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，以部分支持10名代表性不足的小组科学家和初级教员参加太平洋聚合物会议(PPC)14的旅费和注册费用，该会议由美国化学学会S聚合物化学部主办，将于2015年12月9-13日在夏威夷考艾岛举行。这次会议是太平洋聚合物联合会(PPF)的产物，该联合会是环太平洋地区和太平洋岛屿各个聚合物协会的区域性组织，目前有来自14个国家的17个成员协会。PPC每两年举行一次，在成员学会之间轮换，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方面的最新进展。该系列中最后一次由美国协会组织的会议是在2005年举行的。计划中的会议在科学和技术方面是全面的，分为六次主要会议，每一次会议包括两次或两次以上的分会议。主要内容有：(1)聚合物合成化学。(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。该提案包括一份每届会议的专家特邀发言者名单。这次会议为环太平洋聚合物集团和科学家个人之间发展更紧密的联系提供了机会，从而实现互惠互利。

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.