MetCon2003 Call for Papers

We are currently soliciting papers in a number of topic areas. Accepted papers are to be presented orally and will be printed in full length in the Conference Proceedings. If you would like to present a paper at MetCon2003, please complete the appropriate section on the reply form and submit it with a short abstract for technical committee review.

Examples of Session Topics include, but are not limited to:

Structure-Property Relationships for M- and SSC- Polymers
Modeling and Prediction of Structure-Property Relationships
New Analytical Methods and Techniques for M- and SSC- Polymers
New Applications and Progress in Product/Market Developments
Academic Efforts with Potential Industrial Implications
- Grubbs-type - Jordan-type - Muelhaupt-type
- Brookhart-type - Gibson-type - Coates-type
Overcoming Commercialization Challenges
- Catalyst/Process Combinations - Competitive Products
- Market Needs/Requirements- Internal Hurdles
End User Perspectives and Experiences
- Films (Food, Packaging, Other) - Fibers - Moldings - Pipe- Membranes - Other
In-situ Comonomer Generation/Polymerization
Catalysts/Technologies - Challenges/Implications
Metallocene, Single-Site Catalyst and Co-Catalysts Manufacturing - Production Issues - Service/Support Issues

Topic areas for MetCon2003 include, but are not limited to:

Catalysts/Cocatalysts

"Post-Metallocene" Organometallics for Polymerization
New Ligand Structures and Their Use with Early or Late Transition Metals
Metallocene Catalyst Analogues: Performance and Properties
Functional and Polar Comonomer Incorporation via SSCs
Ziegler-Natta Systems in Novel Reactor Design/Operation

Resins

Structures and Properties of M- and SSC-based Polymers
Novel Co-, Ter- and Quattro- Polymers via Catalyst and Process Advances
Functional and Polar Comonomer Based Resins
Enduser "Competitive Assessment" of Z/N, Metallocenes and SSC Resins
Advanced Ziegler-Natta Based Resins