PolyChar’31

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Du 10 septembre 2025 au 12 septembre 2025

Organisé par

Jean-Marie RAQUEZ, Rosica MINCHEVA, Nathalie VANDEREST 

31th edition of PolyChar World Forum on Advanced Materials

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 31th edition of PolyChar World Forum on Advanced Materials (PolyChar’31) organized between 10 and 12 September 2025 at UMONS in Mons (Belgium)

We are waiting for you in Mons! 

Chairpersons of PolyChar’31 

Jean-Marie RAQUEZ, Rosica MINCHEVA, Nathalie VANDEREST 

Carl Klason Student Award
for young scientists

Bruce Hartmann Prize
for young scientists

Svante Arrhenius International Materials Research Prize
for senior scientists and engineers

Paul J. Flory International Materials Research Prize
for senior scientists and engineers

PolyChar’31 Prize Committee 
Chair: Liubov P. MYASNIKOVA, Abram Yoffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Rusia
Vice Chair: Cosimo CARFAGNA, Federico II University of Naples, Italy

President: Alice MIJA, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Vice Presidents:
Veronica AMBROGI, Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Elizabete F. LUCAS, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cyrille SOLLOGOUB, Conservatoire National des Arts and Métiers, Paris, France

Honorary President: Witold BROSTOW, University of North Texas, Denton

Chair of the Industrial Relations Committee: Kevin P. MENARD, Mary Kay Corp., Dallas, USA

Chair of the Membership Committee: Masaru MATSUO, Nara Women’s University & Dalian University of Technology

Professor Giada Lo Re, Chalmers University of Technology (Goteborg, Sweden)
Key-note speaker on Sustainable-by-design Polymer-based Materials 

Professor Ke-Ke Yang, College of Chemistry – Sichuan University (Sichuan, China)
Key-note speaker on Materials for Additive Manufacturing and/or Smart Materials 

Professor Halima Kerdjoudj, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (Reims, France)
Key-note speaker in Polymers for biomedical applications 

Professor Karine Glinel, Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium)
Oral presentation on Biofunctional, stimuli-responsive and antibacterial surfaces and cell-surface interactions