| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Approaches to Nanotechnology |
| Discussion Leader: Andy Lovinger (National Science Foundation) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Geoff Coates (Cornell University)
"Discovery, Development, and Application of Catalysts for the Synthesis of Defined Polymer Architectures" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Sam Stupp (Northwestern University)
"Beyond Self Assembly" |
| Reception - Scotch Tasting |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Functional Macromolecules |
| Discussion Leader: Devon Shipp (Clarkson) |
| 9:10 am - 9.50 am | Brian Benicewicz (RPI)
"Recent Advances in RAFT Polymerization" |
| 9:50 am - 10.30 am | Jim Hedrick (IBM)
"Organic Catalysis: A New Strategy for Living Polymerization" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 am - 12.30 pm | New Methods in Polymer Synthesis |
| Discussion Leader: Dan Knauss (Colorado School of Mines) |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | SonBinh Nguyen (Northwestern)
"Hybrid organic-inorganic and organic-bioorganic polymers from ROMP and their potential applications" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Marc Hillmyer (University of Minnesota)
"Functional nanostructured materials from polylactide-containing block copolymers" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Self Organizing Macromolecules |
| Discussion Leader: Doug Kiserow (Army Research Office) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Tim Swager (MIT)
"Responsive Electronic Polymers" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Bert Meijer (Eindhoven University of Technology)
"Non-covalent synthesis of polymeric architectures" |
| Reception - Wine Tasting |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Functionalized Surfaces and Nanocomposites |
| Discussion Leader: Kristi Anseth (University of Colorado) |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Paula Hammond (MIT)
"Patterned and Functionalized Surfaces" |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Dotsevi Sogah (Cornell University)
"Architecture and Nanostructure Control in Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Bio-inspired Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Eva Harth (Xenoport) |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Kathryn Uhrich (Rutgers)
"Designing Degradable Polymers for Drug Delivery" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Stefan Hecht (Freie University, Berlin)
"Towards Functional Organic Nanotubes" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Highlights in Architectural Control |
| Discussion Leader: Karen Wooley (Washington University in St. Louis) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Klaus Müllen (Max Planck, Mainz)
"Molecular Graphite" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Bob Grubbs (CalTech)
"Synthesis of linear, block and cyclic polymers using olefin metathesis" |
| Poster Session - 1 |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Synthesis of Advanced Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Owen Webster (DuPont/UPENN) |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Tim Long (Virginia Tech)
"Reversible Macromolecules: Tailoring Rheological and Mechanical Performance" |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Bernadette Charleux (Univ Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris)
"Water-soluble and water-dispersed copolymers by controlled free-radical copolymerization" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanopatterned Functional Thin Films |
| Discussion Leader: Dave Bergbreiter (Texas A&M) |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Bill Brittain (University of Akron)
"Synthesis and Rearrangement of Block Copolymer Brushes" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Ken Carter (IBM)
"Chemistry at Nanopatterned Interfaces - Surface Modification of Imprinted Polymers" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Polymers on the Nanometer Size Scale |
| Discussion Leader: Barney Grubbs (Dartmouth) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Ed Kramer (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Thin films of block copolymer spherical domains" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Anne Mayes (MIT)
"Nanostructured polymer membranes: cleaning up with combs and brushes" |
| Poster Session - 2 |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Application of Nanoscopically Defined Polymers |
| Discussion Leader: Patrick Malenfant (GE) |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Mary Galvin (University of Delaware)
"Architectural Control of Electroactive Polymers" |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Chris Bowman (University of Colorado)
"Novel Photopolymerization Methods and Their Exploitation for Emerging Applications" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Approaches to the Synthesis and Evaluation of Nanoscopic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Tyler McQuade (Cornell University) |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 am | Chris Stafford (NIST)
"Surface Buckling and Other High-Throughput Measurement Techniques" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Todd Emrick (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"Controlled Chemistry on Nanoparticle Surfaces for Dispersion and Assembly in Polymers and Fluids" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Functional Nanostructures |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Mackay (Michigan State) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Tom Russell (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"Long-Range Order in Thin Block Copolymer Films" |
| 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Martin Möller (RWTH Aachen)
"Structural Control in Functional Nanomaterials" |
| Reception |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
