Symposium 1

Dr. Lili ZHANG	Dr. Zibiao Li	Dr. Yuan Chong Jason LIM	Prof. Jinwen ZHANG	Dr. Zhuang Mao PNG
Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore	Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore	Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore	School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering & Composite Materials, Washington State University, United States of America	Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Confirmed Speakers 

• Prof. Zhiliang HUANG, The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) and College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, China
• Prof. Zhiqun LIN, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
• Asst. Prof. Arnaud THEVENON,  Organic Chemistry & Catalysis, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Netherlands ​
• Dr. Albert ONG, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR),Singapore
• Dr. Tristan TAN, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR),Singapore
• Dr. Ken Shaun YAP, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
• Prof. Teck Peng LOH, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
• Dr. Xuecheng DONG, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
• Dr. Simin Shermin GOH, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Symposium 2

This symposium reports the synthesis of novel polymers and the like, with a focus on the molecular design of polymers, polymer chemistry, and syntheses mechanisms, towards the development of novel and unique functional polymeric materials. 

Symposium Chair

Prof. Atsushi GOTO	Prof. Zhichen LI	Prof. Yoshinori TAKASHIMA
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ​	College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China	Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science at Osaka University, and Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) at Osaka University, Japan

Confirmed Speakers

• Prof. Akihito HASHIDZUME,‪ Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
• Prof. Atsushi GOTO, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Prof. Hanchu HUANG, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
• Prof. Makoto OUCHI, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. Masatoshi TOKITA, Department of Materials Science, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
• Prof. Rong ZHU, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
• Prof. Saihu LIAO, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China
• Prof. Yoshinobu TSUJII, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. Yoshinori TAKASHIMA, Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science at Osaka University, and Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI) at Osaka University, Japan
• Prof. Youhua TAO, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Prof. Youliang ZHAO, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, China
• Prof. Zi-Chen LI, College of Chemistry, Peking University, China
• Assoc. Prof. Andrew C. GRIMSDALE, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Assoc. Prof. Arihiro KANAZAWA, Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
• Assoc. Prof. Thanthapatra BUNCHUAY, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand
• Asst. Prof. Yunyan QIU, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Symposium 3

Symposium Chair

Assoc. Prof. Ran NI	Prof. Lei ZHU	Assoc. Prof. Kwan Wee TAN	Prof. Dongsheng LIU
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, United States of America	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (THU)

Confirmed Speakers

• Prof. Changle CHEN, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, China
• Prof. Chien-Lung WANG, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Prof. Duyu CHEN, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China
• Prof. Erqiang CHEN, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
• Prof. Fanlong MENG, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
• Prof. Hiroshi JINNAI, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan
• Prof. Kwang-Un JEONG, Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
• Prof. Li-Tang YAN, Institute of Polymer Science & Technology Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
• Prof. Mingjun HUANG, School of Emergent Soft Matter and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, China
• Prof. Qi-Huo WEI, Department of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SusTech), China
• Prof. Shiyong LIU, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China
• Prof. Shouke YAN, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China
• Prof. Stefan GULDIN, Department of Life Science Engineering (LSE), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
• Prof. Stephen Z. D. CHENG, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology (SCUT), China
• Prof. To NGAI, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
• Prof. Wenbing HU, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China
• Prof. Xia DONG, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
• Prof. Xuehui DONG, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, China
• Prof. Yanchun HAN, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
• Prof. Yanlei YU, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, China
• Prof. Zhiqun LIN, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Dr. Tangi AUBERT, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Montpellier, France
• Dr. Xiuyang XIA, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Symposium 4

Symposium Chair

Dr. Balamurugan RAMALINGAM	Asst. Prof. Leonard NG Wei Tat	Asst. Prof. Beatrice SOH	Dr. Bijun TANG
Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2) and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Confirmed Speakers 

• Prof. King Kuok (Mimi) HII, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
• Prof. Sungnam PARK, Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Korea
• Prof. Udo BACH, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Australia
• Prof. Xiaonan WANG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
• Assoc. Prof. Liang DAI, Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong
• Dr. Don Noromi FUTABA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
• Dr. Jatin KUMAR, Xinterra, Singapore
• Dr. Ji Wei YOON, Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
• Dr. Pablo Quijano VELASCO, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
  

Symposium 5

This symposium introduces recent advances of synthetic or bioderived polymeric biomaterials, which may also take inspiration from nature, their fabrication, characterization, and real-world potential for pharmaceutical or biomedical applications. 

