National Science Foundation Headquarters, Arlington, VA
Day 1 – August 15, 2007
Morning (Room 375)
7:45 am Check-in and refreshments
8:15 am Introductions: Andrew J. Lovinger (Polymers Program Director, NSF)
8:20 am Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Arden L. Bement (Director, NSF)
8:30 am Opening Remarks: Dr. Kathryn L. Beers (Assistant Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President)
8:40 am Workshop Goals: Prof. Christopher Ober (Cornell)
Plenary Talks
8:45 am Prof. Frank Bates (U Minn) – Hierarchical functional materials
9:15am Prof. Sir Richard Friend (Cambridge) – Energy, electronics, photonics
9:45 am Prof. Joe Desimone (UNC Chapel Hill) – Environment and sustainability
10:15 am Break
10:45 am Prof. Kurt Binder (Mainz) – Computational Modeling of Polymers: Do We Need It?
11:15 am Prof. Kristi Anseth (Colorado) – Polymers in biology, bioengineering and medicine
12:00 pm Working Lunch and Panel Discussion: Competitiveness and Education
Panelists: Dr. Elsa Reichmanis, moderator; Dr. Kathryn Beers (OSTP), Prof. Stephen Cheng (University of Akron), Dr. Mary Galvin (Air Products), Prof. Peter Green (University of Michigan), Prof. Anne Hiltner (Case Western), Dr. Katherine Hunt (Rohm & Haas)
Afternoon
Plenary Talks (Room 375)
1:30 pm Prof. Craig Hawker (UC Santa Barbara) - Nanomanufacturing
2:00 pm Prof. Tim Swager (MIT) – Polymers for Security and Protection
Breakout sessions
2:45 pm
Polymer Synthesis and New Polymeric Materials (Topic Leader: Karen Wooley) Room 360
Complex Polymer Systems (Topic Leader: Paula Hammond) Room 365
Modeling and Theory (Topic Leader: M. Muthukumar) Room 370
Processing and Assembly (Topic Leader: Christopher Ober) Room 375
Characterization and Properties (Topic Leader: Stephen Cheng) Room 380
Technology and Societal Applications (Topic Leader: Elsa Reichmanis) Room 390
Evening
6:00 pm Dinner (on your own in Topic Groups)
8:00 pm Breakout sessions (Rooms 360, 365, 370, 375, 380 and 390) - prepare feedback
9:30 pm Adjourn
Day 2 - August 16, 2007
Morning
8:00 am Assembly and refreshments
8:30 am Feedback session (Room 375)
10:00 am Final breakout session for each group (Rooms 360, 365, 370, 375, 380 and 390) - refine workshop input
12:30 pm Lunch on your own
Afternoon
1:30 pm Sub-committees write reports (Rooms 360, 365, 370, 375, 380 and 390)
4:00 pm Feedback to NSF
5:00 pm Concluding remarks and departure
Day 3 - August 17, 2007
All day; Organizing committee writes report (Room 360)