History of our conferences
The Institute has a long, distinguished history of organizing polymer conferences.
The three macromolecular conferences of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), which were held in Prague, are especially noteworthy.
The first IUPAC Macromolecular Symposium was held in Prague in 1957, thanks to the strong personality of the innovative Czech scientist Professor Otto Wichterle. Because of the strong impact of the first conference, the IUPAC Macromolecular Symposium was held again in Prague in 1967. Prague hosted this event for the third, lucky time in 1992.
List of all conferences since the year 1957
| Year | No. | Meeting | Full papers published in Journal, volume |
| 2024 | 85 | Polymers for Sustainable Future, Prague 24–28 June 2024 (Chairs: Hynek Beneš, Zdeněk Starý) | -- |
| 2023 | Prague Meeting on Tumor Therapy and Imaging, Prague 19–21 March 2023 (Chairs: Tomáš Etrych, Eva Randárová) | -- | |
| 2022 | Czech - Slovak conference Polymers 2022, Třešť, 3–6 October 2022 (Chair: Petr Chytil) | -- | |
| 84 | Frontiers of Polymer Colloids - From Synthesis to Macro-Scale and Nano-Scale Applications, Prague 24–28 July 2022 (Chair: Daniel Horák) | -- | |
| EPF Polymer Conference - European Polymer Congress, Prague 26 June – 1 July 2022 (Chairs: Jiří Kotek, Petr Štěpánek) | -- | ||
| 2021 | EPF Inter-Congress Workshop, online 28 June 2021 | -- | |
| 2019 | 6th Barrande Bioscience Meeting, Strasbourg, 22 – 24 September 2019 (co-organiser) | -- | |
| Career in Polymers XI. Prague, 28 - 29 June 2019 | -- | ||
| 83 | Polymers in Medicine. Prague, 23 - 27 June 2019 (Chair: Tomáš Etrych) |
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| 2018 | Czech and Slovak conference Polymery 2018, Třešť, 2 - 5 October 2018 | -- | |
| 5th Barrande Bioscience Meeting, Prague, 23 – 24 September 2018 | -- | ||
| Career in Polymers X. Prague, 22 June 2018 | -- | ||
| 82 | Polymer Networks and Gels. Prague, 17 - 21 June 2018 (Chair: Miroslava Dušková-Smrčková) |
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| Mikroskopie materiálů, course, Prague, 9 - 13 April 2018 | -- | ||
| 2017 | 81 | Polymers and Organic Materials for Electronics and Photonics: Science for Applications. Prague, 10 - 14 September 2017 (Chair: Jiří Pfleger, Věra Cimrová) |
Chemical Papers 72 (7) |
| Green Chemistry and Nanotechnologies in Polymer Chemistry, 6.-8. September 2017 (Chairman: Hynek Beneš) |
Journal of Renewable Materials 6 (7) | ||
| Career in Polymers IX. Prague, 28 - 29 June 2017 | -- | ||
| 2016 | 80 | Self-assembly in the World of Polymers. Prague, 10 - 14 July 2016 (Chairman: Petr Štěpánek) | -- |
| Career in Polymers VIII, Prague, 15 - 16 July 2016 | -- | ||
| Mikroskopie materiálů, course, Prague, 18.-22. April 2016 | -- | ||
| 2015 | 79 | Functional Polymers at Bio-Material Interfaces. Prague, 28 June - 2 July 2015 (Chairman: František Rypáček; Co-chairman: Eduard Brynda) | -- |
| - | Career in Polymers VII. Prague, 3 - 4 July 2015 | -- | |
| 2014 | - | Czecho - Slovak conference Polymery 2014 , Třešť, 6 - 9 October 2014 | -- |
| - | Career in Polymers VI, PRAGUE, 18 - 19 July 2014 | -- | |
| 78 | Frontiers of Polymer Colloids: From Synthesis to Macro-scale and Nano-scale Applications, PRAGUE, 20 - 24 July 2014 |
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| 2013 | - | Career in Polymers V, PRAGUE, 12 - 13 July 2013 | -- |
| 77 | 19 ESOPS - 19th European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy, PRAGUE, 7 - 11 July 2013 |
Macromol. Symposia 339 (1) | |
| 2012 | -- | MoDeSt 2012 PRAGUE, 2 - 6 September 2012 | Polymer Degradation and Stability 98 (12) |
| 76 | Polymers in Medicine 2012 (T. Etrych, V. Šubr) 1 - 5 July | -- | |
| -- | Career in Polymers IV 29 - 30 June | -- | |
| -- | 7th ECNP (European Centre for Nanostructured Polymers) Conference 24 - 27 April |
Journal of Nanostructured Polymers & Nanocomposites | |
| 2011 | -- | Career in Polymers III 15 - 16 July | -- |
