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30px;"><span>Dear Polymer Group Australia</span>
<h1>Latest Updates from ICFPAM 2013 </h1>
<p>It is now just over eight months until the 12th International Conference
on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials (ICFPAM) opens in Auckland,
New Zealand and we are pleased to invite you to register
from <strong>8 April</strong>.</p>
<h2>Programme update</h2>
<p><br />We are in the midst of developing an engaging programme that
includes plenary presentations from:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7831&F=H">Dan
Shechtman</a>, 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Distinguished Professor at
the Department of Materials Engineering at Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7831&F=H">Jean
Frechet</a>, Vice President for Research at King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7831&F=H">Paras
Prasad</a>, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Electrical
Engineering and Medicine at the University of Buffalo</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7831&F=H">Takuzo
Aida</a>, Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology,
School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7831&F=H">Paul
Weiss</a>, Director of the California NanoSystems Institute, Fred Kavli
Chair in NanoSystems Sciences, and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
& Biochemistry and Materials Science & Engineering at UCLA</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Keynote speakers include:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Dermot Diamond</li>
<li>Juliet Gerrard</li>
<li>Justin Gooding</li>
<li>Stefan Kapasis</li>
<li>Krzysztof Matyjaszewski</li>
<li>Dennis Smith</li>
<li>Ullrich Steiner</li>
<li>Andrew Whittaker</li>
<li>Richard Wool</li>
<li>Chi Woo</li>
<li>Seth Marder</li>
</ul>
<p>An overview of the conference programme may be found on the <a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=6976&F=H">programme
page </a>including a half-day on Wednesday 11 December where tours of
Auckland’s beautiful natural surroundings will be arranged for all
delegates.</p>
<p>For more information about Auckland and the North Island of New Zealand
please visit the <a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7832&F=H">destination
and venue page</a> of the website.</p>
<h2><br />Abstract Submissions</h2>
<p>In addition to plenary and keynote presentations there will be invited
and contributed presentations in five streams of parallel sessions at
the conference according to the following <a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7251&F=H">themes</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>From synthesis to advanced materials</li>
<li>Nano-scale and nano-structured materials and devices</li>
<li>Biomaterials and biopolymers</li>
<li>Organic based photonics and electronics materials</li>
<li>Composites and hybrid materials</li>
</ul>
<p><br />If you would like to present at the Conference on one of these
themes, we encourage you to submit an abstract as soon as possible and
before the deadline <strong>30 June 2013</strong>. Reviews of
abstracts are expected to be completed by the end of July 2013 and authors
will be advised of the outcome of their submission in August.<br />For
comprehensive instructions and a link to the submission address please
visit the <a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7251&F=H">abstracts
page </a>of the website.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>Registration</h2>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3;">We are delighted to announce that
registration for the conference will open on </span><strong
style="line-height: 1.3;">Monday 8 April </strong><span
style="line-height: 1.3;">and Early Bird fees will be available
until </span><strong style="line-height: 1.3;">31 August
2013</strong><span style="line-height: 1.3;">.</span></p>
<p><br />We encourage you to forward this email to any friends and
colleagues you think would be interested in learning more about the 12th
ICFPAM Conference. They can sign up to receive these email updates <a
target="_blank" title="Mailing List"
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=7250&F=H">here</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any queries about the submission of abstracts or other
conference details, please contact us by emailing <a
href="mailto:icfpam@tcc.co.nz">icfpam@tcc.co.nz</a> or visit
our <a
href="http://www.mailmax.co.nz/login/link.php?M=696159&N=6540&L=6852&F=H">website</a> for
more information.</p>
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