Preparations have begun to organise the next PDDG Conference in the Place De' Italie in Paris. This is sure to be a wonderful event in a beautiful city. Details added as soon as they become available to you.
The video from Sestri 2011 can now be found under the Conferences link above or by clicking here > 
PDDG Conference 2011 - Programme
Wednesday 7th September
| 8:00 am | |
| The Contribution of C-Radical Scavengers to the Stabilization Concept of Polymers Keynote | |
| Dr. Alex Wegmann : BASF Schweiz AG | |
| 8:35 am | |
| Design and Prediction of Environmental Degradability of Oxo-Biodegradable PE and its Expected Impact on Recycling Keynote | |
| Dr. Ignacy Jakubowicz : SP Technical Research Institute, Sweden | |
| 9:10 am | |
| Accelerated Ageing Studies of Filled and Unfilled EVA-UH Material | |
| Dr. Sarah Chinn : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
| 9:30 am | |
| Deterioration of Polyethylene Pipes Exposed to Chlorinated Water | |
| Prof. Ulf Gedde : Royal Institute, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 9:50 am | |
| Optical Properties of Polymers on Measurement of Diffuse Transmission of Polymer Plaques | |
| Dr. Jan Pilar : Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic | |
| 10:10 am | |
| COFFEE | |
| 10:30 am | |
| Mechanical Properties, Structure Analysis and Enzymatic Degradation of Microbial Polyester Fibres | |
| Prof. Tadahisa Iwata : University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| 10:50 am | |
| Corrosion of Polypropylene in Mixed Acid (HNO3 + HF) | |
| Dr. Karin Jacobsen : Swerea KIMAB AB, Sweden | |
| 11:10 am | |
| Thermoplastic Poly(ester urethane) - Durability and Shape Memory Properties | |
| Dr. Thorsten Pretsch : BAM Federal Institute for Materials, Berlin | |
| 11:30 am | |
| Thermal, thermo-oxidative and hydrolytic stability of poly(ethylene naphthalate). A comparison with PET | |
| Ms. Louise Turnbull : University of Strathclyde, UK | |
| 11:50 am | |
| The Evaluation of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF's) as New Getter Materials | |
| Dr. Tom Robison : National Nuclear Security Administration Kansas City Plant, USA | |
| 12:10 pm | |
| Closing Remarks | |
| Dr. Sahar Al-Malaika : | |
| 12:15 pm | |
| LUNCH | |
