On the 85^th anniversary of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design 22-23 October 2015 took place International scientific conference "Advanced Polymer Materials and Technologies"

The conference aims to promote scientific achievements in polymer and chemical fibers processing. Department of Applied Ecology, Technology of Polymers and Chemical Fibers and faculty of Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Technologies provided good platform for experience exchange with representatives of related higher educational institutions of Ukraine, academic institutions, companies, business community, to discuss prospects for development of polymer materials and technologies.

Among conference participants were:

• Kaunas University of Technology
• Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)
• Tashkent Institute of Light and Textile Industry
• Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather, Bucharest (Romania)
• Sichuan University, China
• Lviv Polytechnic National University
• Institute of Sorption and Problems of Endoecology NASU
• Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry NASU
• National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI"
• Institute of Microbiology and Virology NASU
• Odessa National Polytechnic University
• National Aviation University

The organizing committee of the "Advanced Polymer Materials and Technologies" Conference

Prof. Viktoriia Plavan and Dr. Kestutis Beleska (Lithuania) discussing posters

• The conference was held for the participant’s expanses.
• 120 people attended the conference.
• 22 oral and 32 poster presentations were presented.
• The result of the conference was a collective monograph "Advanced polymer materials and technologies", editors Viktoriia Plavan, Viacheslav Barsukov, Natalia Rezanova, Olha Baula, volume 452 pages.
• The conference visited Optical Engineering Company “Optek” representative, distributor of Carl Zeiss optics in Ukraine, and made workshop on microscopy for attendees.
• The Best Poster competition was held. As a result, five certificates were issued including two for KNUTD students.

Conference participants 

Prof. Bohdan Savchenko presentation about 3D printing technology 

Students and staff departments KNUTD attended the conference:

• Applied Ecology, Technology of Polymers and Chemical Fibers;
• Electrochemical Energy and Chemistry,
• Pharmaceutical Industry;
• Biotechnology, Leather and Fur;
• Material Science, Commodity Science and Textiles Examination;
• Technogenic Safety, Heat and Mass Transfer Processes,
• Technology and Design of Sewing Products.

Professors T.S. Shostak (KNUTD) and V.I. Skorokhoda (Lviv)

Colleagues from the Belarusian National Technological University

02.11.2015