Request for partial support: Pacific Polymer Conference 14 (PPC14)

建议提供8,000美元的资金，以部分支持10名代表性不足的科学家和初级教师参加由美国化学会主办的第14届太平洋聚合物会议（PPC）的旅费和注册费用。会议将于2015年12月9日至13日在夏威夷考艾岛举行。该会议是太平洋聚合物联合会（PPF）的产物，该联合会是一个由环太平洋地区和太平洋岛屿的个别聚合物协会组成的区域组织，目前有来自14个国家的17个成员协会。PPCs每两年举行一次，在成员协会之间轮流举行，其目标是将来自太平洋地区的聚合物科学家聚集在一起，讨论和交流聚合物科学、聚合物技术和聚合物应用方面的最新进展。上一次由美国社团组织的系列会议是在2005年举行的。计划中的会议在科学和技术上是全面的，分为六个主要会议，每一届会议包括两个或两个以上的分会议。主要课程有：(1)高分子合成化学。(2)生物相关聚合物。(3)高分子物理与加工。(4)能量。(5)环境。(6)专题。该提案包括每届会议邀请的专家发言名单。这次会议为环太平洋地区的聚合物团体和个别科学家之间发展更密切的联系提供了机会，以实现互利。

NON TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL ABSTRACTFunds in the amount of $8,000 are recommended in partial support of the travel expenses and registration of ten underrepresented group scientists and junior faculty to attend the Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC)14, sponsored by the American Chemical Society?s Polymer Chemistry Division, to be held on 9-13 December 2015 in Kauai, Hawaii. The conference is the product of the Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF) which is a regional organization of individual polymer societies from around the Pacific Rim and Pacific islands currently numbering seventeen member societies from fourteen countries. The objective of the PPCs, which are held every two years and rotate among member societies, is to bring together polymer scientists from the Pacific region to discuss and exchange recent advances in polymer science, polymer technology, and the application of polymers. The last conference in the series organized by a US society was held in 2005. The planned conference which is scientifically and technologically comprehensive, is organized into six main sessions, each encompassing two or more subsessions. The main sessions are: (1) POLYMER SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY. (2) BIO-RELATED POLYMERS. (3) POLYMER PHYSICS and PROCESSING. (4) ENERGY. (5) ENVIRONMENT. (6) SPECIAL TOPICS. The proposal includes a running list of expert invited speakers for each session. The conference offers the opportunity for the development of closer ties among Pacific Rim polymer groups and individual scientists, to mutual benefit.