Programme
Online session:
Date: July 28, 2025
Meeting in MS Teams.
Programme: Organization of summer school, introducing the participants, introduction to the topic, and information about the university and Zlín.
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