Programme
Title: Sustainability in Polymers
ID: 2024-1-CZ01-KA131-HED-000211879-1
Online session:
Date: July 28, 2025
Meeting in MS Teams.
Annotation: The virtual part of the summer school will introduce the university and the faculty, but especially the Department of Polymer Engineering and the scientific topics it deals with. Furthermore, the basic knowledge of the participants in the field of polymers will be brought together so that the physical part of the summer school can run smoothly. The focus will also be on current trends in sustainability in the plastics industry. The virtual part also aims at introducing the participants to each other and connecting them.
Programme in Zlín:
Date: 3. 8. 2025 – 8. 8. 2025
Lectures, workshops, excursions.
Welcome party, social evening, guided tour of Zlín.
Coffee breaks with snacks included during lectures and workshops.
Participation in both the online and in-person programs is mandatory!
Detailed programme (this program is tentative, subject to changes):
| Sunday 3rd August 2025 | ||
| 6:00 pm | U7/roof bar | Welcome party |
| Monday 4th August 2025 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 am | U15/114 | Roman Čermák – History of polymers |
| 10:00-10:45 am | U15/114 | Jana Navrátilová – Life cycle of polymers |
| 11:00-11:45 am | U15/114 | Marek Koutný – Sustainability of polymers |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:00–2:45 pm
3:00–3:45 pm |
U15/221 | Workshop – Polášková/Gajzlerová – Polymer fibres* |
| U15/303 | Workshop – Mrkvičková – Polymer networks* | |
| Break | ||
| 5:00 pm | Voluntary – excursion to the Rudolf Jelínek company in Vizovice | |
| Tuesday 5th August 2025 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 am | U15/114 | Hynek Beneš – Sustainable Thermosets – Science Fiction or Future of Science |
| 10:00-10:45 am | U15/114 | Jana Machotová – Utilization of vegetable oil-based monomers in emulsion polymerization |
| 11:00-11:45 am | U15/114 | Petr Chytil – Polymers in medical applications |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:00–2:45 pm
3:00–3:45 pm |
U11/116 | Workshop – Zádrapa – From latex to tyres* |
| U15/305 | Workshop – Bystricky-Berezvai – Natural polymers* | |
| Break | ||
| 4:30 pm | Guided tour of Zlín | |
| Wednesday 6th August 2025 | ||
| Morning | Excursion Greiner Packaging Slušovice | |
| Afternoon | Excursion Centre of Polymer Systems Zlin (U17) | |
| 7:00 pm | Zlín Castle courtyard | Social evening |
| Thursday 7th August 2025 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 am | U15/114 | Pavel Mokrejš – Sustainable utilisation of collagen sources and by-products |
| 10:00-10:45 am | U15/114 | Pavol Alexy – Biopolymers versus petrol polymers – technical and ecological aspects |
| 11:00-11:45 am | U15/114 | Jaroslav Mosnáček – Advanced Controlled Photopolymerizations |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:00–2:45 pm
3:00–3:45 pm |
U15/303 | Workshop – Hřibová – Polymer history: Alchemy* |
| U15/304 | Workshop – Kalendová – Polymer characterization* | |
| Friday 8th August 2025 | ||
| 9:00-9:45 am | U15/114 | Radek Holubář – Sustainability approach in rigid food packaging |
| 10:00-10:45 am | U15/114 | Martin Obadal – Sustainability in automotive |
| 11:00-11:45 am | U15/114 | Jiří Samsonek – Polymer aging vs. requirements of circular economy |
| Lunch break | ||
| 2:00-2:45 pm | U15/114 | Radek Stoček – Tires and the environment |
| 3:00-3:45 pm | U15/114 | Karolína Kocourková – The sustainable side of silk |
| 4:00 pm | U15/221 | Closing ceremony |
*Workshops: two groups of ten participants, alternating
U15: Faculty of Technology, Vavrečkova 5669, Zlín
U7: University Hall of Residence, Štefánikova 150, Zlín, Student club on the roof
U11: University Institute, Nad Ovčírnou 3685, Zlín
U17: Centre of Polymer Systems, třída Tomáše Bati 5678, Zlín