FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The 8th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium will be arranged in Stockholm, June 10-14, 2012. Previous symposiums have been held in Stockholm 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2006, in Ottawa 1996 and in Montreal 2003 and 2009. The 2012 symposium will be organised by Innventia and KTH.
Scope of the Symposium
The 8th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium will cover the latest developments in the fields of paper chemistry, coating chemistry and nanotechnology for the paper industry. The scope of the symposium will be to discuss the performance of chemical additives in papermaking and coating operations. Both fundamental and more applied contributions are welcome.
Tentative topics are listed below. There will be at least one invited overview lecture for most of the topics. Some of these may have a more futuristic character, which in a sense can add to the flavour of the symposium.
Coating chemistry
- Green coatings
- New printing techniques/inkjet
- Paper-liquid interactions
- Barriers/nanobarriers
- Interactive surfaces
- Antibacterial surfaces/Bioactive surfaces
- Colloid chemistry
Paper chemistry
- Nature of joint strength
- Green chemicals/sustainability
- The application of nanotechnology in paper applications
- Non-wood paper chemistry
- New materials in paper and board products
- Wet- and dry strength
- Fibre engineering
- Retention formation
- Sizing and hydrophobation
- Colloid chemistry
- Dewatering
- Wet-end chemistry
Oral paper and poster submissions
Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit an abstract either for an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Regarding oral presentations, authors can either chose to submit a 1 page abstract or an extended abstract (2-3 pages) for evaluation. Required length for a poster abstract is 1 page.
Please notice that abstracts will only be accepted by electronic submission. In order to submit, please use this link www.paperconferences2012.com/submissions) and follow the instructions.
Authors will be notified of acceptance of papers/posters around December 15, 2011. If the oral paper is accepted, an extended abstract is required and must be submitted before March 1, 2012.
The extended abstracts will be printed in a “Book of abstracts” and distributed at the Symposium. The length of the presentation of the contributed papers will be around 20 minutes.
Information about the The 8th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium
Please visit the conferences website www.paperconferences2012.com, where more details about the programme will be made available.
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