Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Macromolecular Nanomaterials
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Tip- and Polymer-Directed Synthesis of Nanoclusters"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Linking Polymer Architecture and Solvent Quality to Nanoscale Structure and Thermodynamics in Polymer Solutions Using Theory, Simulations and Experiments"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Next-Generation Biomaterials
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Designing Bioactive Materials Using Protein Design"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Macromolecular and Supramolecular Materials for Signaling Gas Delivery"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Extremophile-Inspired Biomaterials for Biologic Storage"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Light-Driven Polymerization and Functionalization
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Visible Light a Powerful Tool for Polymer Synthesis"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Photoinitiated Dynamic-Covalent Chemistry in Polymer Networks"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Self-Assembly for Structured Materials
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Morphology Transitions in Responsive Block Copolymers: Incorporating Molecular Probes and Triggers"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Soft Ionic Diodes at the Interface of Ionic Liquid Networks"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Organizing Block Copolymers Using Liquid Crystals"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers of Polymer Synthesis
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Alpha-Olefins and Vinyl Polar Monomers: Bridging the Gap for Next-Generation Polymeric Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Why Do We Care About More Active Catalysts for ATRP?"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Polymer Composites for Sensing and Responsive Soft Materials
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Interplay of Assembly, Alignment and Architecture in Biologically-Inspired Polymer Composites"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Precision Chemistry Towards New-Generation Smart Functional Materials"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Architecting Functional Composites Using 2D Particle Surfactants"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Redox-Active Polymers and Frameworks"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Macromolecular Nanoionics for Electrochemical Energy Storage"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Grand Challenges in Soft Matter Chemistry
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Electron Beam, Meet Soft Matter: Dynamics, Structure and Reactions by Liquid Phase and High Throughput TEM"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Addressing Environmental Challenges with Chemistry in Industry Research"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Custom-Built Polyelectrolytes Can Unravel the Birth, Life and Death of Complex Assemblies"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Amidyl Radical-Mediated Polyolefin C-H Functionalization"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Functional Polymers for Smarter Materials
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Natural Product-Derived Functional Polymer Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Post-Operative Pain Management with Drug-Eluting Degradable Polymer Meshes"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure