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
11:20

OC02 - Charge Transport and Separation in Conjugated Polymers

Dorota NIEDZIALEK
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
11:40

BPG Award 1 Wallonia

11:55

BPG Award 2 Flanders

12:10

Sandwich Lunch and Council Meeting

Session 2

Session Chairman

Dirk BONTINCK
CYTEC SURFACE SPECIALTIES, Drogenbos, Belgium
14:00

OC03 - Thermoresponsive Polymers Based on Poly(Meth)acrylate Scaffolds

Qilu ZHANG
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
14:20

OC04 - Development of Novel Photocleavable Block Copolymers for The Design of Multi-responsive Micellar Systems

Olivier BERTRAND
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
14:40

OC05 - Development of Optimized Autonomous Self-healing Systems for Epoxy Materials

Xander HILLEWAERE
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium
15:00

OC06 - Stimuli-responsive Magnetic Nanohybrids Designed for Controlled Drug Release Application

Ji LIU
ULG, Liege, Belgium
15:20

OC07 - Halloysite as a New Potential Flame Retardant Additive for Polymeric Materials

Benoit LECOUVET
UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
15:40

Coffee Break and Exhibition

Session 3

Session Chairman

Filip DU PREZ
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
16:10

OC08 - Design of Sugar-based Surface Active Agents for Emulsion Polymerization in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Cédric BOYERE
CERM, LIEGE, Belgium
16:30

BPRI Award: Winner of Best PhD Thesis

16:50

Winner of Biannual BPG Award:
"L02 - Spatial and Temporal Control over Polymerization and Polymer Ligation Processes"

Christopher BARNER-KOWOLLIK
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Brisbane, Australia

Poster Sessions

17:40

Poster Session 1 (Odd Numbers), Exhibition and Career Event

18:25

Poster Session 2 (Even Numbers), Exhibition and Career Event

19:10

Free Time

20:00

Cocktail and Dinner

22:00

BPG Party

08:00

Breakfast

Session 4

Session Chairman

Bruno VAN MELE
VUB, Brussels, Belgium
09:15

L03 - Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: An Introduction

Claudio OLDANI
SOLVAY SPECIALITY POLYMERS ITALY, Bollate (MI), Italy
10:05

OC09 - Controlling the Crystallinity Development During the Thermal Annealing of Polymer: Fullerene Solar Cell Blends

Fatma DEMIR
VUB, Brussels, Belgium
10:25

OC10 - Wheat Gluten Based Polymer Materials

Koen JANSENS
KU LEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium
10:45

Coffee Break and Exhibition

Session 5

Session Chairman

Benoît CHAMPAGNE
FUNDP, Namur, Belgium
11:15

OC11 - Synthesis and Characterization of Regioregular Side-chain Functionalized Polythiophene-based Copolymers via the Rieke Method

Suleyman KUDRET
UHASSELT, Hasselt, Belgium
11:35

OC12 - A Universal Protocol for the Controlled Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers: Towards All-Conjugated Block-copolymers

Michiel VERSWYVEL
KULEUVEN, Leuven, Belgium
11:55

OC13 - Controlled PPV via Anionic Polymerization

Inge COSEMANS
UHASSELT, Diepenbeek, Belgium
12:15

Lunch and Exhibition

Session 6

Session Chairman

Bart GODERIS
KU LEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium
13:45

L04 - Assessing New Chemicals and Polymers – from Lab to Factory

Martin PATEL
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY, Utrecht, The Netherlands
14:35

OC 14 - End-capped Pluronics as Building Blocks for 3D Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Jorg SCHELFHOUT
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium
14:55

Coffee Break and Exhibition

Session 7

Session Chairman

Bernard NYSTEN
UCL - IMCN/BSMA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
15:25

OC15 - Polycationic Polycarbonates – Synthesis and Applications

Michal KAWALEC
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
15:45

OC16 - New Insights into the Solvent and Dopant Effect on the Structure and Properties of Polyaniline

Julia ROMANOVA
FUNDP, Namur, Belgium
16:05

OC17 - Thiolactone Chemistry : a Powerful Approach in the Metal-free Conjugation Toolbox

Pieter ESPEEL
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
16:25

Award Ceremony for Best Oral Communication and Poster Presentation

16:35

Closing Remarks