| 75 | Conducting Polymers (J. Stejskal, M. Trchová) 10 - 14 July | -- | |
| -- | 16th International Symposium on Intercalation Compounds (V. Zima), Seč-Ústupky, 22 - 27 May |
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 73 (12) | |
| 2010 | -- | Czecho - Slovak conference Polymery 2010 (J. Kovářová) 4 - 7 October | -- |
| -- | Career in Polymers II 23 - 24 July | -- | |
| 74 | Contemporary Ways to Tailor-made Polymers (P. Vlček) 18 - 22 July | -- | |
| 2009 | -- | Self-Organized Nanostructures (SONS 2) (P. Štěpánek) 19 - 22 October | -- |
| 73 | New Frontiers (F. Rypáček) 5 - 9 July | Macromol. Symposia 295 (1) |
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| -- | Permea 2009 (M. Bleha, L. Novák) 7 - 11 June | Desalination and Water Treatment. | |
| 2008 | 72 | 48th MS Polymer Colloids: From Design to Biomedical and Industrial Applications (D. Horák) 20 - 24 July | Macromol. Symposia 281 (1) |
| 2007 | 71 | 47th MS Advanced Polymer Materials for Photonics and Electronics (V. Cimrová) 15 - 19 July |
Macromol. Symposia 268 (1) |
| 70 | 46th MS Nanostructured Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites (L. Matějka) 8 - 12 July |
Macromol. Symposia 267 (1) | |
| 2006 | -- | SONS Networking Activity Workshop "Structure and properties of self-organized amphiphilic copolymers" (P. Štěpánek, A. Müller) 4 - 7 October 2006 | -- |
| -- | Czecho-Slovak conference "Polymery 2006" (J. Kovářová) 17 - 20 September | -- | |
| -- | XXIII EMS Summer School on Membranes "Smart materials" (M. Bleha, B. Bernauer) 3 - 6 September |
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| 69 | 45th MS "Structure and Dynamics of Self-organized Macromolecular Systems" (P. Štěpánek) 9 - 13 July | International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization 12 (1) | |
| 2005 | 68 | 44th Microsymposium "Polymer gels and networks" (M. Ilavský, M. Dušková-Smrčková) 10 - 14 July | Polymer Bulletin 58 (1) |
| 67 | 23rd Discussion Conference "Current and future trends in polymeric materials" (M. Raab, J. Kotek) 26 - 30 June | -- | |
| 2004 | 66 | 43rd Microsymposium "Polymer Biomaterials: Biomimetic and Bioanalogous Systems" (F. Rypáček) 11 - 15 July | Biomacromolecules 6 (3) |
| 2003 | 65 | 22nd Discussion Conference "Spectroscopy of Partially Ordered Polymer Systems" (J. Kříž) 21 - 24 July | Macromol. Symposia 220 |
| 64 | 42nd Microsymposium "Degradation, Stabilization and Recycling of Polymers" (J. Kovářová) 14 - 17 July | Polymer Degradation and Stability 85 (3) | |
| 2002 | -- | The 4th Korean-Czech Joint Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry, 9th-13th December | -- |
| -- | Czecho-Slovak conference "Polymery 2002", 16 - 17 September | -- | |
| 63 | 4th International Conference on Polymer-Solvent Complexes and Intercalates, (J. Spěváček, Y. Grohens) 22 - 25 July | Macromol. Symposia 203 | |
| 62 | 21st Discussion Conference "Electric and Related Properties of Organic Solids and Polymers", (chairman S. Nešpůrek), 14 - 18 July | Macromol. Symposia 212 | |
| 2001 | 61 | 41st Microsymposium "Polymer Membranes" (chairman M. BLEHA), 16-19 July |
Macromol. Symposia 188 |
| 60 | 20th Discussion Conference "Scattering Methods for the Investigation of Polymers" (chairman J. PLEŠTIL), 9 - 12 July | Macromol. Symposia 190 | |
| 2000 | 59 | 40th Microsymposium "Polymers in Medicine" (chairmen J. Kopeček, U.S.A. / K. Ulbrich), 17 - 20 July |
Macromol. Symposia 172 |
| 1999 | 58 | 39th Microsymposium "Advances in Polymerization Methods: Controlled Synthesis of Functional Polymers" (chairman P. VLČEK), 12 - 15 July | Macromol. Symposia 161 |
| 57 | 19th Discussion Conference "Rheology of Polymer Systems" (chairman I. FORTELNÝ), 19 - 22 July |
Macromol. Symposia 158 | |
| 1998 | 56 | 18th Discussion Conference "Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Materials" (chairman M. RAAB), 20 - 23 July |
Macromol. Symposia 147 |
| -- | The second Korean-Czech Joint Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry (1-2 December) | -- | |
