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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>The 15th Australasian Polymer Summer School will be held at University of Western Sydney Village, Parramatta North Campus, New South Wales from 4-6 February 2014.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>These meetings are coordinated and subsidized by the RACI Polymer Division and the CRC for Polymers. The meetings are designed to introduce a range of new and divergent areas of polymers to an audience of undergraduates, research students and research fellows/industrial researchers/educators because we know that they will have had a variety of chemistry, physics, engineering or biological backgrounds and some may have not attended formal polymer courses. The Australasian Polymer Summer Schools aim to address these challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>Please find attached the flyer for the 15APSS which offers an excellent collection of speakers on a range of topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:20.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr Chris Fellows, University of New England</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, ‘An introduction to polymers’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:20.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr Graeme Moad, CSIRO, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‘Polymer synthesis by RAFT polymerization’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:20.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr Patrice Castignolles, University of Western Sydney, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‘Characterization of polymers by size exclusion chromatography’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:20.1pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr Marion Gaborieau, University of Western Sydney, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‘NMR characterization of polymers’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:20.1pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prof Emily Hilder, University of Tasmania, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‘Synthesis, characterisation and selected applications of porous polymers’.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-right:20.1pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.05pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Dr Elliot Gilbert, ANSTO, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>‘Small angle scattering and its applications in polymer science’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>Registrations can be completed online at the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><a href="https://register.eventarc.com/19969/15th-australasian-polymer-summer-school">https://register.eventarc.com/19969/15th-australasian-polymer-summer-school</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU>It would be appreciated if you would pass this information to any other prospective Summer School attendees and please contact Amy Hunt (<a href="mailto:amy.hunt@crcp.com.au">amy.hunt@crcp.com.au</a>) if you should have any questions. Please register or contact the CRC for Polymers as soon as possible if you would like to attend this year’s 15<sup>th</sup> Australasian Polymer Summer School.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Amy, on behalf of Conference Convenors:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU>Dr Daniel Keddie</span></b><span lang=EN-AU> and <b>Dr Tara Schiller</b>, University of New England<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Amy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Ms Amy Hunt <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Executive Assistant <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>to the CEO Dr Ian Dagley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>CRC for Polymers<b> l</b> Ph +61 3 9518 0400 <b>l </b> Fax +61 3 9543 2167 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>8 Redwood Drive, Notting Hill VIC 3168 <b>l <a href="http://www.crcp.com.au/">www.crcp.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>