Programme

12:00	Registration and lunch
	Session 1
13:00	Rheology and structure formation in soft matter composites Jan Vermant, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
13:45	Contributed Talk 1
14:00	Contributed Talk 2
14:15	Contributed Talk 3
14:30	Contributed Talk 4
14:45	Coffee break
	Session 2
15:15	DPOLY lecture: Sequence Effects in Calcium-Responsive Biopolymers Danielle J Mai, Stanford University, USA
16:00	Contributed Talk 5
16:15	Contributed Talk 6
16:30	Contributed Talk 7
16:45	Contributed Talk 8
17:00	Founders' Prize Winner Lecture: Polymer Physics as an Enabler of Carbon Sequestration Tony Ryan OBE, University of Sheffield, UK
18:00	Close
19:00	Conference Dinner

08:30	Registration
	Session 3
09:00	Dynamics of ring polymers by neutron scattering: overview and recent developments Valeria Arrighi, Heriot-Watt University, UK
09:45	Contributed Talk 9
10:00	Contributed Talk 10
10:15	Contributed Talk 11
10:30	Coffee break
	Session 4
11:00	PPG exchange winner lecture: Phase transitions in polyelectrolyte gels Matt Hennessy, University of Bristol, UK
11:45	Contributed Talk 12
12:00	Contributed Talk 13
12:15	Contributed Talk 14
12:30	Contributed Talk 15
12:45	Lunch and Poster Session
	Session 5
14:00	Quantifying the length-scales of polymer-substrate interactions and the impact on physical properties of polymers Peter Green, FRSC, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
14:45	Contributed Talk 16
15:00	Contributed Talk 17
15:15	Contributed Talk 18
15:30	Coffee break
	Session 6
16:00	Ian Macmillan Ward Prize Lecture (Best Student Paper)
16:30	Contributed Talk 19
16:45	Contributed Talk 20
17:00	Poster Session AGM Meeting (In Parallel)
19:30	River Cruise (Details TBC)

08:30	Registration
	Session 7
09:00	An industrial perspective of global trends in bio-derived and natural polymers Andy Sweetman, Futamura Chemical, UK
09:45	Contributed Talk 21
10:00	Contributed Talk 22
10:15	Contributed Talk 23
10:30	Coffee break
	Session 8
11:00	How to tune properties of interfaces with polymers; insight from molecular simulation Paola Carbone, University of Manchester, UK
11:45	Contributed Talk 24
12:00	Contributed Talk 25
12:15	Contributed Talk 26
12:30	Contributed Talk 27
12:45	Closing remarks and lunch Poster Awards (In Parallel)