Gargnano, Lake Garda
ITALY
15-20 May 2011
Full Programme
Sunday, May 15th
16.30 – 19.30 Registration
Monday, May 16th
Session I Fundamentals
9.00 – 10.30 Jean-François Gerard (INSA de Lyon, France)
"Introduction to polymer processing"
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Giuseppe Marrucci (Università di Napoli "Federico II", Italy)
"Polymer rheology"
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Giuseppe Titomanlio (University di Salerno, Italy)
"Heat transfer in polymer processing"
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 18.00 Giovanni Camino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
"Thermomechanical degradation of polymers"
18.15 – 19.45 Poster presentation (3 min. each)
20.00 Cheese and wine party
Tuesday, May 17th
Session II Processing Technologies
9.00 – 10.30 Paolo Lomellini (Polimeri Europa, Italy)
"Mixing, dispersion and compatibilization in polymer mixtures"
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 11.45 Christian Carrot (Université Jean Monnet Saint Etienne, France)
"Extrusion"
11.45 – 12.30 Giorgio Bertacchi (Unione Costruttori Stampi e Attrezzature di Precisione-UCISAP, Italy)
"Injection moulding"
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.15 Julien Pierre (Institut Français du Textile et de l'Habillement, France)
"Polymer Spinning"
15.15 – 16.00 Eileen Harkin-Jones (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
"Blow moulding/Rotomoulding/Thermoforming"
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.15 Salvatore Iannace (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy)
"Polymeric foams: developments in processes and products"
17.30 – 19.00 Posters session
Wednesday, May 18th
9.00 – 10.30 Josè Kenny (Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, Spain)
"Thermosets and thermoset composites processing"
10.30 – 11.00 Break
Session III Advances in polymer processing
11.00 – 12.30 Philippe Dubois (Université de Mons, Belgium)"Reactive extrusion: a green processing tool for (bio)polymers"
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Jean-Jacques Flat (Arkema, France)
"Reactive mixing of polymers"
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16. 30– 18.00 Veronique Bounor-Legare and Jocelyne Galy (Université de Lyon 1/INSA de Lyon, France)
"Sol-gel in polymer melt and thermosets"
Thursday, May 19th
9.00 – 10.30 Bruno Vergnes (Mines ParisTech , France)
"Modelling of polymer processing"
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Masami Okamoto (TOYOTA Technological Institute, Japan)"Polymer Nanocomposites processing"
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Dieter Fischer (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany)
"In-line/On-line Monitoring Polymer Processing"
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 18.00 Eric Baer (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Multilayered functional Materials"
18.15 – 19.30 Posters session
20.00 Social dinner
Friday, May 20th
9.00 – 10.30 Jannick Duchet-Rumeau (INSA de Lyon, France)
"Surface functionalisation of Polymers"
10.30 – 11.00 Break
Session IV Industial applications
11.00 – 11.45 Alessandro Gallo (Maris, Italy): "Industrial applications of smart processing"
11.45 – 12.30 Leonardo Bellomo (So.F.teR, Italy): "Hard/soft materials and the secrets e secrets of the soft touch"
12.30 – 13.15 Gilberto Frigerio (Polimeri Europa , Italy): "Industrial applications of polymer foaming"
13.30 – 15.00 Closing and Lunch