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| ONLINE SESSIONS – BEFORE IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Who? | What? | Link |
| 3rd to 7th | All week long! | Cristina Moyaert | Pre-lectures as introduction to polymer chemistry and mechanics | Microsoft Teams |
| 5th | Wednesday | 09:00 – 09:50 GMT | Naceur Belgacem | Surface chemical modification of reinforcing fibres in composite materials | Microsoft Teams |
| 10:00 – 10:50 GMT | Anna Siekierka | Polymers in electromembrane processes. Synthesis and application. |
| 11:00 – 11:50 GMT | Aurore Olivier | Surface – grafting polymers: a way to modify surface properties |
| 7th | Friday | To be Announced | All students | BIP Pre-lectures Polymers Test | Microsoft Teams |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 10th | Monday | 09:00 – 10:00 | ISEP Building E Meeting Room | Arrival and student registration | Insert on Google Maps: 59HV+86H Porto |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Welcome Session and Presentation of the BIP |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Basics of commodity polyolefins: from synthesis and macromolecular analysis to processing and applications | Anton Ginzburg |
| 11:50 – 13:30 | H Building (Canteen) | Lunch Break | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Meeting Room | Ice-breaking Activity | Ana Rita Carreiras |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Visit to ISEP Campus and Laboratories | Mechanical Department |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Polymer additives – problematic elements of plastic composition | Anna Jakubiak-Marcinkowska |
| 18:00 | H Building Sala de Eventos | Social Activity I Global Village | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 11th | Tuesday | 09:00 – 09:50 | Meeting Room | Ecological balance of Bio-Polymers e.g. Bio-PE | Thomas Rödel |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Sustainable biopolymers and bio composites | José Alberto González |
| 10:50 – 12:00 | Visit to ISEP Campus and Laboratories | Chemical Department |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | H Building (Canteen) | Lunch Break | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| 13:30 – 17:00 | | Visit to a Company LIPOR, Waste Management Plant | |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | | Social Activity II | |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 12th | Wednesday | 09:00 – 09:50 | Meeting Room | Advanced recycling of condensation polymers | Pieter Billen |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Mechanical recycling of polymers and polymer composites | Roberto Aguado |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Bioplastic and composites from waste of chestnut industry | Valentina Domingues |
| 11:50 – 13:30 | H Building (Canteen) | Lunch Break | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | | Keynote Speaker GRAQ – R&D Center | |
| 14:30 – 18:00 | | Time in the Laboratory | |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | | Networking session for Supervisors | |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 13th | Thursday | 09:00 – 09:50 | Meeting Room | Thermoplastic Composites | João Francisco Silva |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Composites for Sustainability | Púria Esfandiari |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Keynote Speaker PIEP R&D Center | Bruno Silva |
| 11:50 – 13:30 | H Building (Canteen) | Lunch Break | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Meeting Room | Keynote Speaker Municipality of Porto | Daniel Freitas |
| 14:20 – 18:00 | | Time in the Laboratory | ![A hammer with a red handle
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| 19:00 – 20:00 | | Dinner | |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 14th | Friday | 9:00 –
9:30 | Meeting Room | Preparation for the presentation of Projects | Contact Supervisor |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Presentation of Project 1 Mechanical recycling of polypropylene post-consumer recyclates | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Presentation of Project 2 Mechanical properties of natural fibre-reinforced composites with biosourced matrices | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Presentation of Project 3 Mechanical versus chemical recycling of PLA: economic and thermodynamic implications | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Presentation of Project 4 Analysis of degradation of commercial plastic materials in various environmental conditions | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Presentation of Project 5 Bioplastics – Technical Biopolymers | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Presentation of Project 6 Thermoplastic Composites reinforced with continuous fibres | |
| IN-PERSON WEEK |
| March | Day of Week | When? | Where? | What? | Observations |
| 14th | Friday | 13:00 – 14:00 | H Building (Canteen) | Lunch Break | On Google Maps: 59HR+5H Porto |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Meeting Room | Quiz about the Circularity of Polymers 2025 | |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:10 – 17:00 | Closing session of the BIP Circularity of Polymers 2025 | |
| 21:00 – 23:00 | Luso-Francês | TAISEP Festival Serenatas | On Google Maps: 59GP+PC Porto |
| ONLINE SESSIONS – AFTER IN-PERSON WEEK |
| April | Day of Week | When? | Who? | What? | Link |
| 14th | Monday | 09:30 – 12:30 GMT | All partners | Final presentations | Zoom |
| Supervisors | Group assessment | Zoom |
