| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Diversity in Research |
| Discussion Leader: Julia Kalow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Joseph DeSimone (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Diversity Is a Fundamental Tenant of Innovation" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Topics in Controlled Polymerization |
| Discussion Leader: Hilda Buss (University of California, Berkeley, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Frank Leibfarth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Flow-IEG: Scalable Synthesis of Sequence and Architecturally Defined, Unimolecular Macromolecules" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Jenny Malmstrom (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
"Polymer Surfaces for Switchable Materials and Protein Stacking" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Helen Tran (Columbia University, USA)
"Patterning of Two-Dimensional Materials with Nanoporous Block Copolymer Masks" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Angela Holmberg (University of Delaware, USA)
"RAFT Polymerization of Complex Mixtures in Pursuit of Sustainable Polymers from Bio-Oils" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Advanced Functional Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Jared Harris (University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Sebla Onbulak (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA)
"Water-Soluble Nanotubes from Photo-Cross-Linkable Bottlebrush Copolymers Prepared by 'Grafting-Through' Strategy" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Hanze Ying (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Dynamic Polymeric Materials Bearing Hindered Urea Bonds" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | S. Piril Ertem (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
"Synthetic Polymers and Monomers for Anion Exchange Membranes" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Eric Appel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Polymer-Nanoparticle Hydrogels: From Fundamentals to Advanced Healthcare Solutions" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Your Career in Polymer Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Shuo Chen (The University of Tokyo, Japan) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:40 pm | Kathryn Beers (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
"Your Career in Government Laboratories" |
| 1:40 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Damon Billodeaux (Eastman Chemical Company, USA)
"Your Career in Industry" |
| 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm | Joseph DeSimone (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Your Career in Academia" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
