CONGRESS DURATION

• The opening ceremony will take place on June 5^th at 10:30 AM at the Auditorium of the University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7 with a welcome speech by the Director of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Milan.

• The closing ceremony has been scheduled for June 7^th at about 05:30 PM.

• The official language of the congress is English.

ORAL SESSIONS

• The oral presentations will consist of keynotes, invited lectures and short oral presentations.

• Keynotes will last 45 minutes.

• Invited lectures will last 20 minutes.

• Short oral presentations will last 15 minutes.

• All the assigned durations for the oral presentations include a few minutes of discussion.

• On the 2^nd congress day, from 1:30 PM, the MIPOL YOUNG symposium will take place. It will consist of two full afternoon sessions dedicated to the short oral presentations of Young Scientists.

POSTER SESSION

• Posters will be affixed in the hall of the auditorium for the entire congress duration. The preferred poster size is A0 (841 × 1189 mm x mm).

• At lunchtime on June 5^th and 6^th, at least one of the poster Authors should stand by each poster to answer questions from the audience.

• Poster presenters can exhibit a PDF copy of their poster on the "Poster communications" webpage.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

• For information on how to submit your abstract, surf the "Call for Abstracts" page.
• For information on how to register, surf the "Registration" page.

AWARDS & PRIZES

• The Best Poster Award competition is open to Young Scientists who submit their application.
• The Best Oral Presentation Award is dedicated to participants of the MIPOL Young symposium.
• The winner of the 3^rd edition of the Mario Malinconico Prize for the best master's degree thesis in polymer science will be celebrated.
• The winners of these three MIPOL awards will be announced and celebrated after the end of the oral sessions.
• For information on how to participate in the above competitions surf the "Awards" page.

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION

• The congress content will be disseminated through the use of social media, in particular Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

• Attendees will be requested to acknowledge publication of their pictures or their presentations

This page will be constantly updated!

For any queries, please contact the congress secretariat at mipol@unimi.it.