第四届国际工程塑料研讨会

Based on the success of a series of International Symposia on Engineering Plastics held in China:
EP’2001 Beijing (September 2001), EP’2004 Lanzhou (August 2004), and EP’2007 Urumqi (August
2007). Now we are organizing the fourth one: EP’2009 to be held in Dalian, Liaoning Province,
August 23-26, 2009. Its topics will be on polymeric materials including thermoplastics and thermo-
sets, although the term of “engineering plastics” appears in the title for keeping its series. All
the contributions will cover almost all the related important disciplines along the path from monomer
through polymer to product. It will supply a multi-disciplinary forum for polymer chemists, physicists
and engineers to discuss further development of polymeric materials face to face. The organizing
comm.-ittee cordially welcomes all of you, polymer scientists, engineers and students involving in
polymer synthesis, physics, processing and materials, to attend this symposium, and believes your
participation will be a great contribution to EP’2009.

Organized by
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Sponsored by
Ministry of Science and Technology, China MOST)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Polymer Division, Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Date                    Morning                 Afternoon               Evening
August 23 (Sunday)      Registration            Registration            Reception
August 24 (Monday)      Technical Sessions      Technical Sessions      Poster
August 25 (Tuesday)     Technical Sessions      City excursion          Free
August 26 (Wednesday)   Technical Sessions      Technical Sessions      Banquet

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions of papers for the program of EP’2009 in any related topics are being sought. Both
oral and poster presentations carry equivalent scientific status in the program. To contribute a
paper, submit the title in the space provided on the Registration Form enclosed in this Brochure.
Except the invited lectures, mostly other contributions will be presented as posters.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM INFORMATION
Language :The official language of the symposium is English.
Preprints
The preprints will be prepared including the summaries of invited lectures and contributed papers
as well. One or two page abstract is required to present a paper. Each abstract, including tables,
diagrams and references, should be typed on A4 paper, typing area must not exceed 16 cm of width
and 22 cm of length, using single spacing and Times New Roman font with 10 point size. The title
(bold, 12-point size, upper case), authors, affiliation and e-mail address (10-point size) should be
centered. The name of the presenting author should be underlined. References should be indicated
within the text and appear at the end of the abstract. All the tables and figures should be incorporated
in the body of the abstract and should have individual captions. Participants are invited to submit their
abstracts not later than April 15, 2009. The abstracts for the preprints should be in electronic format
transferred by e-mail to ep2009@iccas.ac.cn as attached files so as to reach the Secretariat. Please
notice that the documents should be readable with Microsoft Word on Windows system.

Presentation
The time allowed for invited lecture and oral presentation including discussion will be 30 minutes
and 20 minutes, respectively. Lecture venue will be equipped with a lap-top computer and a multi-
media digital projector.

Poster
A 900 mm width x 1200 mm height board will be allowed for each poster presentation.
REGISTRATION
Please complete the Registration Form enclosed, and return it by mail, fax, e-mail  to the EP?009
Secretariat with proper payment before May 15, 2009.

REGISTRATION
Please complete the Registration Form enclosed, and return it by mail, fax, e-mail  to the EP’009
Secretariat with proper payment before May 15, 2009.

Registration fee
The registration fee for participants covers full scientific activities, all the printed materials
of the symposium, reception, banquet, city excursion, morning and afternoon coffee/tea, and lunch
and dinner. The registration fee for accompanying persons covers reception, banquet, city excursion,
coffee/tea, and lunch and dinner.
               Before May 15, 2009    After May 15, 2009
Participant    RMB2500                RMB3000
Student        RMB1700                RMB2100
Accompany-     RMB1700                RMB2100

GENERAL INFORMATION

Passport and Visa
A valid passport and visa for visiting China are required. Upon receiving your Visa Application Form,
the organizer will send you an official invitation letter with which you can apply for an entry visa
at the Chinese Embassy or the nearest Consulate General.

DaLian
Dalian, compared to other ancient capital cities in China such as Beijing and Xi’an, is a young city
with only a 100-year history. Situated at the tip of China’s Liaodong Peninsula, it is a trading and
financial center in northeastern Asia with a powerful capacity either through the sea, land or air, so
that it has gained the name ‘the Pearl of Northern China? The impression Dalian gives to the world is
of a city of lawns, squares, fountains and gardens. Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery Co. celebrated
its centennial anniversary in 2007; Dalian Petrochemical Corporation, PetroChina Com. Ltd. will be the
Largest Oil Refining Base in China; and Department of Polymer Materials Science, Dalian University of
Technology is developed from Specialty of Synthetic Rubber started in early 1950’s.

Travel to and from Dalian
There are direct flights from Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Seoul, Vladivostok, and other domestic
cities to Dalian. Indirect flights from Munich, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles,
Melbourne, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore, Kula Lump, Delhi, and other cities to Dalian have a stop in
Shanghai or Beijing.

Post-conference Tours (Payment at the Registration)
-Dalian Lvshun tour (one day)
-Golden Pebble Beach tour (one day)
Enquires about details could be sent to ym101111@163.com.

Insurance
The organizers can not be responsible for personal accidents or material damage, which may occur to the
participants during the conference and tours. All the participants are advised to make their own arrang-
ements in respect to health and travel insurance before commencing their journey to the conference.

Climate
In Dalian the summer period from July to early September has an average temperature of around 20°C (68°F)
and in the hottest month of August thousands of people come to the southern seashore in the city to
enjoy
the sunshine, the sea and exciting water sports. Bring T-shirts, shorts, skirts, sandals, sunglasses, hats
and suntan oil with you. The summer is also the rainy period in Dalian, however most rain falls at night.
You will still need to take an umbrella or rainwear with you in the evenings.

Currency Exchange
In China, only RMB is used. However, exchange centers can be found at airports, most hotels and large
shopping centers. The rate of exchange is about US$1.00 = RMB6.9 Yuan recently. When exchange money,
please keep care your receipt by which you can change any remaining RMB back to foreign currency when
you leaving China. Visa, Master, American Express, Diners Club, JCB and other credit cards are accepted
in many department stores and hotels. But it might be difficult to draw cash with credit cards. The
Bank of China and most hotels can cash traveler checks issued by any foreign bank or financial insti-
tution. Participants will need to show their passport and pay a three-percent commission. Travelers
checks signed over to a third party can not be cashed in China, but can be presented to collection
through the Bank of China.

Reconfirmation Air Ticket
Departure air tickets (both international and domestic) should be reconfirmed 72 hours in advance by
calling the related airline office.

SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
1. Path from catalyst through polymer to product;
2. Characterization of macromolecular structure;
3. Plastics filled and blended at different length-scale;
4. Polymer melt rheology and processing;
5. Commodity, engineering and advanced engineering plastics;
6. Thermosets for Hi-Tech applications;
7. Functional and bio-related polymers, polymers from biomass.

International Advisory Committee
Chi-Ming Chan (China)
Christian Bailly (Belgium)
Witold Brostow (USA)
Feng-Chih Chang (China)
Stephen Z. D. Cheng (USA)
Phil Coates (UK)
T. C. Mike Chung (USA)
Klaus Friedrich (Germany)
Jacques Joosten (The Netherlands)
Walter Kaminsky (Germany)
Yiu-Wing Mai (Australia)
Frans H. J. Maurer (Sweden)
Jinliang Qiao (China)
Toshikazu Takigawa (Japan)
Fosong Wang (China)
Robert A. Weiss (USA)
Jing-Shen Wu (China)
Xi Xu (China)
Alexander B. Zezin (Russia)
Qifeng Zhou (China)

CONTACT INFORMATION
For information about technical program and abstracts, please contact:
Professor Mingshu YANG
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100190, China
Tel: +86-10-8261 5665
Fax: +86-10-8261 2857
E-mail: yms@icccas.ac.cn

For registration, hotel reservation, visa application and payment, please contact:
Professor Jun ZHANG
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100190, China
Tel: +86-10-6261 3251
Fax: +86-10-8261 2857
E-mail: jzhang@iccas.ac.cn