| Sunday 7 Evening | Two Dimensions |
| Discussion Leader: Hyuk Yu |
| 7:30 PM | Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University
Dip Pen Nanolithography |
| 8:30 PM | Gerry Fuller, Stanford University
The Dynamics of Polymer Chains Trapped in Two Dimensions |
| Monday 8 Morning | Combinatorial Methods |
| Discussion Leader: John Rabolt |
| 8:30 AM | Conference Photograph |
| 9:00 AM | Edwin Thomas, MIT
Polymer Based Microphotonics |
| 10:20 AM | Hans-Werner Schmidt, Universitaet Bayreuth
Multi-level Ordering in Complex Macromolecular Systems - Preparation, Function and Application Perspectives |
| 11:20 AM | Coleen Pugh, University of Akron
The Effect of Polydispersity and Topology on the Phase Transitions of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers |
| 4:30 PM | Poster Session I |
| Monday 8 Evening | Electronics Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Russell |
| 7:30 PM | Damian Hajduk, Symyx Technologies
Combinatorial Characterization of Multicomponent Polymer Systems |
| 8:30 AM | Alamgir Karim, NIST
Combinatorial Materials Science for Investigations for Polymer Films and Coatings |
| Tuesday 9 Morning | Patterning |
| Discussion Leader: Shenda Baker |
| 9:00 AM | Paul Nealey, University of Wisconsin
Guided Self-Assembly of Symmetric Diblock Copolymer Films on Chemically Nanopatterned Substrates |
| 10:20 AM | Peter Green, University of Texas-Austin
Pattern Formation in Block Copolymer Thin films Above the Order-Disorder Transition |
| 11:20 AM | Ed Kramer, University of California at Santa Barbara
Poly(vinylcyclohexane) block copolymers: tough materials with unentangled glassy matrices? |
| Tuesday 9 Evening | Dendrimers |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Russo |
| 7:30 PM | James Hedrick, IBM
Advanced Materials Based on Dendritic Architectures for Microelectronic Applications |
| 8:30 PM | Dominic McGrath, University of Arizona
Effect of Photochrome Incorporation on Dendritic Architectures |
| Wednesday 10 Morning | Biomaterials |
| Discussion Leader: Jimmy Mays |
| 9:00 AM | Jennifer West, Rice University
Synthetic ECM Analogs: Biomimetic Polymers for use in Tissue Engineering |
| 10:20 AM | Timothy Deming, University of California at Santa Barbara
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Block Copolypeptide Materials |
| 11:20 AM | Andrea Liu, University of California at Los Angeles
Self-Assembly of Charged Biopolymers |
| 4:30 PM | Poster Session II |
| Wednesday 10 Evening | Nanocomposites |
| Discussion Leader: Doug Kiserow |
| 7:30 PM | Barry Farmer, Air Force Research Lab
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hybrid Polymers and Nanocomposites |
| 8:30 PM | Thomas Seery, University of Connecticut
Polymerization Kinetics and Metal Mediated Synthesis of Nanocomposites |
| Thursday 11 Morning | Polymer Processing |
| Discussion Leader: Jack Douglas |
| 9:00 AM | James Watkins, University of Massachusetts
Dilation of Multi-component Polymer Systems with Supercritical Fluids: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Considerations for Materials Processing |
| 10:20 AM | Tim Lodge, University of Minnesota
Effect of Shear on Bicontinuous Polymer Microemulsions |
| 11:20 AM | Kalman Migler, NIST
Superstrings in Sheared Polymer Blends: Interplay of Coalescence, Breakup and Finite Size |
| Thursday 11 Evening | New Methods |
| Discussion Leader: Ben Chu |
| 7:30 PM | Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Iowa State University
Studies of Dynamics and Domain Sizes in Polymers by Solid-State NMR |
| 8:30 PM | Taihyun Chang, POSTECH
A New Story on an Old Topic: Polymer Characterization by HPLC |