| 1997 | 55 | 38th Microsymposium "Recycling of Polymers" (chairman N.M. Bikales), 14 - 17 July |
Macromol. Symposia 135 |
| 54 | 17th Discussion Conference "Surface and Interfacial Phenomena in Macromolecular Systems" (chairman A. Sikora), 21 - 24 July | Macromol. Symposia 139 | |
| 1996 | 53 | 37th Microsymposium "(Bio)degradable Polymers: Chemical, Biological and Environmental Aspects" (chairman F. Rypáček), 15 - 18 July | Macromol. Symposia 123 |
| 1995 | 52 | 16th DC Morphology of Polymers | |
| 51 | 36th MS High-Swelling Gels | ||
| 1994 | 50 | 35th MS Polymer Networks 94 | |
| 1993 | 49 | 15th DC Wichterle’s Days of Contact Lenses | |
| 48 | 34th MS Fluorinated Monomers and Polymers | ||
| 47 | 33rd MS Optics and Dynamics of Polymers | ||
| 1992 | 34td IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry | ||
| 1991 | 46 | 14th DC Rheology of Polymer Melts | |
| 1990 | 45 | 13th DC Mechanisms of Polymer Strength and Toughness | |
| 1989 | 44 | 32nd MS Polymer Blends | |
| 43 | 12th DC Magnetic Resonance in Polymers | ||
| 1988 | 42 | 11th DC Chemical and Physical Phenomena in the Ageing of Polymers | |
| 41 | 31st MS Poly(vinyl chloride) | ||
| 1987 | 40 | 10th DC Small-Angle Scattering and Related Methods | |
| 39 | 30th MS DC Polymer-Supported Organic Reagents and Catalysts | ||
| 1986 | 38 | 9th DC Crosslinked Epoxies | |
| 37 | 29th MS Synthetic Polymeric Membranes | ||
| 1985 | 36 | 8th DC Morphology of Polymers | |
| 35 | 28th MS Polymer Composites | ||
| 1984 | 34 | 27th MS Physical Optics of Dynamic Phenomena and Processes in Macromolecular Systems | |
| 33 | 26th MS Polymers in Medicine and Biology | ||
| 1983 | 32 | 25th MS Processing and Long-Term Stabilities of Hydrocarbon Polymers | |
| 31 | 24th MS Copolymers: Structure and Solution Properties | ||
| 1982 | 30 | 23rd MS Selective Polymeric Sorbents | |
| 1981 | 29 | 22nd MS Characterization of Structure and Dynamics of Macromolecular Systems by NMR methods | |
| 1980 | 28 | 21th MS Ring-Opening Polymerization of Heterocycles | |
| 27 | 7th DC MM Polymer Networks | ||
| 1979 | 26 | 20th MS Microcalorimetry of Macromolecules | |
| 25 | 19th MS Mechanisms of Degradation and Stabilization of Hydrocarbon Polymers | ||
| 1978 | 24 | 6th DC Chromatography of Polymers and Polymers in Chromatography | |
| 23 | 18th MS Synthetic and Semisynthetic Polymer Catalysts and Affinants | ||
| 1977 | 22 | 17th MS Medical Polymers - Chemical Problems | |
| 1976 | 21 | 5th DC Phases and Interfaces in Macromolecular Systems | |
| 20 | 6th MS Advances in Scattering Methods | ||
| 1975 | 19 | 15th MS Degradation and Stabilization of Polyolefins | |
| 1974 | 18 | 4th DC Heterogeneities in Polymers | |
| 17 | 14th MS Crosslinking and Networks | ||
| 1973 | 16 | 13th MS Transformations of Functional Groups on Polymers | |
| 15 | 12th MS Organized Structures in Polymer Solutions and Gels | ||
| 1972 | 14 | 3rd DC General Principles of Rheology | |
| 13 | 2nd DC Macromolecular Matrices and Carriers of Biological Functions | ||
| 12 | 11th MS Mechanismus of Inhibition Processes in Polymers. Oxidative and Photochemical Degradation | ||
| 11 | 10th MS Conformational Structure of Polymers | ||
| 1971 | 10 | 9th MS Thermodynamics of Interactions in Polymer Solution | |
| 9 | 8th MS Morphology of Polymers | ||
| 1970 | 8 | 1st dc models of biopolymer structures and functions | |
| 7 | 7th MS Poly(vinyl chloride). Its Formation and Properties | ||
| 1969 | 6 | 6th MS Light Scattering in Polymer Science | |
| 5 | 5th MS Cyclopolymers and Cyclopolymerization | ||
| 4 | 4th MS Rheology of Polymer Solids and Concentrated Solutions | ||
| 1968 | 3 | 3rd MS Distribution Analysis and Fractionation of Polymers | |
| 2 | 2nd MS Structure of Organic Solids | ||
| 1967 | 1 | 1st MS Polymer Gels and Concentrated Solutions | |
| 1965 | IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry | ||
| 1957 | IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry |
