Special Guest
Plenary speakers
Prof. Martin M. Thuo
North Carolina State University
U.S.A. & Kenya
Viness Pillay Award for Applied Polymer Science and Technology
Prof. David Mecerreyes
POLYMAT and University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU
Spain
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize
Keynote speakers
Dr. Antonio J. Capezza
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
Richard Robert Ernst Award
Prof. Natalie Stingelin
Georgia Institute of Technology
U.S.A.
Jean-Marie Lehn Award
Prof. Yahya E. Choonara
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform, University of Witwatersrand
South Africa
Prof. Yaopeng Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, Donghua University
China
Invited speakers
Prof. Volker Abetz
University of Hamburg and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Germany
Dr. Samuel Chigome
Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI)
Botswana
Prof. Christopher M. Fellows
Water Technologies Innovation Institute and Research Advancement
Saudi Arabia
Prof. Chuanliang Feng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dr. Araceli Flores
Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC)
Prof. Yanchun Han
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Jianyong Jin
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Prof. Peter Mallon
IUPAC representative
University of Stellenbosch
Prof. Ricardo Manríquez-González
University of Guadalajara
Mexico
Assoc. Prof. Thashree Marimuthu
Prof. Alejandro Müller
Dr. Shathani Nkhwa
University of Botswana
Assoc. Prof. Shigeru Okamoto
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Japan
Prof. Sagar Pal
Tata Steel Chair
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
India
Dr. Raviduth Ramful
University of Mauritius
Mauritius
Prof. Suprakas Sinha Ray
DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre
Assoc. Prof. Suban K. Sahoo
SV National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)
Prof. Holger Schönherr
University of Siegen
Assoc. Prof. Tamar Segal-Peretz
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
Prof. Zhao-Yan Sun
Assoc. Prof. Joash Tan Ban Lee
Monash University
Malaysia
Prof. Chunye Xu
University of Science and Technology of China
Prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny
Jagiellonian University
Poland
Short Course speakers
Dr. Sven Henning
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems
Prof. Masaru Matsuo
Nara Women's University
Dr. Poornima Ramburrun
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform, University of the Witwatersrand