Latest Updates

・Apr. 30, 2025: Nursery Service
PPC19 will offer nursery service with qualified staff for the participants with children for a fee. If you intend to apply the service, please contact us via email by June 4, 2025.
- Age Range: Children aged 6 months to 6 years
- Fee: JPY 500- (tax included) per hour, per child
・Jan. 28, 2025: Beware of Unauthorized Hotel Solicitations
Note that SPSJ does not directly offer any services related to hotels during the PPC19. While hotel resellers may contact you offering accommodations for your trip, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with PPC19. If you receive a call or email from Explore Era Team or a similar company claiming that SPSJ will help you book your housing during PPC19, this is unofficial. SPSJ has no relation to this company.
・Jan. 21, 2025: Deadline of the registration for presenters has been extended until 10:00a.m. (Japan Standard Time) on Friday, January 24, 2025.
・Dec. 27, 2024: Deadline of the registration for presenters has been extended until January 20.
・Nov. 11, 2024: Registration for Presenters opened.
・May 29, 2024: PPC19 website open.

 

Plenary Speakers

Elizabeth R. Gillies
The University of Western Ontario		 Rong-Ming Ho
National Tsing Hua University		 Xian Jun Loh
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
   
Kyoko Nozaki
The University of Tokyo		 Du Yeol Ryu
Yonsei University		 Youqing Shen
Zhejiang University
   
   
Karen L. Wooley
Texas A&M University

 

Committees

Organizing Committee

Chair: Takashi Kato
The University of Tokyo		 Co-Chair: Keiji Tanaka
Kyushu University
   
Isamu Akiba
The University of Kitakyushu		 Teruaki Hayakawa
Institute of Science Tokyo		 Yuichi Masubuchi
Nagoya University
   
Yoshiko Miura
Kyushu University		 Kensuke Naka
Kyoto Institute of Technology		 Ayae Narutaki
Institute of Science Tokyo
   
Kazuya Noda
Asahi Kasei Corporation		 Makoto Ouchi
Kyoto University		 Kenichi Oyaizu
Waseda University
   
   
Takamasa Sakai
The University of Tokyo		 Toshifumi Satoh
Hokkaido University		 Yoshinori Takashima
Osaka University

 

Program Committee

Yoshifumi Araki
Asahi Kasei Corporation		 Tomoya Higashihara
Yamagata University
 Daisuke Kawaguchi
The University of Tokyo
   
Sadayuki Kobayashi
Kyushu University		 Go Matsuba
Yamagata University		 Masaya Mitsuishi
Tohoku University
   
Tasuku Nakajima
Hokkaido University		 Takeshi Serizawa
Institute of Science Tokyo		 Kazunori Sugiyasu
Kyoto University
   
Madoka Takai
The University of Tokyo		 Satoru Yamamoto
Kyushu University		 Koichi Yanase
Sumitomo Chemical, Co., Ltd.
   
Naoko Yoshie
The University of Tokyo

 

Overview

Title The 19th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC19)
Dates July 6 (Sun.) – 10 (Thu.), 2025
Location Kitakyushu International Conference Center & AIM (Asia-Pacific Import Mart), Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Organizer The Society of Polymer Science, Japan / The Pacific Polymer Federation
Official Language English