Conference Themes

Macro18 Conference Themes

Conference Theme	Invited Speakers
Recent Developments in Polymer Design	Rachel O'Reilly - University of Warwick Atsushi Goto - Nanyang Technological University Tsutomu Yokozawa - Kanagawa University Christine Luscombe - University of Washington Kris Matyjaszewski - Carnegie Mellon University Masami Kamigaito - Nagoya University Nikos Hadjichristidis - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Didier Gigmes - Institute of Radical Chemistry Patrick Theato - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Yusuf Yagci - Istanbul Technical University Tara Meyer - University of Pittsburgh Eva Harth - University of Houston Katja Loos - University of Groningen Brigitte Voit - Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden Makoto Ouchi - Kyoto University Nick Tsarevsky - Southern Methodist University Jose. M Asua - University of the Basque Country Kotaro Satoh - Nagoya University Cyrille Boyer - University of New South Wales Pu Xiao - University of New South Wales Katherine Locock - CSIRO Christopher Barner-Kowollik - Queensland University of Technology Michael Monteiro - The University of Queensland San Thang - Monash University
Kinetics of Polymerization	Shigeru Yamago - Kyoto University Dagmar D’hooge - Ghent University Sabine Beuermann - Clausthal University of Technology Tanja Junkers - University of Hasselt Simon Harrisson - UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE III - Paul Sabatier
Polymers and Nanotechnology	Elizabeth Gilles - The University of Western Ontario Myongsoo Lee - Jilin University Heather Maynard - University of California Bert Klumperman - University of Stellenbosch Julien Bernard - National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon Philipp Vana - University of Göttingen Shiyong Liu - University of Science and Technology of China Andrew Whittaker - The University of Queensland Stuart Thickett - University of Tasmania
Polymers in Biotechnology, Medicine and Health	Cameron Alexander - The University of Nottingham Pauline Pei Li - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jian Ping Gong - Hokkaido University Remzi Becer - Queen Mary University of London Meifang Zhu - Donghua University Alex Zelikin - Aarhus University Christopher Bowman - University of Colorado Boulder Kazunori Kataoka - Innovation Centre of Nanomedicine Tanja Weil - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Karsten Haupt - University of Technology of Compiègne Nathan Gianneschi - Northwestern University Ke Zhang - Northeastern University Hong Chen - Soochow University Kristofer Thurecht - University of Queensland Lixin Liu - Sun Yat-sen University Iyer Swaminatha - University of Western Australia Marc Gauthier - National Institute of Scientific Research Xian Jun Loh - A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
Energy, Optics, and Optoelectronics	Maria Forsyth - Deakin University Mukundan Thelakkat - University of Bayreuth Grant Willson - University of Texas at Austin Bin Liu - National University of Singapore Hin-Lap Yip - South China University of Technology Natalie Stingelin - Georgia Institute of Technology Rachel C. Evans - University of Cambridge Craig Hawker - University of California, Santa Barbara Roger Hiorns - Université de Pau Yun-Hi Kim - Gyeongsang National University Wouter Maes - Hasselt University Tsuyoshi Michinobu - Tokyo Institute of Technology James Blinco - Queensland University of Technology Chris McNeill - Monash University
Smart and Functional Polymers	Theresa Reineke - University of Minnesota Kristi Anseth - University of Colorado Boulder Danielle Benoit - University of Rochester Jadranka Travas - The University of Auckland Dave Haddleton - University of Warwick André Gröschel - University of Duisburg-Essen Filip DuPrez - Ghent University Andreas Walther - University of Freiburg Emily Pentzer - Case Western Reserve University Andrij Pich - DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Brigitte Städler - Aarhus University Xi Zhang - Tsinghua University Kristian Kempe - Monash University Xiao 'Matthew' Hu - Nanyang Technological University
Renewable Resources and Biopolymers	Thomas Scheibel - University of Bayreuth Derek Irvine - University of Nottingham Peter Halley - The University of Queensland
Polymer Engineering and Modelling	Tony McNally - The University of Warwick Anna Balazs - University of Pittsburgh John Dorgan - Michigan State University
Polymer Characterization and Polymer Physics	Yefeng Yao - East China Normal University Kim Williams - Colorado School of Mines Peter Muller-Buschbaum - Technical University of Munich Melissa Chan - Universiti Teknologi Mara Junhan Cho - Dankook University Leonie Barner - Queensland University of Technology Emily Hilder - University of South Australia Dominique Hourdet - Sorbonne University
Polymer Education	Gwendolyn Lawrie - The University of Queensland Michael Hess - University of North Texas Claudio dos Santos - Federal University of Ouro Preto Melissa Chan - Universiti Teknologi Mara Nathan Boase – Queensland University of Technology Marietjie Lutz - University of Stellenbosch
Innovation and Industry	Bronwyn Fox - Swinburne University of Technology Cédric Loubat - Specific Polymers Mathias Destarac - Paul Sabatier University Darren Martin - University of Queensland Greg Dicinoski - Reserve Bank of Australia John Tsanaktsidis - CSIRO Justine Walter - Boron Molecular Brian Hawkett - The University of Sydney
Porous Polymers	Volker Abetz - Hamburg University Neil Cameron - Monash University Andrew Dove - University of Birmingham Benny Freeman - The University of Texas Austin Peter Budd - The University of Manchester Arne Thomas - Technische Universität Berlin Michael Silverstein - Israel Institute of Technology
Australian – German Symposium	Markus Gallei - Darmstadt University of Technology Albena Lederer - Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Frederik Wurm - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Andreas Fery - Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Marion Gaborieau - Western Sydney University Luke Connal - The University of Melbourne Kathryn Fairfull-Smith - Queensland University of Technology Frank Caruso - The University of Melbourne George Vamvounis - James Cook University Georgina Such - The University of Melbourne Bernhard Schmidt - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Kerstin Blank - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Felix Schacher - University of Jena
Australian – Korean Symposium	Doo Sung Lee - Sungkyunkwan University Dong June Ahn - Korea University Taihyun Chang - Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Jang-Joo Kim - Seoul National University Greg Qiao - The University of Melbourne Per Zetterlund - University of New South Wales David Lewis - Flinders University Idriss Blakey - University of Queensland Prashant Sonar - Queensland University of Technology Amanda Ellis - The University of Melbourne E-Joon Choi - Kumoh National Institute of Technology Chulhee Kim - Inha University
RSC Session	Markus Muellner - The University of Sydney Athina Anastasaki - University of California, Santa Barbara Emily Pentzer - Case Western Reserve University Cyrille Boyer - University of New South Wales