| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | COMBICHEM (HTE) FOR CATALYSTS AND POLYMERS |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion Leader: David Lohse (ExxonMobil Res. and Eng. Co.) |
| Eric Amis (NIST)
"Combinatorial Methods for Polymer Physics: What's New Since Edison?" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Scott Collins (University of Akron) |
| Dan Wehrli (Thales Technologies)
"Mechanism-Based High Throughput Screening and Performance Assay of Homogeneous Catalysts by Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectroscopy" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BLOCK AND GRAFT COPOLYMERS |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Discussion Leader: Thomas Coolbaugh (ExxonMobil Res. & Eng. Co.) |
| Frank Bates (University of Minnesota)
"Current Trends in Block Copolymers" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Discussion Leader: Edward Kresge (Consultant) |
| Samuel Gido (University of Massachusetts)
"Multigraft Copolymers of Well Defined Molecular Architecture as Novel Thermoplastic Elastomers" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Binnur Gunesin (Dutoit Gunesin Consulting) |
| George Krausch (University of Bayreuth)
"Block Copolymer Thin Films: From Model Systems to Responsive Membranes" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RHEOLOGY / PROCESSING |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion Leader: P. Soskey (Becton Dickinson and Co.) |
| Henning Winter (University of Massachusetts)
"Open Pore Structure from High Pressure Processing of Network Polymers" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Robert J. Johnston (DuPont Dow Elastomers) |
| Gabor Kaszas (Bayer)
"From Molecular Structure to Processability - Rheology from an Industrial Perspective" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NOVEL ELASTOMERIC SYSTEMS |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Discussion Leader: Jean Philippe Autran (Proctor & Gamble) |
| Bernard Rieger (University of Ulm)
"Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polypropylene Elastomers" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Discussion Leader: Maria Ellul (Advanced Elastomers Systems) |
| Sudhin N. Datta (ExxonMobil Chemical Co.)
"Polyolefin Elastomers with Propylene Crystallinity" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Discussion Leader: TBD |
| Kenneth Mauritz (University of S. Mississippi)
"Elastomeric Organic / Inorganic Materials Based on Domain-Selective Sol-Gel Processes" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NETWORKS |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Bruce Eichinger (University of Washington) |
| Gary Grest (Sandia National Laboratories)
Molecular Simulations of Cross-Linked Polymer Networks" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Maria Schroeder (U.S. Naval Academy) |
| Mohamed Sharaf (Cairo University)
"Improvements in the Understanding of Rubber Elasticity (of Networks)" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NANOCOMPOSITES AND OTHER FILLED SYSTEMS |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Discussion Leader: Claude Cohen (Cornell University) |
| Mariam Rafailovich (SUNY - Stony Brook)
"Effects of Surface Interactions on Filled Polyolefin Systems" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Discussion Leader: Georg Böhm (Bridgestone/Firestone Research, Inc.) |
| Sanford Sternstein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
"Reinforcement and Non-Linear Viscoelasticity in Filled Polymers Above Tg: Observations and Conceptiual Model" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Michael Strano (University of Illinois) |
| Ramanan Krishnamoorti (University of Houston)
"Polymer Nanocomposites: Flow Induced Studies" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GELS - MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Jeffrey White (North Carolina State University) |
| Robert Prud'homme (Princeton University)
"Tuning the Structures of Wax Gels with Block Copolymers" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Carol Steiner (CUNY) |
| Dvora Perahia (Clemson University)
"An Insight into Gel Formation by Rigid-Rod Colloidal Molecules" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SYNTHESIS AND (FAILURE) PROPERTIES |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Discussion Leader: David Lawson (Bridgestone/Firestone Research, Inc.) |
| Adel Halasa and Shingo Futamura (Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.)
"Trans Elastomers - New Families of Crystallizable Polymers" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Discussion Leader: J. Edward Glass (North Dakota State University) |
| T.C. (Mike) Chung (Penn State University)
"Synthesis and Properties of Elastomers Containing DVB" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Gregory McKenna (Texas Tech University) |
| Gary Hamed (University of Akron)
"Crack Growth in Black Filled Natural Rubber" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SPECIAL TOPICS |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion Leader: Aubert Y. Coran |
| Robert Eller (Eller and Associates)
"The Rubber / TPE Interface in Automotive Applications" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
