High Polymer Research Group

Polymers for an increasingly challenging world

HPRG 64th Conference: Polymers in an increasingly challenging world

Sunday April 26th to Thursday April 30th, 2026
Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire

Programme Organisers: Prof Clare Mahon, Durham University and Dr Neal Williams, CPI.


Invited speakers

Professor Anju Massey Brooker (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Dr Oleksandr Mykhaylyk (University of Sheffield)
Professor Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford)
Dr Amy Goddard (Croda)
Dr Daniel Toolan (University of Manchester)
Prof. Sebastien Lecommandoux (University of Bordeaux)
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon (University of Warwick)
Dr Jonathan Meegan (Syensqo)
Prof. Cyrille Boyer (University of New South Wales)
Dr. Mona Semsarilar (Université de Montpellier)
Professor Peter Seeberger (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)
Prof. Theoni Georgiou (Imperial College London)
Professor Ljiljana Fruk (University of Cambridge)
Professor Matthew J Campen (University of New Mexico)

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The banner for our 2026 conference is by kind permission of Zena Holloway, Bio-designer at ROOTFULL.

The High Polymer Research Group is grateful to the following companies and organisations for their support of our 2025 conference Responsive Polymers and Active Matter, our 63rd annual conference:

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