Shiping Zhu , McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, CA, L8S 4L7 | Bo-Geng Li | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | Takeshi Fukuda | Michael Monteiro

This symposium focuses on controlled and living polymerizations. It includes controlled radical polymerizations such as atom-transfer radical polymerization, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer radical polymerization, and nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization; living anionic and cationic polymerizations; late transition metal based systems, and their combinations. It covers the topics from fundamental polymerization chemistry, mechanisms and kinetics, catalysis and catalyst supporting, kinetic and process modeling, reactor technology development, and process control, all the way to industrial applications. The symposium provides great opportunities for both academia and industrial practitioners to exchange their research results and views for promoting innovation through their research. The symposium features the following invited KEYNOTES: 1/ "ATRP: from mechanism to materials" by Krzystof Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon; 2/ "Switchable RAFT agents" by Graeme Moad of CSIRO; 3/ "Modelling CRP" by Hidetaka Tobita of Fukui; 4/ "ATRP of AB* inimers" by Zi-Chen Li of Peking; 5/ "LCB PS of controlled architecture" by Judit Puskas of Akron; 6/ "Modelling and reactor technology" by Bo-Geng Li of Zhejiang, and 7/ "Recent advances in MADIX process" by Mathias Destarac of Toulouse. The symposium consists of two oral sessions on Friday Dec 17 7:30-11:30AM and 12:30-4:30PM Convention Center 323A and a poster session on Saturday Dec 18 10:00-12:00AM Convention Center's Kamehameha Halls II and III.