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

非技术和技术摘要建议提供8，000美元的资金，部分用于支付10名代表性不足的小组科学家和初级教员参加由美国化学学会主办的太平洋聚合物会议（PPC）14的旅费和注册费。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，PPF是一个由来自环太平洋地区和太平洋岛屿的各个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。PPC每两年举行一次，在成员协会之间轮流举行，其目的是将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的最新进展。由美国社会组织的系列会议中的最后一次会议于2005年举行。计划召开的会议是一次科学和技术综合会议，分为六个主要会议，每个会议包括两个或两个以上的分会议。主要内容有：（1）高分子材料化学。(2)生物相关聚合物。(3)聚合物物理与加工(4)能源(5)环境(6)专题。该提案包括一份每次会议的特邀专家发言人名单。该会议为环太平洋聚合物集团和科学家个人之间建立更紧密的联系提供了机会，以实现互利共赢。

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.