Mini-Symposium honoring Dr Alain Deffieux 2015 July 5th, Bordeaux, France Program Location: Campus Victoire - Université de Bordeaux - Tram B "Victoire" 14:30 - 14:45 M. Fontanille / J-P. Vairon (co-chairmen) - Welcome and Opening Remarks 14:45 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:15 15:15 - 15:30 15:30 - 15:45 15:45 - 16:00 P. Sigwalt (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France) - Title to be announced K. Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) - From degenerative transfer to molecular brushes A. Müller (University of Mainz, Germany) - Cylindrical polymer brushes revisited R. Faust (UMass Lowell, USA) - Smart, self-healing coatings N. Hadjichristidis (KAUST University, Saudi Arabia) - Strategies toward sequential polymerization of different types of heterocyclic monomers using organic catalysts 16:00 - 16:15 Y. Yagci (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) - Conventional and living photoinitiated cationic polymerizations of vinyl ethers 16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break 16:45 - 17:00 J. Puskas (Akron University, USA) - From AFM visualization to natural rubber biosynthesis - Deffieux’s legacy 17:00 - 17:15 R. Borsali (CERMAV, France) - Self-assembly of cyclic block copolymer systems 17:15 - 17:30 A. Hirao (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) - Precise synthesis of new reactive star-branched polymers having poly(1,4-divinylbenzene) arms by linking reaction of living anionic poly(1,4-divinylbenzene)s with chain-end-(-phenylacrylate)-functionalized polymers 17:30 - 17:45 M. Dolatkhani (PolymerExpert, France) - Alain’s non academic research 17:45 - 18:00 V. Warzhelan (BASF, Germany) - Retarded anionic high impact polystyrene with retarded commercialization 18:00 - 18:15 H. Cramail (Université de Bordeaux) - Alain Deffieux’s contribution in the polyolefin world 18:15 - 18:30 M. Fontanille / J-P. Vairon / A. Deffieux - Closing Remarks