Minisymposium on polymeric sustainable materials
Registration & Abstract Submission
Event Registration - Participation requires prior registration.
Please send the following information by email to:
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Registration – Sustainable Polymeric Materials Symposium
Required Information
- Full name
- Affiliation
- Position (MSc, PhD, Postdoc, Faculty, etc.)
- Dietary preference (if applicable)
Deadline for registration: 9 March 2026
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Abstract Submission
Participants who wish to present their work (poster or oral presentation) are invited to submit an abstract (max. 1 page DIN A4. Abstract template download link).
Submission Guidelines:
Indicate presentation preference: Poster or Oral Talk
Submit the abstract as a PDF file
Use a clear file name format: Surname_Firstname_Abstract.pdf
Please send your abstract to:
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Abstract Submission – Sustainable Polymeric Materials Symposium
Deadline for abstract submission: 9 March 2026
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Location:
KIT Engler-Bunte-Institut
Engler-Bunte-Ring 1-7, 76131 Karlsruhe (Campus South)
Preliminary program
9:00 – 10:00 - Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00–12:00 | Session I – Opening & Keynote Lectures
10:00 – 10:15 - Opening Remarks
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Zbigniew L. Pianowski, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hatice Mutlu
10:15 – 10:45 Keynote Lecture 1
Dr. Jean-François Lutz
CNRS Research Director, Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering, Strasbourg, France
"About the Chemistry of Informational Polymers"
10:45 – 11:15 Invited Talk 1
Prof. Dr. Patrick Théato
Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
"Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry"
11:15 – 11:30 Short Talk 1
Dr. Iliya Dimitrov Stoev
KIT Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems - Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS)
"Modelling and probing the rheology of sequence-programmable DNA materials"
11:30 – 12:00 Keynote Lecture 2
Prof. Dr. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor and Institute Director, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
"Wavelength-Resolved Photochemical Reactivity and Solar Flow Reactor System"
12:00–13:30 | Lunch Break & Poster Session
Poster discussion and networking
13:30–15:00 | Session II – Invited Lectures & Short Talks
13:30 – 14:00 Invited Talk 2
Prof. Arnaud Spangenberg
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M) - UMR7361 CNRS/UHA,
Mulhouse, France
"Printing Matter that Moves"
14:00 – 14:30 Invited Talk 3
Dr. Celine Calvino
Cluster of Excellence LivMatS, University of Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
"Quinolinone-Gated Chemistry: A Versatile Platform for Recyclable and Stimuli-Responsive Polymers"
14:30 – 14:45 Short Talk 2
Dilhan Kandemir
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
"Humins as Platform for Dynamic Covalent Networks: From Diels-Alder Adaptivity to Sulfur-rich Functional Materials"
14:45 – 15:00 Short Talk 3
Sara Sajied
Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
"Development of bio-stimulating nanofibrous scaffold via Electrospinning from Polymer/Cyanobacterial extracts solution"
15:00–16:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
Coffee, posters, and networking
16:00–17:00 | Session III – Invited Lectures & Short Talks
16:00 – 16:30 Invited Talk 5
Prof. Hatice Mutlu
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU),
Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW)
"Designing Sustainable Photoresponsive Polymer Materials from Renewable Resources"
16:30 – 16:45 Short Talk 4
Murat Kabatas
Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
"SonoPlot Inkjet Printing of Multi‑Selective Porous Films for Electronic Nose Gas Sensors"
16:45 – 17:00 Closing of the symposium
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General Information
• Please upload presentations before the session starts.
• Speaking times include discussion unless otherwise indicated.
• Session chairs will enforce timing.
Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hatice Mutlu - RPTU Kaiserslautern
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Zbigniew L. Pianowski - KIT Karlsruhe
Organization Committee
chair - Bercis Pektas - RPTU Kaiserslautern
Angelika Seliwjorstow - KIT Karlsruhe
Petko Stoychev - RU Groningen, NL