| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Novel Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Andy Tsou (ExxonMobil) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Kenji Urayama (Kyoto)
"Volume Phase Transition and Electric-Field Response of Nematic Gels" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | B.R. Ratna (Naval Research Lab)
"Anistropic Shape Changes in Liquid Crystal Elastomers" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Tomiki Ikeda (Tokyo Inst. Technol.)
"Direction-Controllable Bending of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Films" |
| 9:30 pm | Conference Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biomolecular Networks and Biological Systems (1) |
| Discussion Leader: John Enns (Vistakon) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Lynden Archer (Cornell)
"Electrophoretic Dynamics of Branched Polyelectrolytes" |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Julie Kornfield (Caltech)
"Sculpting Implants In Vivo: Light-Adjustable Silicones for Intra-Ocular Lenses" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Nathan Ravi (Washington University)
"Hydrogel Nanocomposite as an Auto-Focusing Intraocular Lens" |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Ferenc Horkay (NIH)
"Biopolymer Gels: Osmotic and Structural Properties" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
| Henning Winter (UMASS) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Physics of Gels |
| Discussion Leader: Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Bela Joos (Ottawa)
"The Rigidity Transition in Diluted Disordered Networks and Polymer Melts" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Murugappan Muthukumar (UMASS)
"Phase Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Gels" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Christian Holm (Max Planck Institute, Mainz)
"On the Swelling Behavior of Polyelectrolyte Networks" |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Theory and Simulation |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Rubinstein (North Carolina) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Sergey Panyukov (Lebedev Institute)
"Thermodynamical Theory of Polymer Networks" |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | John Curro (Sandia National Labs)
"MD Simulations of Chemically Reacting Networks" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Alex Levine (UMASS, Amherst)
"The Mechanics of Semiflexible Networks: Implications for the Cytoskeleton" |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Fernando Escobedo (Cornell)
"Entropy-Driven Mesophase Behavior of Elastomers via Molecular Simulation" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
| Daniel A. Vega (Bahia-Blanca, Argentina) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biomolecular Networks and Biological Systems (2) |
| Discussion Leader: Marie-France Vallat (Mulhouse) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | David J. Mooney (Harvard)
"Cell Interactive Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Jennifer West (Rice)
"ECM-Mimetic Hydrogels" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Jian Ping Gong (Hokkaido)
"Construction of Cartilage-like Strong hydrogels with Low Friction" |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Pot Pourri (1) |
| Discussion Leader: Judit Puskas (Akron) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Annelise Barron (Northwestern)
"The Matrix Reloaded: Nanogels and Networks for DNA Sequencing by Microchannel Electrophoresis" |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Jan Genzer (North Carolina)
"Tailored Surfaces Based on Silicone Elastomer Networks" |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Darrin Pochan (Delaware)
"Environmentally Responsive Hydrogels with Tunable Rigidity Constructed via Peptide Folding and Consequent Self-Assembly" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Pot Pourri (2) |
| Discussion Leader: Maria Schroeder (Annapolis) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Tatiana Budtova (Ecole des Mines de Paris, Sophia-Antipolis)
"Micro-gel Behavior under Shear Deformation, Solvent Release and Comparison with a Droplet" |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Chris Robertson (Bridgestone Americas)
"Nature of the Jamming Transition in Particle-Filled Liquids and Elastomers" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Dennis Discher (Penn)
"Cells on Gels: Cells Feel Their Substrate & Respond to it in Defining Ways" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 3 |
| Henning Winter (UMASS) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Evolving Networks |
| Discussion Leader: Francois Lequeux (ESPCI) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Luis Dorfmann (University of Vienna)
"The Pseudo-elastic Response of Rubberlike Materials" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Alan Wineman (Michigan)
"Network Evolution in Elastomers at Large Deformations and Elevated Temperatures: Experiments and Simulations" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Will Mars (Cooper Tire)
"Fatigue of Filled Rubbers" |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Filled Systems and Nanocomposites |
| Discussion Leader: Christopher White (NIST) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Guido Raos (Politecnico Milan)
"Filled Rubber: Insights from Simple Models of a Complex System" |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Josè Kenny (Italy)
"Processing and Characterization of Elastomers Reinforced with Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes" |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Helène Montes (ESPCI)
"Consequence of a Positive Glass Transition Temperature Gradient near a Surface on the Linear and Non-linear Mechanics of Filled Elastomers" |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Alan Gent (Akron)
"Elastic and Inelastic Behavior of Particle-Filled Rubber" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 4 |
| Manika Varma-Nair (ExxonMobil) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Special Topic |
| Discussion Leader: Greg McKenna (Texas Tech) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Gerald H. Pollack (University of Washington)
"Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life: A Gel-Network Based Approach to Cell Function" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Election of Next Vice Chair, Conference Evaluations |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | "Awards Presentation" |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
