ITALY

Italian Association for Science and Technology of Macromolecules (AIM)

since 1975

Address of the Main Office:

c/o Prof. Mauro Aglietto, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Risorgimento, 35 - 56126 Pisa, ITALY

Phone:

+39-050-2219269

FAX:

+39-050-2219260

E-Mail:

segr.amm@aim.it

Homepage:

http://www.aim.it

1.           President/Chairman:

Terme:

2006-2007

Name:

Prof. Beniamino Pirozzi

Affiliation:

Dipartimento di Chimica-Università di Napoli Federico �U, 80126 Napoli

2.           Vice-President(s)/Chairman Elect.

3.           Main Objectives:

To promote science and technology of macromolecules at basic and applied level, both toward the academic and industrial communities.

4.           Main Activities:

1)

Organization and sponsorship of conferences, meetings, schools devoted to promotion and education in polymer science and technology

2)

Publication of books in polymer science

5.      Publication(s):

1)

Periodical(s)

AIM Magazine (quarterly)

2)

Book(s) (already published)

24 proceedings of 24 Summer Schools;
Textbook on Science and Technology of Macromolecules (2 vol. in Italian, 1700 pages);
Textbook on Fundamentals of Polymer (italian, 923 pages)
17 Proceedings of 17 National Meetings;
several Proceedings of one-day Workshops (on Books or CD)

6. Meeting(s)

1)

Biennial, National Meeting

2)

Annual Summer School

3)

Biennial Int. Conference on Adv. Topics in Polym.   Sci. Since 1997 this Conference is coordinated by European Polymer Federation (EPF) under the name of Europolymer Conference (EUPOC)

4)

Sponsorship of National and European Meetings devoted to polymers and organized by other Organizations.

7. Award(s)

None

8.      Number of Members:

1)

Individual members Honorary

--

              Regular 520

Academia

Industry

              Student

(incl. in  "academia")

2)

Company associate members

3)

Others, if any

9.           Annual Membership Fee(s)/year:

1)

Individual member

Regular

60 € for biennial membership Student-

Student

35 €

2)

Company associate

　--

3)

Others, if any

　--

10.         Annual Budget:

40000 Euro (+ 50000 US$)

11.         Postdoctoral fellowship, international exchange programs:

none

12.         Comments on the trends in polymer science:

Presentations at the last national meeting (Sept.2005, Naples)
Polymer synthesis & modification: 49
Functional & special polymers: 47
Macromolecular structure & properties: 82
Polymer blending & processing: 27
Polymers for biomedical applications: 21
Polymers & environment: 13
Biopolymers: 14
Participants at the meeting: about 280
University: 68%
National Research Council: 20%
Industry : 9% (about 1/3 from SME)
others: 3%

13.         Chemical Society:

Name:

Società Chimica Italiana (S.C.I.)

Address:

Viale Liegi, 48, 00198 Roma, ITALY

Phone:

+39-6-8549691

FAX:

+39-6-8548734

E-Mail:

soc.chim.it@agora.stm.it

Homepage:

http://www.sci.uniba.it/