Since Oct. 8, 1976

Progress and Activities of

The Polymer Society of Korea

As of July 2010.

Polymer Society of Korea

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1976’ Founded,

The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK)

1977’ Published the Journal “Polymer(Korea)”

1979’ 1st International Symposium

“Korea /Japan Symposium

on Polymer Science”

Polymer(Korea)

HISTORY

1984’ “1st Busan/ Kyushu(九州) Polymer Joint Symposium”

1989’ IUPAC International Symposium

“Molecular Design of Functional Polymers”

1990’ Published the Magazine, “Polymer Science and Technology”

1993’ Published the Journal, “Korean Polymer Journal”

(renamed as “Macromolecular Research” in 2002)

1996’ IUPAC MACRO SEOUL 1996 Symposium

1997’ Pacific Polymer Conference

Polymer Science and Technology

Macromolecular Research

2000’ Balloting System for a Presidential Election

2006’ IUPAC PSK 30’ International Symposium

Former Presidents

34 years

2009’ Polymer Forum 2009

2010’ The Polymer Society of Korea 2010

The Polymer Society of Korea 2010

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ORGANIZATION

President &

Vice President

Committees

Auditors, Secretary

Operating Committee Directors

Board of Trustees, Assembly of Delegates

Divisions Editorial BoardsRegional Chapters

• Advisory Council

• Financial Affairs

• Polymer(Korea) Editorial

• Macromolecular

Research Editorial

• Polymer Science

and Technology Editorial

• Academic

• Education

• Industry-Academic

Cooperation

• Future Planning

• Molecular Electronics

• Biomedical Polymers

• Daegu, Gyeongbuk

• Busan, Gyeongnam

• Chungcheong

• Honam

• Polymer(Korea)

• Macromolecular Research

• Polymer Science

and Technology

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MEMBER HISTORY

▶ Member Division & Comparisons (for 33 years)

428

1977

205

39

Student Member

Regular Member

Life Member

(total)

1995

1,235

709

119

1985

5

987

2005

728

1,673

1990

325

614

2

484

21

895

2009

568

1848

1,909

2000

592

40

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1976 ~ 1990 1991 ~ 2000 ~ 2010

BUDGET

$152,000$405,000

$600,000

$64,000$7,500

▶ Budget (for 34 years)

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et

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42

79

PUBLICATIONS

Polymer Science and Technology

Polymer (Korea) Macromolecular Research

20091993 20052000

(in Korean / English): 1977 ~- Bimonthly,

- ~100 papers/year

- Rejection ratio 11%

- Indexed in SCIE

[impact factor 0.610 (2009)]

46

90 87

110

20091980 200019901977

(in English): 1993 ~ - Monthly, ~150 papers/year (rapidly increasing)

- Rejection ratio 25%

- Formerly ‘Korea Polymer Journal’

Indexed in SCI since 2002

[impact factor 2.369 (2010)]

82

133

170 170

20091995 200520001990

81

128

- All PSK journals available on the website

http://www.polymer.or.kr/eng_polymer/publications/

journals.html

(Magazine in Korean): 1990~

Number of Papers Number of Papers

Number of Papers

6

97

2010

175

2010

187

2010

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ANNUAL MEETING▶ Number of Attendees & Papers at two times Annual Meetings (1976 – 2010)

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

01976 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009

3842

2240

14230

109

550

244

842541

1282 1086

1975

1519

2603

Attendees

Papers presented

7

2406

4300(?)

2010

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

* Industrial/Educational

/Research Institutional

Symposium

* Workshop on

Instrumental

Analysis of Polymers

* Technology Innovation

Seminars for Plastics

Processings

* Polymer Forum

* Polymer Academy

* Polymer New

Technology Course

PSKActivities

* Activities for industrial members

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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

12th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC-12)

Hotel Shilla, Jeju, Korea (Nov 2011).

IUPAC International Symposium on Molecular Design of

Functional Polymers, Lotte Hotel, Seoul, Korea (Jun 26~28, 1989). 1989’

IUPAC MACRO Seoul ’96

, Hotel Inter Continental Seoul, Seoul, Korea (Aug 4~9,1996).1996’

5th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC-5)

Hyundai Hotel, Kyungju, Korea (Oct 26~30,1997).1997’

IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for

Emerging Technologies, BEXCO, Busan, Korea (Oct 10~13, 2006).2006’

2011’

the Council Dinner :

Takeo Saegusa &Chung Yup KimFormer Presidents9

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사진

Korea-Japan Joint Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials

and Technology (APMT-2003), Kyeongju, Korea (Aug 4~7, 2003).2003’

Korea-Japan Polyimide Conference 2005

Pusan National University, Busan, Korea (Nov 9~11, 2005).2005’

Advanced Polymeric Materials and Technology Symposium

(APMT-2010), Shilla Hotel, Jeju, Korea (Jan 24~27, 2010).2010’

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES with JAPAN

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Thank you very much

for your attention !!

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한국고분자학회The Polymer Society of Korea

PSK since Oct. 8, 1976