The 1st POLY Symposium on "Degradable Polymers and Materials" will be held at the 229th Spring ACS National Meeting to be held in San Diego, CA, on March 13-17, 2005.

Oral and Poster Presentations are invited for, but not limited to, the following topics:

• New routes to degradability of synthetic polymers and materials
• Renewable resources based polymers and materials
• Enzyme catalysis
• Protein-based polymers
• Cellulose-based materials
• Microbial polymers
• Recycling of polymeric materials
• Degradation studies
• Degradable polymers for biomedical applications
• Degradable polymers for agricultural applications

Deadline for submission of Abstracts: October 11, 2004

Deadline for submission of Polymer Preprints: November 11, 2004

We are looking forward to seeing you March 13-17, 2005 in San Diego, CA.

Sincerely,

Your Co-Organizers:

Kishan Khemani
Consultant
4751 Amarosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1901, USA
k.khemani@verizon.net
Phone: 805-570-8134
Fax: 805-683-8972

Carmen Scholz
Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama
South Loop Rd. MSB 333, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
cscholz@matsci.uah.edu
Phone: 256-890-6188
Fax: 256-890-6349