On the occasion of the 90^th Anniversary of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design on April 14-15, took place III International scientific conference «Advanced Polymer Materials and Technologies». The conference was organized by Department of Applied Ecology, Technology of Polymers and Chemical Fibers, Faculty of Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Technologies KNUTD.

According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in order to prevent spreading of COVID-19 the conference was conducted remotely.

The conference was attended by 90 participants from 19 organizations and institutions from Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden, China, namely:

1. Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Kyiv, Ukraine
2. Kaunas University of Technology. Kaunas, Lithuania
3. INCDTP-Division: Leather and Footwear Research Institute. Bucharest, Romania     
4. Shaanxi Research Institute of Agricultural Products Processing Technology. Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
5. Polessky State University. Pinsk, Belarus
6. SHEI Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology. Dnipro, Ukraine
7. National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. Kyiv, Ukraine
8. Odessa National Polytechnic University. Odessa, Ukraine
9. Lviv Polytechnic National University. Lviv, Ukraine
10. Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. Kyiv, Ukraine
11. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine
12. Kherson National Technical University. Kherson, Ukraine
13. Institute for Problems in Materials Science (IPMS) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
14. The Dоnetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering named after O.O. Galkin (DonIPE) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv     
15. L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry and Coal Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
16. Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology. Stockholm, Sweden
17. Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
18. State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv
19. Yuzhcable works PJSC. Kharkiv, Ukraine

26 reports were presented at the conference. The abstracts of the reports can be found by the following link. In the following day’s Proceedings book will be published.

The Organizing Committee decided to recommend the publication of papers:  «Gas-phase crosslinking of the lignin on the nano-scale fumed silica surface»  by Nosach L.V., Voronin E.F., Sevastyanova O. and «The influence of nanoparticles of metal oxides on the formation of microfibrile polypropylene in the copoliamide matrix» by Rezanova N. M., Budash Yu. O., Plavan V. P.  the journal «Issues of Chemistry and Chemical Technology» which is published by the Ukrainian State Chemical Technology University and indexed in the scientific metric database (Scopus).

Papers «Study of the influence of sand content and modifying additives on the properties of polymer-concrete compositions» by Novak D.S., Bereznenko N.M., Seredenko A.A., Pishchulin O.H. and «Application of polymeric materials in combined water treatment technologies»    Shtepa V.M., Plavan V.P., Zaiets N.A., Krynytska N.  were recommended by the organizing committee for publication in the scientific journal «Bulletin of KNUTD. Engineering Sciences (Specialty 161 - Chemical Technology and Engineering, Category B).

We are thankfull to all colleagues for participating in the conference and look forward to meeting you in two years.

12.05.2020