Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Sustainability in Polymers

Programme:
Lectures, workshops, excursions
Welcome party, social evening, guided tour of Zlin
Coffee breaks with snack included

Virtual programme 7^th July, from 9 am to 3 pm:
Organization of summer school, introducing the participants, introduction to the topic, information about the university and Zlín
MS Teams  (asi napsat jakým způsobem to bude probíhat)

Participants:
Students of masters degree and Ph.D. students from several universities.

Accommodation:
University Hall of Residence in the city centre, breakfast included (hotel Garni, třída Tomáše Bati 5678, 760 01 Zlín).
https://kmz.utb.cz/en/accommodation/halls-of-residence/hotel-garni/

Costs:
The participants will cover the accommodation, food, return travel from home to Zlín and leisure activities.
Participants can use the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) funds from their home university. Please, ask your Erasmus Coordinator at your home university.
The whole program of the summer school and coffee breaks are covered by TBU.

Lecturers:
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Technology
Department of Polymer Engineering: Roman Čermák (professor) Jana Navrátilová (assistant professor), Pavel Mokrejš (professor), Tomáš Sedláček (professor)
Department of Environmental Protection Engineering: Marek Koutný (professor)

Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Centre of Polymer Systems
Radek Stoček (associate professor)

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Hynek Beneš, Ph.D. (researcher)

Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Jaroslav Mosnáček, DrSc. (researcher)

Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
Department of Natural and Synthetic Polymers: Pavol Alexy (professor)

Institute for Testing and Certification, Zlín
Jiří Samsonek, Ph.D. (Director of Testing Division)

Greiner Packaging
Radek Holubář (Head of R&D and Technology), Lubomír Beníček (Project Manager)

Borealis AG
Martin Obadal (Manager – Sales Automotive Central & Eastern Europe)

Workshops:
Located in laboratories of Faculty of Technology (group of 10 participants per workshop)
Polymer networks: Simona Mrkvičková (assistant professor)
From latex to tyres: Petr Zádrapa (assistant professor)
Natural polymers: Orsolya Bystricky-Berezvai (Ph.D. student)
Polymer characterization: Alena Kalendová (associated professor)
Polymer fibres: Martina Polášková (associated professor) and Lenka Gajzlerová (assistant professor)
Polymer history – Alchemy: Martina Hřibová (associated professor)

Excursions:
Greiner Packaging (Radek Holubář, Lubomír Beníček), Centre of Polymer Systems (Tomáš Sedláček)