2014 BPG Annual Meeting UGent

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary!

 Ghent, Belgium    May 19-20, 2014

Programme


09:00

Registration and Welcome coffee

09:50

Opening Remarks

Session 1

Session Chair:

Dr Dirk BONTINCK
ALLNEX BELGIUM, Drogenbos, Belgium
10:00

IL01 - Glycopolymers and Glyconanoparticles

Prof. Neil CAMERON
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, Durham, United Kingdom
10:40

OC01 - Ambient Temperature Catalyst-free Light-induced Preparation of Macrocyclic Aliphatic Polyesters

Mr Thomas JOSSE
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
11:00

OC02 - Synthesis and Characterization of Low Bandgap Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics

Mr Pieter VERSTAPPEN
UHASSELT, Diepenbeek, Belgium
11:20

OC03 - MacroRAFT Agents from Renewable Resources and their Use as Polymeric Scaffolds in a Grafting from Approach

Ms Sanne DE SMET
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
11:40

OC04 - Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for Mechanical Mapping of Polymers and Nanocomposites: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr Amir BAHRAMI
UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
12:00

Sandwich lunch, Exhibition and BPG general assembly

Session 2

Session Chair:

Prof. Sophie DEMOUSTIER-CHAMPAGNE
UCLOUVAIN, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
13:20

OC05 - Synthesis of End-group Functionalized Conjugated Polymers: a Novel Pathway to Hybrid Materials

Mr Frederic MONNAIE
KU LEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium
13:40

OC06 - Use of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Prepare Drug-loaded Polymer Implants

Ms Mathilde CHAMPEAU
ULG, Liege, Belgium
14:00

OC07 - Ultrafast Thermal Analysis of Thin Polymer: Fullerene Active Layers for Organic Photovoltaics

Prof. Niko VAN DEN BRANDE
VUB, Brussels, Belgium

Session Chair:

Prof. Etienne SCHACHT
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
14:20

BPG Award 1 French-speaking community

14:40

BPG Award 2 Dutch-speaking community

15:00

Coffee break and exhibition

Session 3

Session Chair:

Prof. Roberto LAZZARONI
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
15:40

History and Importance of the BPG

Prof. Eric GOETHALS
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
16:00

Biennual BPG Award lecture
IL02 - From Supramolecular Polymers to Functional Systems

Prof. Bert MEIJER
EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Poster Sessions

17:15

Poster Session 1 (odd numbers) and Exhibition

18:15

Poster Session 2 (even numbers) and Exhibition

19:15

Free time

20:00

Cocktail and Dinner

22:00

BPG Party

Session 4

Session Chair:

Prof. Sandra VAN VLIERBERGHE
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
09:20

IL03 - UV-Nanoparticles: Photopolymerized Polymer Colloids From Aqueous Dispersions of Acrylated Oligomers

Dr Patrice ROOSE
ALLNEX, Drogenbos, Belgium
10:00

OC08 - Synthesis and Characterization of a Supramolecular Thermoplastic Elastomer

Ms Lenny VOORHAAR
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
10:20

OC09 - Structure-morphology Relationship of Polyphosphate-based Polymer Micelles

Mrs Stephanie VANSLAMBROUCK
ULG - CERM, Liege, Belgium
10:40

Coffee Break and exhibition

Session 5

Session Chair:

Dr Pieter ESPEEL
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
11:10

OC10 - Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles Synthesized via Miniemulsion Technique

Ms Lien D'OLIESLAEGER
UHASSELT, Diepenbeek, Belgium
11:30

OC11 - Brushes of Self-assembled Macromolecular Nanotubes for Responsive Bio-catalysis

Ms Diana RAMIREZ
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
11:50

OC12 - 3D-printed Hydrogel Scaffolds as Novel Tool Towards Liver Tissue Engineering

Ms Mieke VANDENHAUTE
GHENT UNIVERSITY - PBM GROUP, Ghent, Belgium
12:10

OC13 - A Cold Plasma Torch Treatment Dedicated to the Control of the Polytetrafluoroethylene Texturization

Ms Julie HUBERT
ULB, Brussels, Belgium
12:30

Lunch

Session 6

Session Chair:

Prof. Tanja JUNKERS
HASSELT UNIVERSITY, Monash, Australia
14:00

OC14 - Hybridized Redox Balanced Electrodes for Lithium Batteries

Dr Alexandru VLAD
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
14:20

OC15 - DNA/cationic Polythiophene Biosensors: Insights into the Self-assembly

Dr Jenifer RUBIO MAGNIETO
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
14:40

IL04 - Extrinsic and Intrinsic Healing Approaches for Coatings

Dr Santiago J. GARCIA
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Delft, The Netherlands
15:20

Award Ceremony for Best Oral Communication and Poster Presentation

15:30

Closing remarks