Symposium Chair

Asst. Prof. Yiliang LIN	Prof. Harm-Anton KLOK	Assoc. Prof. Dalton TAY	Dr. Xian Jun LOH	Dr. Dan KAI
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore	Institute of Materials (IMX) and Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore	Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE²) and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Confirmed Speakers

Symposium 6

Symposium Chair

Assoc. Prof. Lay Poh TAN	Prof. Peichen SU	Prof. Xiaodong CHEN
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Confirmed Speakers

• Asst. Prof. Ronghui WU, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Assoc. Prof. Hua Liu, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China
• Prof. Charlotte Armgard Emmy Hauser-Funke, Institute of Health Care Engineering with European Testing Center of Medical Devices, Austria
• Adjunct Asst. Prof. Vitali Lipik, Sportmaster Group of Companies, Singapore
• Assoc. Prof. Dalton Tay Chor Yong, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Symposium 7

Symposium Chair

Prof. Jianyong OUYANG	Asst. Prof. Leonard NG Wei Tat	Prof. Dong Hoon CHOI
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Korea

Confirmed Speakers

• Prof. BongSoo KIM, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Korea
• Prof. Chaobin HE, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
• Prof. Dong Hoon CHOI, Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
• Dr. Hae Jung SON, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea
• Prof. Kuan SUN, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
• Prof. Qichun ZHANG, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Prof. Tawfique HASAN, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
• Prof. Young Woo HAN, Department of Chemical, College of Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
• Asst. Prof. Chang LIU, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
• Asst. Prof. Guohua HU, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
  

Symposium 8

Prof. Wang RONG	Asst. Prof. Jie SHEN	Asst. Prof. Qianhong SHE
Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Confirmed Speakers

• Prof. Ingo PINNAU, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science of Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Bofan LI, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
• Assoc. Prof. Qilei SONG, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, England
• Prof. Volker ABETZ, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• Prof. Wai Fen YONG, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia
• Assoc. Prof. Yan XIA, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, United States of America
• Prof. Wanqin JIN, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oreinted Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University,China
• Prof. Xianshe FENG, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Prof. Yaoming WANG, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China​

Symposium 9

Assoc. Prof. Terry W.J. STEELE	Asst. Prof. Wei ZHAI	Assoc. Prof. Aravind DASARI	Prof. Yujie SONG
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	​Department of Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore, Singapore	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Confirmed Speakers 

• Prof. Chuanzhuang ZHAO, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, China
• Prof. Linxin ZHONG, School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, China
• Prof. Tongqing LU, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
• Dr. Chen WANG, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Symposium 10

This symposium showcases both emergent technologies in classical polymer engineering, as well as recent developments in polymer sciences. Examples include new characterization technologies, realistic industrial perspectives, and other emerging topics not mentioned in this conference. It welcomes academics, industrial researchers, and graduate students looking to present their recent works.

Industry Advisor

Dr. Sathrugnan KARTHIKEYAN	Asst. Prof. Roland TAY Yingjie
Frontier Lab, Singapore	School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Confirmed Speakers

• Asst. Prof. Roland TAY Yingjie, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Special Forum 1

Symposium Chair

Prof. Xiao (Matthew) HU School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Dr. Xian Jun LOH Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Special Forum 2

Symposium Chair

Dr. Yi Yan YANG Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), A*STAR, Singapore	Prof. Yeng Ming LAM School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore