World Polymer Congress - June 24-29, 2012 - Virginia Tech Campus - Blacksburg, VA

Welcome

Our final number of submitted abstracts has reached 1250, and we are thrilled with a 70% international presence at the conference! We have extended the registration deadline for all presenters to May 11 to accommodate this high level of response. Registration will remain open until May 25 for attendees who are not presenting. We expect to increase the number of opportunities for oral presentations, approaching nearly 750 oral presentations in 13 parallel tracks! We will work very carefully to extend invitations for oral presentation to all contributors who have requested an oral presentation, especially our international guests. The Congress will provide an international forum for scientific discovery, professional networking, research collaboration, interdisciplinary education, and dissemination of our most recent scientific advances. We have included an industrial networking event for students and postdoctoral research fellows. Our campus is open to the global polymer community and we welcome your contributions to the success of the program. Now is the time for the entire polymer community to gather and synergistically address the many challenges that we face including energy, sustainability, healthcare, safety, and emerging polymer technologies. Eleven parallel technical symposia will reflect current directions in polymer science and engineering, and our daily plenary lectures will gather the entire congress for a lively discussion. Poster sessions will occur Monday through Wednesday evenings with adjacent exhibitors to showcase state-of-the-art instrumentation. The program also consists of many excursions to enjoy the local area, please see Excursions for more details. The conference registration deadline is May 25.

-Professor Timothy E. Long, Chair Regional Organizational Committee

Notices

Campus Internet Information: Virginia Tech requires every user to create an account to access its wireless system. If you do not create an account, you will not have internet service while attending meetings on the Virginia Tech campus.

Attendees of the IUPAC MACRO 2012 World Polymer Congress that wish to have wireless internet access while on the Virginia Tech campus will need to create a guest account prior to their arrival on campus. See wireless instructions below for more information

Pre-Conference Short Course registration is now open.

If you need a VISA letter, you must first register and pay your conference registration fees, then contact Janice Huffman. She can provide you with the VISA letter once she is able to confirm your registration and payment.

Groups that would like to schedule meeting space and/or group meals should contact Naya Sou (nsou@vt.edu) for assistance.

News
*2012-05-14*	Wireless Instructions have been posted.
*2012-05-11*	Tentative detailed Technical Program posted.
*2012-04-11*	Technical Program has been updated.
*2012-04-11*	Internet Café is available for use during the conference
*2012-03-14*	We are pleased to announce the list of invited speakers who have confirmed their participation in the 2012 World Polymer Congress.
*2011-12-19*	Professor Ali Khademhosseini (Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA) has accepted the Third Polymer International/IUPAC Award and will be presenting a keynote lecture at the IUPAC MACRO 2012.

Wireless Instructions

Campus Internet Information: Attendees of the IUPAC MACRO 2012 World Polymer Congress that wish to have wireless internet access while on the Virginia Tech campus will need to create a guest account prior to their arrival on campus.

Go to the Virginia Tech Guest Wireless System. Log on to an existing account if you already have one and select "Confirm and Complete Request" to confirm the need for wireless access for this conference. If you do not have an account, select the "I am a new guest" button and you will be directed back to confirm your request for the conference after your account is created. Once you have created your account and password, please be sure to document this information for use while on campus. Pending approval, your service will be activated June 22- July 1, 2012.

Virginia Tech requires every user to create an account to access its wireless system. If you do not create an account, you will not have internet service while attending meetings on the Virginia Tech campus.

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