1. Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
"Engineered Drug Therapies via Lithographic Processes from the Electronics Industry"

2. Michael Grünze, Universitäte Heidelberg, Germany
"Polymer Nano-brushes: Preparation and Physical Characterization"

3. Alan Heeger, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
"'Plastic' Electronics and Opto-electronics --- Recent Progress in Santa Barbara"

4. Alexei Khokhlov, Moscow State University, Russia
"Polymers for Energy Applications"

5. Yasuhiro Koike, Keio University, Japan
"Photonic Polymers: Bringing Us back to Face-to-Face Communication"

6. Lene Lange, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
"Plant cell wall polymers as the basis for bioenergy - Challenges and options"

7. Myongsoo Lee, Yonsei University, Korea
"Reversible Nanostructures from Rod Amphiphiles"

8. Qi-Feng Zhou, Peking University and Jilin University, China
"Mesogen-Jacketed liquid crystalline polymer (MJLCP) and its use in property and structure design of new materials"